Etiket: UNEQ
Youth author Pierre-Yves Villeneuve at the head of UNEQ
After months of internal crisis, the Union of Writers and Writers of Quebec (UNEQ) has a new president on Wednesday. According to our information, it is the author Pierre-Yves Villeneuve…
The debate that shakes up the UNEQ
I am very saddened by all the debate that is rocking the UNEQ because I believe that the changes to the UNEQ’s statute would be very beneficial to all writers.…
Find the UNEQ | The duty
The UNEQ Board of Directors wanted to transform a professional association that had been operating effectively for more than 45 years into a professional union for all scribes. After having…
[Éditorial] UNEQ and writers in earthenware dogs
Beware of your wishes, they might come true. This pearl of wisdom, echoed even in Aesop’s fables, is tailor-made for the writers and the organization that represents them, immersed together…
[Opinion] UNEQ, the union to redo | The duty
The March 29 general assembly of the Union of Quebec Writers and Writers (UNEQ) was a disaster. Let’s put aside the incivilities committed by a few and try to better…
Resignation of the Board of UNEQ | “I am moved, but serene”
The president of the Union of Quebec Writers and Writers (UNEQ), Suzanne Aubry, said she was “moved, but serene” a few hours after the announcement of the resignation en bloc…
[Opinion] Precipitation is not activity, a tailor-made proverb for UNEQ
“The building”! This qualification, repeated several times by the president of the assembly of the Union of Quebec writers and writers (UNEQ), on March 29, speaking of the Maison des…
UNEQ | Suzanne Aubry and all board members resign
At the end of a long meeting which took place on Thursday afternoon, all the members of the board of directors of the Union of Quebec Writers and Writers (UNEQ)…
Tough day after day for UNEQ
The future seems uncertain for the Writers’ Union of Quebec (UNEQ), after members refused to pay a membership fee. What credibility does the union now have to represent authors vis-à-vis…
UNEQ | No to contributions, yes to the sale of the House
The date of March 29, 2023 will be historic for the Quebec literary community, when a small majority of voting members of the Union of Quebec Writers and Writers (UNEQ)…
The authors say no to UNEQ union dues
At the end of a sometimes confused, sometimes tense virtual assembly, the members of the Union of Quebec writers (UNEQ) rejected on Wednesday evening their union’s proposal to impose a…
UNEQ proposes an 18-month moratorium on the sale of the Writers’ House
Criticized this winter for its unilateral decision to divest itself of the House of Writers, the Union of Quebec Writers and Writers (UNEQ) is now committed to respecting an 18-month…
Sale of the Writers’ House | UNEQ will propose a moratorium
New development in the saga on the future of the Union of Quebec writers (UNEQ). Its board of directors will invite members to vote on two resolutions proposing a moratorium…
If UNEQ sells a dream, it is that of solidarity
The raison d’être of our union can be summed up in one word: solidarity. Solidarity involves making common cause to improve the socio-economic conditions of a group. Solidarity implies mutual…
[Opinion] UNEQ sells us dreams
Letter to Madame Suzanne Aubry, President of UNEQ By agreeing to sit on the advisory committee set up by UNEQ in February 2023, I had in mind to find ways…
UNEQ wants to correct a “lack of information”
The Union of Quebec Writers (UNEQ) persists and signs: the contributions imposed on authors as well as the sale of the House of Writers are vital to its new union…
Sale of the Writers’ House | UNEQ members will be consulted
Following an emergency meeting of its board of directors on Tuesday, the Union of Quebec Writers and Writers decided to consult its members on two controversial decisions by the organization:…
Withdrawal of a member of the UNEQ Board
The writer and professor Alain Beaulieu announced last Saturday on Facebook that he was resigning from his position on the board of directors of the Union of Quebec Writers and…
Sale of the Writers’ House | Honorary members of UNEQ demand a vote
Eleven honorary members of the Union of Quebec Writers (UNEQ), including Michel Tremblay and Gilles Vigneault, are asking the union to submit to a vote the sale of its historic…
UNEQ, the single-handed community
The Union of Quebec Writers (UNEQ) was founded in the fall of 1976 in the basement of Radio-Canada by some fifteen writers. This was done a few days after “The…