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So, Where Do We Fit In?

What would happen if three huge Franco-Ontarian flags wandered over the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City during the St. Jean Baptiste celebrations? A young Ontario francophone, Andréanne Germain, goes in search of an answer. Her idea isn’t to provoke Quebecers but to sensitize them to an overlooked reality. The setting she chooses is St. Jean Baptiste, formerly a celebration for French Canadians in general, but since 1967 the Quebec national holiday. Andréanne’s set-up: She recruits two guinea pigs, both Quebecers, via the Internet, without telling them their mission, gives them each an immense Franco-Ontarian flag and gleefully tells them …
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What would happen if three huge Franco-Ontarian flags wandered over the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City during the St. Jean Baptiste celebrations? A young Ontario francophone, Andréanne Germain, goes in search of an answer. Her idea isn’t to provoke Quebecers but to sensitize them to an overlooked reality. The setting she chooses is St. Jean Baptiste, formerly a celebration for French Canadians in general, but since 1967 the Quebec national holiday.



Andréanne’s set-up: She recruits two guinea pigs, both Quebecers, via the Internet, without telling them their mission, gives them each an immense Franco-Ontarian flag and gleefully tells them to walk around Quebec City.



So, where do we fit in? is what Andréanne asks of the Quebec nationalists, playfully but implying the existence of a third Canadian solitude.

Social Issues Francophone Communities All subjects
  • direction
    Andréanne Germain
  • script
    Andréanne Germain
  • research
    Andréanne Germain
  • producer
    Anne-Marie Rocher
  • executive producer
    Jacques Turgeon

Education

Ages 13 to 16
School subjects
Civics/Citizenship - Federal/Provincial Government Health/Personal Development - Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution Social Studies - Quebec/Federal Relations
First off, ask students to describe the Franco-Ontarian flag. Then focus on the film’s central question: What would happen if this flag flew over the Plains of Abraham? Would this act be seen as a gesture of openness or provocation? As a class, discuss how direct action can raise awareness.

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