By Raymond Viger Originally, the funeral wake was a strongly religious tradition. Watching over the remains allowed the deceased to depart their physical envelope with the positive thoughts of their loved ones in tow. But over time, this relationship with the church has lost its […] See more
Retired immigration official Louise Gagné (right) presents filmmaker Daphné Cambronne with documents chronicling her grandfather Roger’s activism with an anti-racism group in Montreal By Colin McGregor Imagine that you have a thirst to find out more about your roots – about a misty shadow in […] See more
A year of celebration and change. The Café Graffiti celebrates its quarter century while the Journal de la Rue celebrates its 30th birthday. The adventure began with the Journal de la Rue, the first French-speaking street newspaper in the world. It was followed in 1993 […] See more
By Colin McGregor We’ve moved! The offices of The Social Eyes inside the Café Graffiti (also responsible for Reflet de Société magazine) have moved a few blocks west on Ste-Catherine Street East. The new digs are quite impressive. There’s much more floor space and a […] See more
By Alexandra Grenier A Little Treatise on Racism is a non-fiction essay by Dany Laferrière published by Boréal in 2021. In 213 pages, Laferrière paints a portrait of racism in North America, and particularly in the United States, from the days of slavery to the […] See more
By Camille Cusset Nowadays, Québec has numerous female journalists working for various outlets. But there once was a time, not that long ago, when journalism was reserved almost exclusively for men. The lack of female representation in the journalism world limited feminist debates to maternity […] See more
Axelle (not her real name) still can recall the vicious look that the man who asked her to dance for the first time gave her. Proud of the attention it brought her and delighted to have him all for herself, she jiggled in the 100% […] See more
By Arianna Noera On May 26th, 1995, 800 women from Montreal, Longueuil and Rivière-du-Loup started walking towards Quebec City. They were demonstrating against women’s poverty in Quebec, which had been on the increase since 1993. This event would be called La marche du pain et […] See more
By Colin McGregor In a corner of the Eastern Townships along Lake Memphremagog, just north of Vale Perkins in the Township of Potton, on Chemin du Lac, a modest sign says: Vorokhta (Bopoxтa, in Ukrainian). It was here that in 1954, Ukrainians fleeing communist persecution […] See more
By Skylar Schaefer (a pen name) Dorianne and I are school friends. We’ve shared some wonderful memories together. For example, I have memories of playing for hours in the schoolyard, our hands frozen by the snow; or walking outside after bedtime on Halloween night. Recently, […] See more
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