December 17th is the International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers. The day calls attention to hate crimes committed against sex workers, and the need to remove the social stigma and discrimination that have contributed to violence against sex workers. The day was first celebrated by American sex workers’ rights campaigner […] See more
By Colin McGregor The reduction of food waste is one of the most important things that we as a society can do to fight against climate change according to Project Drawdown, a climate change mitigation group bringing together over 200 scientists to find solutions to […] See more
By Colin McGregor $3,770,000. That’s what it cost, in today’s numbers, to keep me in jail for 29 years. I learned that while watching Télé-Québec’s TV show Nos années 20 hosted by the Québec journalist Patrick Lagacé the other day. He had a panel discussion […] See more
When I go home from work every day I spend some time waiting for the bus at the corner of Ste. Catherine and Pie-IX. And there, I see them. By Colin McGregor They weave in and out of oncoming traffic, often with a cup in […] See more
When I go home from work every day I spend some time waiting for the bus at the corner of Ste. Catherine and Pie-IX. And there, I see them. By Colin McGregor They weave in and out of oncoming traffic, often with a cup in […] See more
Prison is a land without trees. Perhaps for reasons of security, the authorities fear that a tree might hide a prisoner, or serve as a hiding place for drugs and weapons. But we have one tree, a young maple about thirty feet high, alone in […] See more
Behind the red door at 137 Avenue du Président-Kennedy in downtown Montreal, the interior walls are no longer painted white. That’s because this summer, downtown St. Michael’s Mission had some artists come in and paint murals on their walls – in a First Nations theme. […] See more
Behind the red door at 137 President Kennedy Avenue, at the base of the big church with the red roof, there’s a place of support and of healing for the area’s people in need. They congregate outside the door, lounging on the sidewalk, chatting with […] See more
You wouldn’t think that there’d be much hope for someone in their 40s or 50s with a criminal record, who’s been in jail for a decade or more, of piercing the job market. Prejudices against ex-cons; the blinding flurry of new technologies that long-term prisoners […] See more
We had a visit here at The Social Eyes from the Reverend Tim Smart, who works in the prison system as well as having his own outside church to run. Tim was one of my chaplains in jail. Tim brought me a copy of the […] See more
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