By Colin McGregor A man who has been locked up in jail for a long, long time establishes his connection with the soil, in which all good things grow. He gets up early in the morning to milk the cows, feed the pigs and the […] 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
In a tranquil park in Saint Henri on a soft summer’s evening, the sun slowly sets behind the baseball diamond as two teams of young adults play softball. Behind the outfield fence, students and other onlookers sit and listen on benches and a hill as, […] See more
By Colin McGregor For our 6th Round Table, broadcast live online July 6th, we decided to team up Reflet de Société with The Social Eyes and hold our event in English. The theme was mental health, and our two panelists made it an educational and […] See more
By Colin McGregor The Parole Board of Canada recently gave me my full parole. A Zoom hearing, two commissioners asking pointed questions for an hour, an adjournment of ten minutes, and then, the verdict, in my favor. Decades of work to redeem myself boiled down […] See more
Wandering around a federal prison before my parole, I asked myself, is my future all around me? They are wheeled to and fro by other inmates; they creak and waddle to and from the cafeteria at mealtimes; they wander in the noonday sun talking to […] See more
We are back with a 5th roundtable. For the month of July, we havechosen the theme of mental health. For the first time, this roundtablewas in English in collaboration with The Social Eyes and Reflet de Société. For the host, Colin McGregor, mental health is a subject close to his heart.Last fall he wrote about the mental health of the Anglophones of theEastern Townships. This roundtable was held on Wednesday the 6th ofJuly at 2 pm on Zoom. For this roundtable, Colin invited two guestpsychologists to contribute to our understanding of mental health. Click here to watch the Round Table on Youtube Panelists for the Round Table on Mental Health of July 6th: Tim Wisdom Tim immigrated to Quebec from Great Britain as a child. He completed his bachelor’s degree in […] See more
Wandering around a federal prison before my parole, I asked myself, is my future all around me? They are wheeled to and fro by other inmates; they creak and waddle to and from the cafeteria at mealtimes; they wander in the noonday sun talking to […] See more
By Jean-Marc Beausoleil Reading exerts a particular type of charm on prisoners: it offers them a unique window on the world. We can even say that the prison experience has shaped Western thought, if you reflect on all the great thinkers and authors who spent […] See more
This article is not meant to be a complaint, nor a suggestion for a panacea, a remedy for how we take care of our senior citizens. It is simply a series of observations on senior life both in and out of prison. Wandering around a […] See more
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