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Picture of the Week: Occupy Ottawa, a Month Later

November 25, 2011 – 8:20 am | 6 Comments

Last week­end, I walked through Con­fed­er­a­tion Square, where Occupy Ottawa set­tled. I hadn’t gone back since the day the move­ment started.

The Walls Are Talking

August 6, 2010 – 10:24 am | 10 Comments

Every time I go to France, I like to take the pulse of the pop­u­la­tion and to sound out cur­rent issues. Graf­fiti and stick­ers can be found every­where, and these lit­tle words writ­ten or stuck on urban frag­ments tell a lot about how peo­ple feel.

Change A Life

April 24, 2010 – 11:15 am | 13 Comments

A while ago, I was vis­it­ing Gean’s blog when I noticed an intrigu­ing ban­ner: “Lend $25, change a life. Get $25 back and lend it again. Change another life.” I clicked on the ban­ner and I was directed to Kiva.
I learned that Kiva’s mis­sion was to: “empower indi­vid­u­als to lend to an entre­pre­neur across the globe”.

Another World Is Possible

February 22, 2010 – 11:17 am | 16 Comments

The more I attend classes at uni­ver­sity, the more I feel like I belong in a museum. The big museum of failed and for­got­ten ideals. Move along, noth­ing to see here.

No Prorogation Rally In Ottawa

January 25, 2010 – 10:37 am | 19 Comments

Let me put it this way: Cana­di­ans are usu­ally pretty quiet and it takes a lot to have them go down in the streets. But Stephen Harper made it, he man­aged to anger Cana­di­ans enough and have them demon­strate in the mid­dle of the win­ter. Way to go, Stevie!

Unpleasant Realities of American Life

July 20, 2009 – 9:04 pm | 27 Comments

I think prospec­tive immi­grants should be given the whole pic­ture and I don’t believe wear­ing pink-colored glasses really helps on the long run.

This is not about bash­ing Canada or North Amer­ica, or say­ing that other coun­tries on earth are by com­par­i­son much bet­ter. This is about giv­ing some other facts, for once a bit on the “minus” side.

It's Okay Not To Believe

May 28, 2009 – 5:02 pm | 44 Comments

To me, going door to door try­ing to explain peo­ple they are going to hell is about as use­less as a tele­mar­keter who is call­ing at 11:00 pm to sell AIG stocks. How does shov­ing your beliefs in my face is going to make the world a bet­ter place?

Rebel France IV

April 27, 2009 – 11:11 pm | 15 Comments

Walls are talk­ing in France! Here is the sec­ond part of my French graffitis.