L'Association canadienne-francaise de l'Ontario (ACFO) a ete le principal porte-parole politique de la collectivite franco-ontarienne au XXe siecle.

Cette analyse historique en six chapitres chronologiques va de la fondation de l'Association canadienne-francaise d'education d'Ontario (ACFEO) en 1910 jusqu'a sa disparition et son absorption par l'Assemblee de la francophonie de l'Ontario en 2006.

De 1910 a 1927, l'Association joue un role determinant dans la crise du Reglement 17, qui interdit l'enseignement en francais dans les ecoles de la province. De 1927-1969, l'ACFEO contribue activement a l'avancement de la cause des ecoles francaises (ou
bilingues ) de l'Ontario. Entre 1969 et 1982, l'Association, devenue l’ ACFO , travaille aux progres institutionnels de la collectivite franco-ontarienne, tout en essuyant des critiques, voire des denonciations formulees par plusieurs groupes de militants animes par les ideologies contre-culturelle et participative alors en vogue.

Entre 1982 et 1992, l'ACFO se redefinit pour s'adapter a la transformation de l'espace politique de l'Ontario francais, ainsi qu'a la fragmentation de son champ ideologique sous l'impulsion de plus en plus irrepressible des regionalismes identitaires et de l'arrivee de groupes ethnoculturels issus de l'immigration francophone. Les annees 1992-2006 sont les dernieres de l'ACFO, qui ne peut se relever de la crise de legitimite qui la mine depuis la fin des annees 1970.

Une fenetre privilegiee sur les efforts de construction identitaire et politique de la francophonie ontarienne au XXe siecle.

Ce livre est publie en francais.

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The French-Canadian Association of Ontario (ACFO) has been the main political voice person for the Franco-Ontarian community in the 20th century.

The first chapter (1910-1927) examines the first years of the Association and delves into the pivotal role it played during the debate surrounding Regulation 17, which was designed to prevent French-language schooling in the province. From 1927-1969, the ACFEO actively contributed to the advancement of French (or bilingual ) schools in Ontario. From 1969-1982, the Association, now called ACFO, played a key role in the institutional progress of the Franco-Ontarian community, amidst much criticism and accusations made by militants inspired by the counter-culture and participative ideologies of the day.

From 1982 to 1992, ACFO redefined itself in order to adapt to an evolving political situation in l'Ontario francais, as well as to the fragmentation of its ideology as regional identities took shape to a new ethnocultural reality in the wake of francophone immigration. The years from 1992 to 2006 were the Association’s last, as it became unable to overcome a legitimacy crisis that had been undermining it since the end of the 1970s.

A glimpse into the efforts that went into the identity and political construct of the Ontarian Francophonie throughout the 20th century.

This book is published in French.