Catholic Polish-Canadian Education. Past-Present-Future

Abstract

The article is both a historic and problematic description of the Polish education in Canada. It presents the problems and difficulties the system of the Polish education has suffered from and he changes it undergoes. The number of schools and pupils gradually decreases. The author analyses the reasons for such changes. He points to the pressure of assimilation and the emasculating influence of mass culture. The article strongly emphasizes the need for the Catholic and Polish education. The author also specifies definite conditions for the future of the Polish education. In general, it is a new and creative look at the problem of Polish schools abroad.