Quebec Takes On the World in Short Films

10/03/2025 Colin McGregor 0

By Colin McGregor Imagine a 6 minute, 21 second film made in Quebec by a filmmaker from Pointe-aux-Trembles… a film with no dialogue! Terre Ancestrale, a tale about defending the environment, shot in a medieval, fairy-tale style, has circled the world several times over – […] See more

Neighborhood Bookstores: A Vanishing Species?

09/19/2025 The Social Eyes 0

By Oumou Diakité While Amazon redefines our book buying habits, and giants like Renaud-Bray extend their empires, neighborhood bookstores find themselves at a crossroads. Slim profit margins, high rents, increasingly volatile readers: several elements signal a delicate rebalancing of the literary landscape. Books still get […] See more

Dementia Risk Factors You Can Alter

08/22/2025 Colin McGregor 0

By Colin McGregor Dementia is an umbrella term that encompasses a range of symptoms related to the loss of brain function and control. Memory loss; difficulty making yourself understood or being understood by others; disorientation; changes in mood and behavior; loss of motor coordination, etc. […] See more

The Indian Act and Apartheid

08/22/2025 The Social Eyes 0

By Flora Lassalle The Indian Act became law in Canada in 1967. Its official goal was to protect the First Nations’ ancestral lands from the colonists. Sadly, this law allowed above all for the assimilation and control of the Indigenous people. The South African government […] See more

Surviving a Residential School

08/08/2025 The Social Eyes 0

By Flora Lassalle Interview with Alice Jerome Alice Jerome is Algonquin. She spent eight years at the Saint-Marc-de-Figuery Indian Residential School (in Abitibi), an episode that deeply impacted her life. While many try to forget, Alice speaks out, sublimating her suffering through art and mutual […] See more