By Raymond Viger The debate over whether to legalize prostitution is a false one. In fact, there are many forms of prostitution. Someone who prostitutes themselves for $4,000 a weekend and who sleeps with politicians or big international jet-set stars doesn’t live in the same […] See more
The SDC Hochelaga wants to give you money. The Société de développement commercial Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (SDC HM) is launching another financing campaign tomorrow, Tuesday morning August 16th. We still don’t know what time it will start. They keep the starting time secret so that they don’t […] See more
Anne was born in 1942. Married since 1965, she’s occupied several jobs over her lifetime including antique dealer, her main profession. She’s been on Facebook for 10 years and Instagram for 2 years, just to keep up with what her friends and family are doing. […] See more
By Camille Cusset Whether it’s balancing an urn on a motorcycle seat or hanging photos in tree branches, alternatives to traditional funeral rites are diverse and varied nowadays. According to sociologist Laurence Hardy, private funeral services no longer base themselves on narrowly billing for goods […] See more
By Alexandra Grenier Michel Tousignant is a retired associate professor in the psychology department at UQAM. He is a specialist in suicides in different communities around the world, but particularly in indigenous communities. The Social Eyes interviewed him to get his observations on the way […] See more
By Arianna Noera When you think of the word “cemetery,” it’s easy to imagine a large, sprawling lawn dotted with tombstones. It’s a stereotype that many cemeteries around the world fall into. For a long time in our culture there were only two basic options […] See more
Though Townships Anglophones often say that services for their residents are hard to come by, a lifelong civil servant who worked in the region for decades says this wasn’t always the case. By Colin McGregor “Proportionally, in the Townships, Anglophones have more services available to […] See more
Students at John Abbott College wrote about the Covid-19 health crisis in one of their French classes focusing on the media. Several of them couldn’t celebrate their passage into adulthood with their friends. In confinement, they came to realize the impact of the pandemic on […] See more
By Camille Cusset Mourning someone’s passing is a process that varies from one person to the next. In the case of caregivers or naturally helpful people, this process is made more complex, since several sorts of grief arise after the death of someone they took […] See more
By Camille Cusset You won’t find a trace of sadness, fear or self-pity in Gabriel’s eyes. This 24 year old’s eyes sparkle with an inner flame. His hands are covered with red splotches. Who knows if these red marks are just burns from his job […] See more
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