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simultaneously reacts to and creates their policy environments. Clear differences
also exist, housed in political and ideological continuities. So for example, the
commitment to community and consensus-building in Saskatchewan emerges from
and is an extension of the social democratic tradition in that province. Similarly,
the commitment to egalitarianism and nation-building in Québec is located in the
desire since the 1960s for that province to defi ne itself as a distinct society.
This book is divided into fi ve sections. Section one provides the narratives of the
west: British Columbia and Alberta. The policies examined in these two provinces
suggest similar political ideologies, particularly since 2001. Section two describes
the prairies: Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Saskatchewan prevails as a province
where community participation in policy making is a dominant theme. Section
three provides the narratives from Ontario and Québec. In Ontario, we see striking
similarities to Alberta and BC. Québec demonstrates the same ‘exceptionalism’
as we see in all public policy in that province. Section four includes the Atlantic
region and the territories. Finally in Section fi ve, we provide a conclusion and
consider some of the dominant pan-Canadian themes.
Endnotes
1. SSHRCC Major Collaborative Research Initiative, 2002-2007, Evolution of
School Personnel in Canada (412-01-1002).
2. Throughout the text we will use the term school agents to refer to both teachers
and administrators.
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