Alone… or with others
Like Nancy Juneau and Christine Dallaire, Lianne Pelletier enjoys meetings between Francophones and Francophiles. “We can be proud of our language, of our affiliation,” she says. But you can’t be Franco alone.”
As a teenager she was from FESFO, the Franco-Ontarian Youth Association. This experience allowed him to establish his identity. “That’s when I realized it existed to be French Ontarian and that I was privileged to be part of that group.”
She experienced a similar feeling in contact with the other, as a participant in the Katimavik program in Coaticook or studying in Trois-Rivières, two cities in Quebec. “I was the Ontarian. In these situations we accept ourselves. We see that at home, we do things a certain way and value certain businesses,” she points out.
Nancy Juneau experienced such a perspective of her identity in Canada World Youth. “I was with Filipinos, Anglo-Canadians from all over Canada, Quebecers, Francophones from different regions,” she recalls. The experience was crucial for her.
She has a clear memory of the times when francophones, regardless of origin, lived as one cultural community – knew the same songs, had the same references… Those moments were magical and unforgettable.
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