SSHRC 2008-2011 with D. Gauvreau and H. Vézina Diversity, cross-cultural relations and integration: a socio-demographic and demo-genetic study of the Quebec population, 1760-1940 In light of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec and current debates over immigration and the accommodation of non-traditional cultural groups this project takes a long view of the composition and diversity of the non-aboriginal population of Quebec and the history of cross cultural relations 1760-1940. Based on nominal census manuscripts and marriage records we examine ethnic diversity, mixing and integration. We challenge too often taken for granted notions of French Canadian homogeneity and "two nations". We examine the demographic processes underlying diversity: migration and marriage patterns, and rates of reproduction as well as the multiple manifestations of integration (assimilation, integration, separation, marginalization) by examining intermarriage, residential segregation across Quebec and the evolution of cultural traits and migration from one generation to the next and in one region or another.
