By Colin McGregor Ascot is Sherbrooke’s most multiethnic neighborhood. It serves as a port of entry for new immigrants. And it is important to have an international place, characterized by an openness of spirit, at which newcomers and locals alike can exchange and learn. A […] See more
Axelle (not her real name) still can recall the vicious look that the man who asked her to dance for the first time gave her. Proud of the attention it brought her and delighted to have him all for herself, she jiggled in the 100% […] See more
By Raymond Viger I can remember an unorthodox intervention carried out while I was working with marginalized street kids. I helped a teenager become an adult. Let’s give him the fictional name Eric. He turned his life around. His criminal record dealt with, Eric no […] See more
By Raymond Viger I travelled the 14 communities To help out a bit, or to try to forget I travelled the 14 communities To forget the dark years When they tried to assimilate you To get you to forget your language And your culture, to […] See more
I was a crisis intervenor, a social worker, at the beginning of the 1990s. By Raymond Viger It was just before the Casino de Montréal opened. Once it opened, my colleague and I were swamped. There were lots of interventions to be made with compulsive […] See more
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