Franglais-Bernecia

Ah yes, the hyphenated life in relation to culture.I think Canada is one biggiant hyphenated nation. I'm not just referring to the idea of the amazingmodern diversity that we share as a nation, but I'm referring to theFranglais history of Canada. I was reading a blog about the history ofCanada concerning the French colonies, and I began thinking about how Canadahas been hyphenated since the very beginning of our nation's history. Forexample, after France had lost the Canadian colony, or rather had lostinterest in the colony of Canada due to internal problems within the mothercoutry of France. The French-Canadians were the first group of people tolive a hyphenated life, but also before them, there were the firstgeneration of the Métis people, who were a mix of French and First nations,but many children of such union ended up being more European in culture. Over time however, the Métis became recognized as a separate nationaltogether. But going back to the French Canadians, I was thinking abouthow they have been living a hyphenated life throughout history. Theymanaged to preserve their language as well as lots of interesting parts oftheir culture such as the celebration of the day of Bastille and the primaryreligion, Catholicism . Even after attempts of assimilation, theFrancophone people were resistant and still fought to maintain theirculture. I think this makes Canada diverse from the beginning, or possiblya hyphenated nation from the beginning.