By the Bout du Monde collective The Bout du Monde (edge of the world) collective was formed in 2014. Its five members, Nicholas, Max, Melvin, Sasha and Evans, today 16 to 19 years of age, have been accompanied by their mentor Ricardo Lamour as they’ve journeyed to places […] See more
By Pascal Lapointe – The Rumor Detector Agence Science-Presse (www.sciencepresse.qc.ca) In March of 2018, an MIT study concluded that on Twitter, news that is false travels much faster than news that is true. Recently, a report cited two researchers who apparently had refuted the 2018 […] See more
Laurie Noreau – The Rumor Detector Agence Science-Presse (www.sciencepresse.qc.ca) For some people, the holiday season rhymes with booze, and all options are on the table for how to avoid a hangover. Is abstaining from mixing drinks one way? The Rumor Detector dives into this heady […] See more
By HelloSafe As we are well into the holiday season, inflation is weighing more than ever on household budgets in Quebec. Today, HelloSafe, Canada’s number 1 financial product comparison site, is sharing the results of a survey conducted among 564 Quebecers, with the aim of […] See more
Agence Science-Presse (www.sciencepresse.qc.ca) The fashion industry is less closely looked at for pollution than, say, the oil industry. But ecologists have known for some time that it is very polluting. And the trend towards “fast fashion” and “disposable fashion” isn’t helping. Are there solutions in […] See more
By Alexandra Grenier A Little Treatise on Racism is a non-fiction essay by Dany Laferrière published by Boréal in 2021. In 213 pages, Laferrière paints a portrait of racism in North America, and particularly in the United States, from the days of slavery to the […] See more
Imagine young Lewis, 16-17 years of age. He is asking himself some hard questions about his sexual identity. He hopes to get some answers by reading a novel whose main character is homosexual, and the only book he can find is in the Taboo series. […] See more
Catherine Crépeau – The Rumor Detector Agence Science-Presse (www.sciencepresse.qc.ca) Each autumn, bears hibernate in their dens to sleep until spring arrives. But if we strictly follow the definition of the word “hibernate,” that’s not exactly what bears do. The Rumor Detector explains… What is Hibernation? […] See more
Students at John Abbott College wrote about the COVID-19 crisis in their French language media course. The following translations come from that course. Many students couldn’t celebrate reaching the age of majority with their classmates. In confinement, they gained an awareness of the impacts of […] See more
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