By Raymond Viger A 12-year-old entrepreneur stands in the hot summer sun all day, selling lemonade. Is this legal? Many kids start out in the business world with individual entrepreneurship, proud of their involvement in commerce. These experiences become positive influences on their lives. In […] See more
By The Social Eyes Team At 13, some dream of becoming astronauts or hockey players. Xavier Lalou, however, dreamed of painting walls. “I wanted to become a graffiti artist,” he recalls. This dream, which might have seemed premature or unconventional in the late 1990s, was […] See more
By the Social Eyes Team In a Brazilian favela, violence and exclusion long targeted Perninha. But up on stage, it’s another story. Between breakdancing and capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial art) this dancer transforms his body into an instrument of strength and beauty. With the ILL-Abilities […] See more
By Colin McGregor The documentary film Adonis is a report on youth bodybuilding culture. Audaciously tackling the taboos that exist around masculine beauty, Adonis reveals the depths of the public health crisis at play. Jérémie Battaglia, the documentarist, is originally from France but makes his […] See more
By the Social Eyes Team Each year, La grande journée des petits entrepreneurs (The big day of little entrepreneurs) sweeps Quebec. More than a simple event, it’s a celebration of the creativity and the audacity of children and teenagers who dare to take their first […] See more
By The Social Eyes Team Sometimes, it takes only one day to transform a young student into a little entrepreneur. At l’école internationale Les Mélèzes in Joliette, Étienne Sylvestre, a grade 5 teacher, is sure of one thing: the entrepreneurial spirit doesn’t wait until adulthood […] See more
Kathleen Couillard – Agence Science-Presse For several years now, blue light-blocking eyeglasses have been sold on the pretext that they protect the eyes from blue light coming off an electronic device like a computer screen or a cellphone. The problem, the Rumor Detector notes, is […] See more
By Pascal Lapointe of Agence Science-Presse Is Generation Z, those under 30 years of age, going through an ideological separation of the sexes? Data from several countries sems to indicate that there is a growing gap between the political views of young women, who are […] See more
Since June 1st, 2023, the law in Quebec is clear: it is forbidden to hire a youth less that 14 years of age to work in a job. It’s a measure that aims at protecting children, to ensure them that they will develop and grow […] See more
In the world of breakdancing, the body defies gravity. But some dancers go even further. They go beyond what is possible. Samuka, a Brazilian b-boy, member of the ILL-Abilities breakdance crew, is one of those. He is missing a leg, but it’s almost invisible. Not […] See more
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