Ideas Etched Early On

02/13/2026 The Social Eyes 0

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

Perninha: Dancing Against Despair

02/06/2026 The Social Eyes 0

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

Adonis and Bigorexia

01/30/2026 Colin McGregor 0

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

When Entrepreneurship Enters the Classroom

01/16/2026 The Social Eyes 0

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

Samuka: A Breakdancer’s Message

12/19/2025 The Social Eyes 0

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