Invest in the Community

07/18/2017 Raymond Viger 0

A community bond is an original way to support a community organization and conserve your capital. You help a social group while receiving interest on your capital, which won’t be touched. By Raymond Viger  Québec’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (ATM, or financial markets authority in […] See more

Can we be Different and Agree?

04/18/2017 Raymond Viger 0

Many things make me a different sort of person. By Raymond Viger  And I am proud that I am different from others. I love my own uniqueness. Our differences lead us to believe that consensus is impossible. That we can’t become a “somebody” by being […] See more

Education and Differences

03/18/2017 Raymond Viger 0

Many things make me a different sort of person. I’m dyslexic. Yet because my mother taught me to read, write and count, I made it to the top of my class. Many students are “different” like me. By Raymond Viger  How should the educational world […] See more

Prison Stopover – Part 2

02/17/2017 Colin McGregor 0

In 2016, Colin McGregor changed penitentiaries. After 23 years in medium security he was moved to Laval. Before going to his new prison he was sent to the Regional Reception Centre in St-Anne-des-Plaines, a compulsory waystation for all transferees going down the security scale. An […] See more

Prison Stopover – Part 1

01/20/2017 Colin McGregor 0

In 2016, Colin McGregor changed penitentiaries. After 23 years in medium security he was moved to Laval. Before going to his new prison he was sent to the Regional Reception Centre in St-Anne-des-Plaines, a compulsory waystation for all transferees going down the security scale. An […] See more

Davy Boisvert

11/30/2016 The Social Eyes 0

No need to investigate any further: Davy Boisvert excels at any artistic medium he tries his hand at, from dance to rap to song. File Artist In Quebec he’s everywhere: on your TV screen, on stage, behind the scenes, and in dance studios. Nowadays this multitalented […] See more

Pascal Dufour

11/30/2016 The Social Eyes 0

Best known as a 17-year veteran of the Quebec supergroup Les Respectables, Pascal Dufour is also a citizen-activist; since 2011, he’s been the spokesperson for the youth group Jeunes pousses (Young shoots). File Artist Like the organization he represents, he believes strongly that eating right […] See more

Squirrels and the Transfer Bus

11/30/2016 Colin McGregor 0

On a transfer bus from Cowansville to Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, in the lower Laurentians just north of Laval. It does not matter if it is day or night. I cannot tell. By Colin McGregor | File Prison In the rear, in a cage, manacled and handcuffed, all […] See more

A Homeless Man’s Journey

11/30/2016 The Social Eyes 0

The homeless are not born, they are made. Every homeless person has their own sad story, their reasons why they ended up on the street. Some, like Bernard Martin, have to dig back into childhood to understand how you end up living on the margins […] See more