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1500
Shamanism
Shaman Shaman interprets the dreams because he is then who has the best "knowledge" or closest relationship with the spirits. -
1500
Animism
Respect for nature and that everything has a spirit. This is the way the aboriginals that of life and their surroundings. -
Absolutism
A political ideology, where by the spirits was said to receive his or her power directly from God and God's representative on Earth. -
Catholicism
The beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. The French had come over to New France and wanted to convert to Catholicism. -
Parliamentarism
During the british rule, parliamentarism was put into place. The limitation of monarch’s power by an elected parliament responsible for representing the people -
imperialism
An ideology that advocates the political, cultural, economic and/or military domination exerted by the Mother Country on the colony. -
Conservatism
During the british rule, there was an Ideology that things should remain the same. They did not want the changes occurring with the british. -
liberalism
A political ideology based on individuals having equal fundamental rights, including protection from the abuse of the monarch's power. -
nationalism
A political ideology that identifies a nation as a group of individuals who share common characteristics. Also refers to an individual's sense of belonging to a nation -
Republicanism
An ideology suggesting that people should govern themselves. Republicanism lead the patriotes revolts in 1837-1838, in an effort to guarantee respect for peoples fundamental rights -
ultramontanism
A political and religious doctrine where the catholic church dominates in every way, including political power -
Anticlericalism
They were of the opinion that the clergy had no right to meddle in political life or censor cultural and intellectual life, opposed to ultramontanism -
Traditionalism
Starting in the contemporary period, there was traditionalism. Traditionalism is the upholding or maintenance of tradition, especially to resist change -
Interventionism
During the contemporary period, the idea of interventionism was put into place. Interventionism is when the state took over education, health -
Capitalism
Rich merchants/ companies opening a business with the goal of making as much profit as possible -
Agriculturalism
Surfaced through the adoption of various measures aimed at modernizing agriculture and encouraging the opening of new regions of colonization. This is linked to traditionalism. -
Feminism
The advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of sexes -
Cooperatism
In order to raise the capital necessary for rural development, they counted on cooperatism (co-ops), which would allow for savings. Caisse populaires Desjardins for example -
Fascism
Promoted the restoration of a traditional order by authoritarian means. Ethnicity of some nations were superior to others, required all powerful leader and military life and discipline -
socialism
A critique of capitalist industrial development, against the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few and no private ownership -
Communism
Communism is an extreme form of socialism. End of capitalism and social classes by sharing the means of capital. -
Americanism
New habits of consumption, its american ideas. Such as television, broadcasting, theatre shows, etc. -
Secularism
Regular people completely separate themselves from the Church. -
Neoliberalism
An ideology that advocated a laissez-faire approach to economics, emerged in Quebec during this period to address concerns about the province’s competitiveness in the global economy -
Aboriginalism
Beginning in the 1970s, aboriginal peoples began to assert their concept of the nation. The government didn't think of them nor paid attention to them, so they began to get upset and started to demand for their own rights
