Preface 1 Language and the Institutions of Civil Society / David Cameronand Richard Simeon 2 French-English Relations in Comprehensive BusinessAssociations / William Coleman and Tim Mau 3 Canada’s English and French Farm Communities / GraceSkogstad 4 Municipal Associations / Don Stevenson and RichardGilbert 5 Associations in the Voluntary Health Sector: The Heart and StrokeFoundations of Canada and the Huntington Societies of Canada and Quebec/ Richard Simeon 6 From Biculturalism to Bilingualism: Patterns of LinguisticAssociation in the Canadian Council on Social Development / JaneJenson and Rachel Laforest 7 Managing Linguistic Practices in International Development NGOs:The World University Service of Canada / Cathy Blacklock 8 Two Voices for Human Rights: Amnesty International / MichelDuquette and Sylvie Dugas 9 Accommodation at the Pinnacle: The Special Role of CivilSociety’s Leaders / Richard Simeon and David Cameron Notes Bibliography Index

"I do not know of any other study of voluntary associations done on such a scale. This book will be of great interest to scholars in the fields of sociolinguistics, political science, and management and conflict studies, not to mention people in the associations studied. Language Matters is of marked significance, academically, socially, and politically." - Jean Laponce, author of Languages and Their Territories"

David Cameron and Richard Simeon, two of Canada’s foremost scholars of federalism, have produced a fascinating glimpse into how Canadian civil society has adapted to linguistic duality. The result is as varied and complex -- and ultimately as successful -- as Canada itself ... [They make] an important contribution, not only to the understanding of language policy, but also to comprehension of how the country manages to negotiate the often spiky contours of the language divide.