Etiket: identities
Canadians are more attached to their language than to other identities, according to a survey
A new poll reveals that more Canadians report a strong attachment to their main language than to any other marker of identity, including the country itself. The survey conducted by…
Stolen identities, bullied peoples | The duty
The term “Aboriginal” has become over the years a catch-all concept, in which some do not hesitate to maintain a real business. How many of them invent Anishinaabe, Abenaki or…
The banality of a shot | Holey identities ★★★★
In 2010, Alejandro López disappeared in Colombia, his native country, where he returned to settle after 25 years in Canada. A desapariciwheren forzada (“enforced disappearance”), as the Colombians call it.…
Sun Launière | Torn between two identities
Twice a month, The Press presents news from the world of theatre, circus and dance, in Montreal and Quebec. Posted yesterday at 10:00 a.m. Stephanie Morin The Press As a…
“Cabaret noir”, the multiplicity of black identities
For the first time in her career, choreographer Mélanie Demers takes on the role of director for her creation black cabaret. Inspired among other things by the social events of…
The future of Quebec depends on citizenship and not identities
For some time now, Quebec has imported the “politics of identities” from the United States (identity politics), in spite of himself. This policy consists in classifying individuals by identity groups,…
Identities and traditions at the Rendez-vous de la Francophonie
This text is part of the special Francophonie booklet The Rendez-vous de la Francophonie takes place this year in March on the theme “These traditions that forge identities”. This vast…
Passing identities | The duty
The medieval accounts of the Scandinavians indicate it in hollow: Viking ships had, long before the ships of Christopher Columbus, reached America. In Newfoundland, at L’Anse aux Meadows, as in…