Ideas Etched Early On

02/13/2026 The Social Eyes 0

By The Social Eyes Team At 13, some dream of becoming astronauts or hockey players. Xavier Lalou, however, dreamed of painting walls. “I wanted to become a graffiti artist,” he recalls. This dream, which might have seemed premature or unconventional in the late 1990s, was […] See more

Perninha: Dancing Against Despair

02/06/2026 The Social Eyes 0

By the Social Eyes Team In a Brazilian favela, violence and exclusion long targeted Perninha. But up on stage, it’s another story. Between breakdancing and capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial art) this dancer transforms his body into an instrument of strength and beauty. With the ILL-Abilities […] See more

Adonis and Bigorexia

01/30/2026 Colin McGregor 0

By Colin McGregor The documentary film Adonis is a report on youth bodybuilding culture. Audaciously tackling the taboos that exist around masculine beauty, Adonis reveals the depths of the public health crisis at play. Jérémie Battaglia, the documentarist, is originally from France but makes his […] See more

When Entrepreneurship Enters the Classroom

01/16/2026 The Social Eyes 0

By The Social Eyes Team Sometimes, it takes only one day to transform a young student into a little entrepreneur. At l’école internationale Les Mélèzes in Joliette, Étienne Sylvestre, a grade 5 teacher, is sure of one thing: the entrepreneurial spirit doesn’t wait until adulthood […] See more

A Book Fair for Young Authors

12/04/2025 Colin McGregor 0

The Editions TNT publishing house, in collaboration with Reflet de Société magazine, Café Graffiti, Parole de Société and The Social Eyes present: Le Salon du livre des jeunes auteurs et illustrateurs du Québec. This book fair will be held on Saturday, February 28, from 9 […] See more

Six Years Old and In Business

11/28/2025 Raymond Viger 0

By Raymond Viger I have finished my school classes. After playing a bit in the schoolyard… business meeting. I meet the two artists I represent to review our sales. One artist makes little crosses with small ceramic squares. They can be pinned to a collar […] See more