Jean-Paul Daoust, Sylvain Turner, Jean-Simon Brisebois, Raymond Viger and their guests will mount the stage at the Bistro le Ste-Cath on Saturday February 25th, starting at 6 p.m. with their Nuit Blanche Hochelaga-Maisonneuve event. Jean-Paul Daoust and Raymond Viger will kick off the event. Our dean […] See more
By Raymond Viger Originally, the funeral wake was a strongly religious tradition. Watching over the remains allowed the deceased to depart their physical envelope with the positive thoughts of their loved ones in tow. But over time, this relationship with the church has lost its […] See more
A year of celebration and change. The Café Graffiti celebrates its quarter century while the Journal de la Rue celebrates its 30th birthday. The adventure began with the Journal de la Rue, the first French-speaking street newspaper in the world. It was followed in 1993 […] See more
By Colin McGregor We’ve moved! The offices of The Social Eyes inside the Café Graffiti (also responsible for Reflet de Société magazine) have moved a few blocks west on Ste-Catherine Street East. The new digs are quite impressive. There’s much more floor space and a […] See more
By Raymond Viger For five years, I traveled in Quebec’s Far North, to Nunavik, at the turn of the millennium, from 1995 to 2000. An intense cold creates dry air that cuts through your body up there. The winds blow the snow to and fro […] See more
Self-Expression Through the Arts The young person on the precipice of suicide is isolated, alone, focused on the self. Communicating with the outside world is difficult. At our community drop-in centre, we’ve created a milieu in which we can accommodate young people. They are given […] See more
Help the sufferer to understand that they have been cut off from the help and support that is there for them from those closest to them. With the suicidal person, create a list of significant contacts that can be available in dark times. Usually, the […] See more
I’ve already shared with you all about my learning disabilities, including my dyslexia. Given different comments I received on those essays, an internet reader sent me the following request: Talk about people who are too nice and who live through the hell of being too […] See more
This phase is characterized by a new interest in the outside world. The mourner is ready to get on with his/her own life. New acquaintances and friends are made. New love may blossom. The quality of this readjustment will depend on the mourner’s psychological resilience, […] See more
At this phase, the mourner starts to rethink their relationship to the deceased, and comes up with new ways to relate to what has transpired. This will play very heavily on the mourner’s own sense of personal identity. This part of the process can take […] See more
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