Imagine your heart suddenly starts to beat quickly – too quickly. For no apparent reason. You find it impossible to lower it back to its normal rhythm. You’re short of breath. The ends of your fingers are numb. You’re convinced you’re having a heart attack. […] See more
“Can I count on you to do some painting on Wednesday at the Bistro Le Ste-Cath?” By Colin McGregor That’s an approximate translation of the brief courriel that I received from The Social Eyes and Reflet de Société publisher Raymond Viger on May 31st. Our […] See more
Each month, the author-slam poet and spokesperson for the Mouvement Santé mentale Québec David Goudreault, along with other artists, put on a public reading of texts written by young people between the ages of 12 and 25. It all happens on Facebook, as part of […] See more
By Raymond Viger Nuit Blanche is back at the Bistro le Ste-Cath, to take your breath away once again. There’ll be wordplay, jousting, humor, and fun & games on Feb. 29th, 2020. The authors will use their verbal skills and the power of their conviction […] See more
The union of Quebec writers, L’Union des écrivains et écrivaines du Québec (UNEQ), has launched an awareness campaign on toxic behavior and abuse of position in the literary world. By Raymond Viger UNEQ says that almost one out of four writers (24%) has experienced inadequate […] See more
Today, hundreds of men and women write me personally on social media. Victims of their pasts, of their silence. The question that most often pops up: what do you do to heal, to beat depression? By Ingrid Falaise I am neither a therapist nor a […] See more
This sickness of the soul kidnapped me one morning without warning. My pyjamas became my uniform. My tousled hair became my miserable, undignified, fallen crown. I feared the end of my vacation and couldn’t imagine the idea of going out and meeting people, a false […] See more
Sunday, June 12, 2007. From afar I hear a steady drip-drip-drip of water falling, like clockwork, every second, into the bathroom sink. Pling. Pling. Pling. By Ingrid Falaise I don’t have the strength to get up out of bed, my refuge since Friday. And yet […] See more
Let’s demystify the process. Here are a few basic facts: Music and movies can’t motivate a person to suicide. Suicide results from a troubled soul, not because a rapper advocates the act. We shouldn’t brush off a suicidal person. Some think that the best therapy […] See more
Sociologist and activist Guy Sioui Durand (Tsei8ei 8aho8en in Wendat) met with me in Québec City’s Cartier-Brébeuf Park, on unceded Iroquois territory. He lives in a condominium on the edge of the Park, as a way of “recolonizing” the land of his ancestors. By Flora […] See more
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