Free Graffiti Workshops

09/23/2024 Colin McGregor 0

The Café Graffiti, world renowned for its graffiti art workshops, will hold two free workshops this month. They will be held on Friday September 27th at 6 pm, and on Saturday September 28th at 10 am. It’s in the context of the province-wide Journées de […] See more

Why Adapt to Minorities?

09/20/2024 The Social Eyes 0

By Sarah Lemay for the Gazette de la Mauricie Social inclusion is an essential concept in our society. We can perceive it in all our organizations and businesses that equip themselves in policies or practices related to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). These actions are […] See more

Quebec’s Community Media Ad Wars

09/13/2024 Colin McGregor 0

By Colin McGregor “The survival of Quebec community media depends on immediate and concrete measures.”   Maxime Caouette doesn’t mince words when describing the crisis state of provincial government ad buys when it comes to community written media. “It’s catastrophic – there is a terrible division […] See more

Democracy… A Utopia?

09/06/2024 Raymond Viger 0

By Raymond Viger We may think that Canada, and Quebec, are places where democracy is practiced correctly and in its purest form. True, we are probably better off than many nations that are absolute dictatorships. Nonetheless, the Inuits show us a different face of our […] See more

Autonomy with a Capital A

08/19/2024 Raymond Viger 0

By Raymond Viger Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is trying to chase cars out of the downtown area. It’s a short-term vision for saving the environment. It’s not the vehicles you have to get rid of downtown – it’s the drivers! To do this you have […] See more

The Saint-Pierre-Apôtre Catholic Church

07/12/2024 Colin McGregor 1

By Lucas Lelardoux Oliger They’re celebrating a mass at the Église Saint-Pierre-Apôtre. In practice, the rites and the liturgy are the same as in hundreds of Catholic churches across the province of Québec. During his sermon, the priest talks about the “historic inclusivity” of the […] See more

A Graffer’s Journey

07/05/2024 The Social Eyes 0

By Rebecca Congo-Sienne I met with Malin, a professional graffiti artist in his thirties. He has been teaching introductory graffiti workshops since 2014. His graffer nickname speaks to the finesse of a skilled and crafty artist. He grew up in the village of Sainte-Sophie, in […] See more

The Underbelly of Recycling

06/28/2024 Colin McGregor 0

By Colin McGregor               We toss tons of material into recycling bins. But are these materials really recycled? Where do our plastic wrappers go? When I was very young we had recycling. For example, the milkman delivered milk door-to-door each morning. Sometimes his truck was […] See more