By Oumou Diakité In Quebec, many thousands of people hold down a job while receiving social assistance. This phenomenon, sometimes called the “working poor paradox,” raises a fundamental question: how can it be possible to work — sometimes part-time, sometimes irregularly — and still remain […] See more
By Virginie Francoeur Franky prefers milkshakes. Vanilla, never chocolate. Especially the McDonald’s kind. Since he lost all his teeth, he only eats soft-serve food. Franky prefers milkshakes to yogurt. He’s not exactly into healthy eating. Franky? I never knew if that was his real name. […] See more
By Oumou Diakité When Pénélope Boudreault thinks about where it all began, she laughs softly: “June 2006… that makes it 20 years that I’ve been working as a nurse. I had a backpack, I was walking on the street, I went to see people.” This […] See more
By Annie Dion-Clément An ex-addict tells us about his tumultuous life path from adolescence, when he started consuming, to life on the street, to today, now on the cusp of age 30. Adorned with several tattoos, with his lively eyes and great big smile, Victor […] See more
By Colin McGregor « I’m happy, » says Mélanie, smoking a cigarette. « But I’d be happier with a place to live. » She’s sitting on the grass under a leaky umbrella on a hot, humid summer day. She’s among those camped on the long, narrow green space along […] See more
By Colin McGregor The homeless encampment on Place Simon-Valois in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve where Stéphane Lefrançois, 55, froze to death last December 15th is no more. The building whose awning they sheltered under is for sale. The only trace is this one pillow and two blankets on […] See more
By Lucas Lelardoux Oliger In 1988, after 40 years working as a priest, Father Emmett Johns became “Pops”. Enthused by the story of a Toronto man he heard about on the radio, Johns got in contact with him to import his plan to Montreal: a […] See more
By Lucas Lelardoux Oliger His activities were chronicled by us as early as the first edition of the Journal de la Rue in November 1992. The Journal de la Rue later became Reflet de Société, our francophone mother publication. A very atypical priest, Emmett Johns […] See more
By Colin McGregor “They’re throwing out people who have been thrown out (ils mettent les dehors dehors).” That’s how one long-time social worker saw what was going on this morning just behind the offices of Café Graffiti and The Social Eyes. A large group of […] See more
By François Bellemare In the heart of Kuujjuaq, the “capital” of the Quebec Arctic, is a house that oozes all the familial feel of any other family home you might find in town. With its view of the beautiful Koksoak River, it houses an original […] See more
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