Off-White: The tensions of Whiteness in Quebec
Abstract
This paper focuses on the internal tensions of Whiteness in the dual settler colonial contexts of Quebec and Canada through the relationship between the province as a White, francophone minority/majority and White anglophone Canada. Whiteness in Quebec is mediated through its settler colonial history, language and complexity of its minority/majority position to create an off-white Quebec national identity. It operates through the racialization of French as a language, from its White settler colonial roots to the present-day context of a post-Quiet Revolution society. Despite its specificities, Quebec echoes themes in global configurations of Whiteness and coloniality.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Canadian Identity and History
Cultural History and Identity Formation
Diaspora
migration
transnational identity
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Identities
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 394–412
- Publication date
- 3 February 2026
- Language
- EN