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 We’re at the entrance of a cellblock, my young friend and I. The recreation period has just begun. People jostle us as they pass by to head out to the prison yard. B* is 22 years of age. He is big and […] See more
By Oumou Diakité While Amazon redefines our book buying habits, and giants like Renaud-Bray extend their empires, neighborhood bookstores find themselves at a crossroads. Slim profit margins, high rents, increasingly volatile readers: several elements signal a delicate rebalancing of the literary landscape. Books still get […] See more
By Oumou Diakité and Colin McGregor Montreal – An autumn morning in 2025, September 2nd: At the Centre Afrika in downtown Montreal, the curtains filter brilliant rays of sunshine, in stark contrast to the dour mood of the moment. In this improvised press conference room, […] See more
By François Bellemare Like many visitors, I was filled with admiration while walking around the Tarsakallak School, which serves the Nunavik village of Aupaluk in the far reaches of northern Quebec. A new building; welcoming staff; smiling students. And in the interview she granted me, […] See more
By Colin McGregor On Wednesday September 17th, Montreal poet Éric Roger will celebrate 25 years of his famous monthly poetry readings Solovox with an anniversary show at La Petite Marche restaurant, 5035 St-Denis, at 6 p.m. These poetry readings have been frequented by the best […] See more
By Lina Boyer While certain companies enrich themselves and governments play war, climate change continues to accellerate. And between droughts in Brazil, hurricanes in Haiti and the melting of continental glaciers, there is plenty to worry about. In 1996, Véronique Lapaige, a Belgian-Canadian public health […] See more
By Flora Lassalle The Indian Act became law in Canada in 1967. Its official goal was to protect the First Nations’ ancestral lands from the colonists. Sadly, this law allowed above all for the assimilation and control of the Indigenous people. The South African government […] See more
By Normand Charest In his book The Wolf at Twilight, American author Kent Nerburn accompanies a Lakota “Indian Elder” on his “journey through a land of ghosts and shadows.” In these pages, the elder transmits his reflections and knowledge to the white author, who writes them […] See more
By Flora Lassalle Interview with Alice Jerome Alice Jerome is Algonquin. She spent eight years at the Saint-Marc-de-Figuery Indian Residential School (in Abitibi), an episode that deeply impacted her life. While many try to forget, Alice speaks out, sublimating her suffering through art and mutual […] See more
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