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Kingston Canadian Film Festival: Unpacking ‘The Paper Man’

Written on March 9, 2021. Posted in Arts.

When Tanya Lapointe set out to make a documentary on Claude Lafortune, Quebec’s Mr. Rogers, she had no idea her film would become the swansong for The Paper Man, who passed away in April 2020. Lapointe grew up watching Lafortune’s popular children’s programming, where he made complex sculptures entirely...

Les Belles-Soeurs brings a Quebecois revolution to the Baby Grand

Written on October 19, 2017. Posted in Arts.

One kitchen is all playwright Michel Tremblay needs to show the daily struggles working-class French Canadian women faced in the 1960s. This kitchen is the only set in the two acts of Tremblay’s Les Belles-Soeurs belonging to Germaine Lauzon, a Montreal housemaid who’s won a million stamps given...

Don’t blame bilingualism for the decline of French language in Canada

Written on September 12, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

Quebec’s Bill 101 prohibits francophone students from attending anglophone primary and secondary schools in Quebec, but it doesn’t currently dictate which colleges they attend after high school. Recently Quebec has seen a rise in French speaking students attending English colleges in spite of their...

Principal Woolf speaks out on US travel ban, welcoming affected academics to Queen’s

Written on February 3, 2017. Posted in News.

After Principal Daniel Woolf released a statement to the student body on Monday, regarding the University’s reaction to American President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, Woolf talked about possible next steps with The Journal. Starting off, Woolf...

Campus Catch-Up

Written on October 25, 2016. Posted in News.

Laval University: Security tightened after reports of sexual assault Quebec City police are currently investigating four separate incidents at Laval University for breaking and entering, two of which include complaints of sexual touching. The suspect in question is believed to be in his twenties,...

French divide

Written on July 29, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

There’s a reality many French-speaking Canadians outside of Quebec face where their ability to speak the language is overshadowed by whether or not it’s considered “real” French. The recent defeat of the Parti Québécois in the Quebec provincial elections may already be forgotten by many, or celebrated...

Holiday abroad in Canada

Written on December 5, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

Traveling can be the perfect reward after term papers and exam studying. I remember when I was studying abroad at the castle in first year, the looming decision was whether to stay over the holiday break and travel or go back home and visit my family. I started to wonder whether traveling in Canada...

Questionable Quebec values

Written on September 5, 2013. Posted in Editorials.

The Parti Québécois (PQ) government’s proposal to introduce a Charter of Quebec Values is an affront to fairness and freedom. The Charter would forbid public employees from wearing religious symbols at work and is therefore an absurd proposal which threatens to completely alienate religious minorities. Wearing...

Forget division

Written on November 18, 2011. Posted in Editorials.

The popularity of Quebec’s newest political party confirms that separatism is dead. On Nov. 14, François Legault launched the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) party, calling for Quebecers to stop defining themselves as either sovereigntists or federalists and instead focus on more relevant provincial...

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Kingston Canadian Film Festival: Unpacking ‘The Paper Man’

Les Belles-Soeurs brings a Quebecois revolution to the Baby Grand

Don’t blame bilingualism for the decline of French language in Canada

Principal Woolf speaks out on US travel ban, welcoming affected academics to Queen’s

Campus Catch-Up

French divide

Holiday abroad in Canada

Questionable Quebec values

Forget division

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