By Oumou Diakité Fati will soon be thirty, and she’s already spent half her life bleaching her skin. When we made this observation together, she lowered her head. She fidgeted with her fingers, shifted her right leg, which was bouncing on the legs of her […] See more
By the Social Eyes Team “They were 10 to 12 years old on average. Some presented their first home-made candles, others cookies baked at home, and some even came with recycled educational games. To accommodate them, a parking lot was transformed into a market burgeoning […] See more
By Frédérique Lapointe In November of 2025, a group of Quebec illustrators and creators got together at the Salon du livre de Montréal to protest the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in the cultural sphere. Among the demonstrators, one man stood out. His name? […] See more
Frédérique Lapointe This year, the Quebec theme of the International Day of Women’s Rights was “Generation Rise Up!” (Génération deboutte! in Joual). In the heart of the Mauricie region, another mobilization is being prepared. This one is in the community sector. And this one has […] See more
By Raymond Viger A 12-year-old entrepreneur stands in the hot summer sun all day, selling lemonade. Is this legal? Many kids start out in the business world with individual entrepreneurship, proud of their involvement in commerce. These experiences become positive influences on their lives. In […] See more
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
By the Social Eyes Team Each year, La grande journée des petits entrepreneurs (The big day of little entrepreneurs) sweeps Quebec. More than a simple event, it’s a celebration of the creativity and the audacity of children and teenagers who dare to take their first […] See more
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
Since June 1st, 2023, the law in Quebec is clear: it is forbidden to hire a youth less that 14 years of age to work in a job. It’s a measure that aims at protecting children, to ensure them that they will develop and grow […] See more
By François Bellemare Even in today’s modern times, the Inuit are known for consuming a lot of fish and meat that they hunt and fish for themselves. But very few know of the mechanism in place in Quebec Inuit villages that allows everyone to have […] See more
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