Happy Earth Day 2025!

04/22/2025 Colin McGregor 0

From the staff at The Social Eyes, think of the planet this day of days on the environmental calendar, April 22nd. First celebrated in 1970, this American invention called Earth Day is now feted around the globe. No matter what is going on south of […] 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

Twenty Children in a Yurt

06/07/2024 Raymond Viger 0

By Raymond Viger Despite the cold and the snow, I head towards a yurt in the middle of a forest in the Lanaudière district of Québec. A yurt is the traditional habitation of Mongolian nomads. It is a tent, decorated in very colorful motifs that […] See more

Xavier Laloux: Be a Hero

03/22/2024 Colin McGregor 0

By Colin McGregor               Xavier Laloux is a contemporary artist born in 1985 in the Montreal suburb of Pointe-Saint-Charles, a working-class district in the south-west of the city. He has overcome many obstacles throughout his life. He is responsible for the image of a dove on […] See more

The Mother of Arborescence

03/01/2024 Raymond Viger 0

By Raymond Viger The interview takes place on a hands-free telephone, in front of the young people from the center and the parents present. Milaine Brousseau Ouellette, who has two children, operated a daycare at her home. She let the kids play outside all the […] See more