Roxanne Dubois is a union activist, reader, and writer based in Toronto. Every Friday, she publishes an email newsletter called vendredi français which shares original writings and francophone content from all over the web.
Read and subscribe at http://www.vendredifrancais.ca or catch her on twitter at @roxannedubois.
If you, like myself, hadn't heard much about the intriguing instrument called the theremin, then you're in for a treat. The winner of the 2014 Giller prize is Sean Michaels' Us Conductors, a tale about Lev Theremin and the instrument he invented in the 1920′s.
In 2013, February by Lisa Moore was the winner of Canada Reads. I only just caught up and had the chance to read it recently. It reminds us of an important part of Canadian labour history: the story of the Ocean Ranger, an oil drilling unit off the coast of Newfoundland that sank in 1982, killing the 84 men on board.
A book review of Raziel Reid's When Everything Feels Like The Movies.
A photo essay of the Black Lives Matter - Toronto Pride action, 2016. Photos by Paige Galette.
La semaine dernière, des élèves et étudiant.e.s franco-ontariens se sont rendus à Queen's Park pour demander de l'action du gouvernement de l'Ontario quant au projet de l'Université franco-ontarienne. Le même jour, à 100 km de là, des étudiant.e.s et membres de la communauté de l'Université Laurentienne, campus de Barrie, se sont mobilisés pour occuper les bureaux de l'administration. Les étudiant.e.s demandent le droit de compléter leurs programmes d'étude parce qu'une annonce vient de leur apprendre la nouvelle: leur campus fermera ses portes.
Rarely do you come across fiction for young readers where the backdrop is a labour dispute, let alone one as harsh and violent as the 1931 dressmakers' strike in Toronto. In 44 hours or strike! (Second Story Press, 2015), Anne Dublin has us follow two young Jewish sisters whose struggle ends up taking place as much within themselves as it does in the cold streets of Hogtown.
Imagining a better world is an important exercise for the left. Envisioning what a better future on Earth could look like for all peoples is, in many ways, an essential step in developing a political and social program to get there.
As a writer and blogger for the Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates was alreadywell-known as a public voice in support of the Black Lives Mattermovement, having written on issues of race and social policy for many years.
Sexual violence is not a topic that usually takes the proportions that it has in the past few weeks. Jian Ghomeshi's story may have been the starting point, but the response has now grown broader.
Prior to revealing their latest federal budget, the Conservative government had talked up their measures looking to help youth facing a grim employment options.
