Suicides in Wemotaci: Collective Grief

07/11/2022 The Social Eyes 0

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

The James Bay Agreement

06/03/2022 The Social Eyes 0

A Major Milestone Agreement for the Cree and the Inuit By Mathieu Perron In the summer of 2021, the provincial government rejected the GNL Québec natural gas pipeline and liquefaction project in the Saguenay. Among the opponents to this project were the Innu. Yet their […] See more

First Nations Behind Bars

03/07/2022 Delphine Caubet 0

The numbers are alarming. In Canada, Indigenous persons represent 4% of the population. But in jail, they represent 23% of the male prison population and a third of females behind bars. And this overrepresentation is only growing. Proof: over the last 10 years the number […] See more

The Indigenous File

02/18/2021 Raymond Viger 0

By Raymond Viger  I travelled the 14 communities To help out a bit, or to try to forget I travelled the 14 communities To forget the dark years When they tried to assimilate you To get you to forget your language And your culture, to […] See more

Literature: A Trip to Manikanetish (Part II)

08/13/2018 The Social Eyes 0

For three years, Naomi Fontaine taught French at the high school in Uashat, an Innu reserve very close to Sept-Îles. Her classes abounded with brilliant, captivating teenagers. They were inspiring models of resilience. By Alexandra Duchaine “My students faced seemingly insurmountable odds, difficulties which adults […] See more

Literature: A Trip to Manikanetish (Part I)

07/13/2018 The Social Eyes 0

For three years, Naomi Fontaine taught French at the high school in Uashat, an Innu reserve very close to Sept-Îles. Her classes abounded with brilliant, captivating teenagers. They were inspiring models of resilience. By Alexandra Duchaine “My students faced seemingly insurmountable odds, difficulties which adults […] See more