Life After Forty, edited by Jack Jedwab and Rodrigue Landry, includes essays in French and English from several of the counry's leading experts, who assess the effectiveness of Canada's Official Languages Act and propose ways in which it can meet future challenges in addressing the language situation. Specific focus is directed to the impact of the legislation on the condition of official language minorities in Canada and the degree of bilingualism of the population. Après quarante ans, par Jack Jedwab et Rodrigue Landry, contient des textes écrits, en anglais et français, par plusieurs spécialistes canadiens qui évaluent l'efficacité de la Loi sur les langues officielles et qui nous proposent différentes méthodes pour aborder les futurs enjeux liés à la situation linguistique. Ils abordent plus spécifiquement l'impact de la législation sur l'état des minorités de langue officielle au Canada et le niveau de bilinguisme de la population.

Jack Jedwab is President of the Association for Canadian Studies and the Canadian Institute of Identities and Migration. In 1994-1998 he served as Executive Director of the Quebec Region of the Canadian Jewish Congress. He holds a doctoral degree in Quebec history from Concordia University and has lectured at McGill University and the University of Quebec in Montreal. He is founding editor of the magazines Canadian Issues and Canadian Diversity and publishes essays in books, journals, and newspapers across the country. He has recently co-authored a new introduction for the 50th anniversary edition of John Porter’s Canadian sociological classic, The Vertical Mosaic (University of Toronto Press).

Jack Jedwab's profile page

Rodrigue Landry's profile page