“Je me remember,” which, translated into English, means “I remember,” is the provincial motto of Quebec (Eller 1999, 27). The culture of any society is made up of many factors, including the struggles and difficulties that previous generations have experienced (Valentine 2001). As Jack David Eller, author of From Culture to ethnicity to conflict, points out, what Quebec retains is "a history of injustices and humiliations assimilated to slavery or colonialism and which led to a activist to describe Quebecers as “the white Negroes of America” (1999, 27). It is for this reason that French speakers in Quebec, self-identified as Québécois, began to feel the need to protect and preserve their culture (Eller 1999: 312). Consequently, over the years they have come together to defend and in some cases even invent their own distinctive culture to set themselves apart from the rest of Canada, leading Eller to assert that "ethnically conscious Quebecers keep their history and their culture (or (better still, the history of affronts and aggressions, but of the survival of their culture) as the standard of their identity and the source of their demands for and on a State” (Eller 1999: 312, 27 ), is the most often cited component of Quebec culture and used to distinguish them from the English-speaking majority of Canada. However, this same element acts as a double-edged sword (Eller 1999: 315). differentiates Canadian French speakers from other Canadians, it also makes them synonymous with the French and other international French speakers. This brings us to the question posed by Eller: "Are French Canadians therefore part of a larger "French" nation? or are they a nation without...... middle of paper ...... education and national institutions? » (Smith 2010, 37). Quebecers developed their own dynamic culture, firmly rooted in modernity, which had an obviously distinct evolution from the rest of Canada due to the Conquest, survival and urbanization that historically conscious nationalists would use as a basis to continue to fight. its own State to further develop its Quebec culture (Bellavance 2013, Salee 1994). Works citedBellavance, Guy. Cultural policies of Quebec. December 16, 2013. the web. March 2014. Eller, Jack David. From culture to ethnicity to conflicts. The University of Michigan Press, 1999. Print. Salee, Daniel. Identity politics and multiculturalism in Quebec. 1994. Internet. March 2014. Smith, Anthony D. Nationalism. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010. Print.Valentine, Harry. The evolving culture of Quebec. September 15, 2001. The web. March 2014.