Minor update on anglo status
I was looking back through some old posts and was reminded about the issue of proving one’s anglo status. It was suggested I email the EMSB and ask them, since I went to school here in English, albeit under two school commissions which no longer exist.
The commission where I spent most time was the Montreal Catholic School Commission, which was mostly French, but ran some English schools. It mostly evolved into the CSSDM. Most schools on the English side were under the PSBGM, which mostly evolved into the EMSB. So if anyone has my records, which one seems more likely?
I did email the EMSB. They never replied.
Ephraim 22:23 on 2023-07-19 Permalink
All the English Catholic schools were dissolved into the EMSB. Commission scolaire Jérôme-Le Royer (Italian English) and Commission scolaire Sainte-Croix (St-Laurent English) schools in English were all part of the EMSB. But likely you can ask the Ministry of Education for your certificate that would allow your children to go to English schools.
Derek 22:42 on 2023-07-19 Permalink
Kate, that was me. If you emailed the EMSB now it is likely they are short staffed since they are on vacation. I would try again in August (oddly enough when they are busy gearing up for the new school year).
As I think I mentioned in my original post, I thought I had lost my eligibility certificate so I emailed them to get a copy of it. This was in September of that year. Got my copy about a month later but found my original from 1978-ish in the meantime. My school board was the Commission Scolaire Ste-Croix, a catholic board that obviously no longer exists. But the EMSB will have your certificate. Call them if nobody replies to your emails. They are disorganized but will help you if it means the potential to get new students into the system.
Kate 10:35 on 2023-07-20 Permalink
Derek, thank you, but I can assure you I will be putting no new students into the system.
This is really for me to have on file so, in future, when I’m old and addled, I may have some basis for asking for care in English. My dad forgot his French as he reached his eighties. I have to think ahead.
Thomas 10:47 on 2023-07-20 Permalink
As an out of province anglo, I too am supposed to have ‘historic’ status (at least I did under Bill 101) — now you’ve got me thinking I should get my paperwork in order too. I came to Quebec as a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed francophile, and have been slowly turned into a militant anglo, a process accelerated by the policies and especially the rhetoric of the CAQ lol