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This sketch of Canadian language legislation and policies touches on background information, French and English as official languages, official and minority language policies for immigrants, and policies on Aboriginal languages (also see reviews by Heller in Volume 3; by Christian & Rhodes in Volume 4; and by McCarty and by Faltis in Volume 5).
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Burnaby, B. (1997). Language Policy and Education in Canada. In: Wodak, R., Corson, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Encyclopedia of Language and Education, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4538-1_14
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