We're happy. She's Acadian. But we know what happened the last time — and nothing against Mrs. Murphy. She was very competent and she did learn French. We were very happy," she said.

On this archipelago in the middle of the massive Gulf of St. Lawrence, Madelinots speak their own singsong version of Acadian French. Catherine Chevrier-Turbide says the remote islands ...

Moving almost from one end of the country to the other can often be somewhat intimidating, especially when your heritage ...

The first victims of the move to drive out the French were not even in Canada – but a peaceful population of Acadians in Nova Scotia who refused to swear an oath to the English King. In the late ...

As young children – future students – played outside of École secondaire de Par-en-Bas in Tusket, Yarmouth County, inside an ...

This peppered shrimp recipe nods to Acadian cuisine's access to a stunning ... Cover shrimps with sauce and serve with French bread for dipping into sauce.

She gave voice to an overlooked French-speaking population in Canada, adapting an archaic language that had survived through oral tradition. By Adam Nossiter Antonine Maillet, a Canadian writer ...

It also looks at the battles to keep the Cajun culture alive and efforts to preserve the French language in Louisiana. Against the Tide: The Story of the Acadian People is available to stream on ...