The Ostrich Strategy

02/28/2022 The Social Eyes 0

If we believe the old saying, “Bury your head in the sand,” thinking it has something to do with ostriches, we’ll miss seeing the obvious question this raises. Do ostriches really bury their head in the sand when threatened? The Rumor Detector looks into this […] See more

Healing Through Art for Victims of Crime

02/23/2022 Colin McGregor 0

By Colin McGregor The Centre de services de justice réparatrice (The Centre for Services in Restorative Justice, or CSJR) organizes art therapy sessions and poetry slams with an eye to helping victims and aggressors alike crawl out of their vicious circle of recrimination and bitterness. […] See more

Recycle Less… Recycle Better

02/21/2022 Raymond Viger 0

We’re in an age when we’re all told to recycle and compost. But I think it’s wrong to recycle and compost at all costs. I have another societal project to present to you. By Raymond Viger  A half-century ago, a group of youths used to […] See more

A Candle – Poetry

02/18/2022 Raymond Viger 0

A poem from the book Liberté – Un sourire intérieur (Freedom – an Inner Smile) An anthology of poems to meditate upon. Each poem reveals a message, an emotion. The same poem can take on a different color, depending on your state of mind. By […] See more

The Revenge of the Mild (Part II)

02/14/2022 The Social Eyes 0

Whether it’s an ode to niceness offered in a rap song or through a play inspired by construction workers, four young men reflect on positive ways to incarnate a new masculinity for future generations. By Maxime Beauregard-Martin Dominique Sacy has fun too – sometimes without […] See more

Feminist Porn: An Option for Women

02/11/2022 The Social Eyes 0

Feminists denounce the increasing eroticization of violence in classic pornos. Will feminist pornography and its alternatives succeed in giving women back their power and in carving out a place in a resolutely masculine industry? A pair of sexologists shed some light on this issue. By […] See more

Québec Suicide Prevention Week

02/02/2022 Colin McGregor 0

By Colin McGregor Québec’s Suicide Prevention Week is January 30th to February 5th. In Québec, three times more people take their own lives than die in road accidents. That’s 3 suicides a day. As well, the highest suicide rates are among men between the ages […] See more