25.01.2007
The seminar on the topic "The role and place of Quebec in the Canadian model of federalism" took place on the 25th of January, 2007 in the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH).
The seminar on the topic "The role and place of Quebec in the Canadian model of federalism" took place on the 25th of January, 2007 in the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH). It was arranged by the Institute for economics, management and law. The seminar was devoted to the specificity of the Canada’s development, the history and cultural features of the country in whole and its independent regions, firstly, Quebec, since the time of the North America colonization’s beginning till nowadays. Our Canadian guest, the postgraduate student of the Laval University, Felix Grenier, came out with the report over the present problem.
In his speech he did not only represent the excursion to the past of Canada, but also directed students attention to the features of the development of the country, caused by the long-term coexistence of the representatives of two European cultures in the region. By Mr.Grenier’s opinion, the phenomenon of Canada is that the united political system and the economical model coexist with the cultural dualism in the country. Grenier told as about contradictions between the Britons and Frenchmen, so about their cultural integration and cooperation – the terms, which defined the specificity of this region and had the significant impact on its history.
The reporter paid a special attention to Quebec. Grenier illustrated the main stages of its history, fixed on the problems of the modern Quebec, connected with the questions of the independent status of this rich region as the part of Canada in detail.
The Grenier’s report caused the heated discussion among the present students and collaborators of the University, who had discussed the different aspects of the intercultural cooperation in the past and present.
