The debate over how prostitution should be handled in our society has elicited lively opinions for a long, long time. Here is the opinion of one woman who worked as a hooker for a year and a half. She wrote this 5 years ago, but […] See more
The Inuits: A culture many think they know. Once termed “Eskimos,” a term insulting to this ancient northern people, a lot of southerners see Inuits as Indians who live in the snow. To counter this sort of ignorance, a group of secondary 4 and 5 […] See more
It is break time at the prison upholstery shop. We work in a large, brightly lit room with a high ceiling and concrete floors. Along one cinderblock wall, chairs are lined up, mostly facing outward. This is where we sit for the 15 minutes we […] See more
Last year, we were asked to remove all the religious symbols from the Chapel in Cowansville Penitentiary (Quebec), a men’s federal prison with close to 700 inmates. A chapel that was previously decorated with Christian symbols now became a neutral space within the barbed wire […] See more
My father, deceased for some years already, would have been very happy being in prison. Not because of the food, the filth or the confinement. But because in his salad days he was a crime reporter for the Montreal Star, a daily newspaper that closed […] See more
Note: Jean-Pierre Bellemare was convicted in 2021 of a crime committed in 2018, and is currently incarcerated. I awake in the middle of the night beset by a nightmare. Shaken, tense, I have to write down the contents of my dream. I’m hoping to put […] See more
“I got out of it for my kids” It’s next to impossible for an ex-heroin addict and dealer to make peace with his old demons. Pierre had to pass through dark periods of remorse and rejection before he could feel reborn. And during his climb […] See more
Our society, like a computer, is based on a binary code. The light is either on or off. We see things in black and white. Someone is nice or nasty, good or evil. You are either a boy or a girl. But for certain children […] See more
“I first ‘came out’ at age 18, after I fell in love with my best female friend,” Emily (not her real name) says. Now 31, she is open about her unusual journey. “My second coming out was at age 23, when I realized that I […] See more
Once upon a time, parents could think their children safe when they got home after class. Schoolyard bullying ended when a child stepped through the front door. Home was a safe zone: safe from insults, intimidation and beatings. But the digital age has changed all […] See more
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