The franco-Ontarian flag is a symbol of my community’s battle for recognition GlobeDebate
. An idealist, he quoted Karl Marx from memory, wrote fiery op-eds for the local francophone newspaper and would eventually marry my mother, a radical feminist.
Throughout 1975, the group met often, typically over morning coffee at Laurentian University’s Grand Salon. Talk always turned to symbols, colours, and identity. They made sketches, fashioning the first prototype of the flag with textile purchased from a shop lodged between a Catholic gift shop and a seedy hotel in downtown Sudbury.
, an administrative assistant at Laurentian, was promptly enlisted to sew the first franco-Ontarian flag by hand.The flag’s colours were evocative of the landscapes franco-Ontarians had been settling for the past 400 years. Green, for the lush leaves of summer forests; white, for the snowy expanses of our interminable winters.
But as my father recounted to me recently, it was not enough to create a flag. The community, which had previously rejectedThe flag creators agreed they would not reveal their names, political, religious or cultural affiliations to the public for the following decades, in the hopes that the community would adopt the flag on its own. It was a poorly kept secret, as the group immediately hit the road, promoting the flag at various franco-Ontarian summits with humility, passion and vigour.
Over the decades, the flag has become a rallying point for the franco-Ontarian community. It was celebrated in primary and secondary classrooms as part of a franco-Ontarian cultural curriculum;
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