Author: Jean Saint-Vil
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Canada’s next astronaut has just crossed the border and she needs your help
Yesterday, I had the privilege to stand among some very beautiful, bright and generous people who gathered at the Montreal Olympic Stadium to welcome a few dozen men, women and children to Canada. These recent refugees arrived to Canada by way of the U.S. border, near Montreal, after incredibly long and sometimes perilous voyages across the…
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When refugees from North America went South to Haiti
No human being is illegal or “alien” anywhere on planet earth ! Two hundred years ago, Haiti represented a refuge (uniquely so, for a long time!) and a land of opportunity to scores of men, women and children all over the Americas, including refugees from the United States of North-America. Barely days after the creation…
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Cher voisin votre Napoléon diffère de celui que les miens ont souffert
Invité à la série de conférences-débats Hoodstock 2016, l’an dernier, je fus émerveillé par l’organisation sophistiquée des jeunes Montréalais de souche africaine. Militant pour un monde meilleur, ils ont tissé des liens de solidarité très solides avec les autres Canadiens. Ce, tout en célébrant et affirmant leurs cultures et histoires diversifiées qui sont enracinées dans…
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Anndan vant « sektè prive » ki Ayiti a
Tyeke premye pati chita pale sa a, ki pibliye sou tit: FAdH: Lame ak ki moun, pou ki moun? MM: Èske biznismann Ameriken yo pè yon leve kanpe popilè? James: Mwen pa kwè biznismann Ameriken yo genyen pyès rezon pou yo enkyete paske yo gen mwens pou yo ta pèdi epi yo gen yon kote…