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Loneliness, a public health issue
Screens promise connection and often deliver isolation. Ubuntu reminds us that we become someone in the presence of others.
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Screens, online hate, isolation: Ubuntu reminds us that we become someone in the presence of others.
17 articles · each in four movements: a scene, a documented case, a voice, a question
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health
Holding the door
Holding a door, smiling at the cashier, offering a coffee: research shows these small gestures matter far more than we think, for others and for ourselves.
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In the picture, but not in charge
Seeing more diverse faces on screen is not enough: in Canada, newsrooms and boards of directors remain barely open to racialized people.
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The other who makes us larger
Hundreds of studies confirm it: meeting one another reduces prejudice, above all because it calms the fear of the unknown.
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When our discomfort takes up all the room
The concept of "white fragility" describes our defensive reflexes when faced with racism; useful and debated, it invites us above all to listen better.
ReadMontreal
The fridge that doesn't ask your name
In Montreal, community fridges set up on sidewalks let people give and take without forms or screens, while demand for food aid soars in Quebec.
ReadCanada
A law against online hate, still awaited
In 2024, Ottawa tabled a bill on online harms. It died on the order paper, but the question remains wide open.
ReadQuebec
January 29, remembering together
After the 2017 attack on the Quebec City mosque, neighbours' solidarity helped a wounded community get back on its feet.
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Ministers for loneliness
The United Kingdom in 2018, then Japan in 2021, gave loneliness to a minister. A strong signal: isolation is everyone's business.
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Recess regained
Since 2024, cellphones have been banned in class in Quebec. Since September 2025, they have been banned throughout the school, to leave more room for one another.
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The hate that goes unreported
Police-reported hate crimes have more than doubled since 2018, but most hateful acts are never reported.
ReadQuebec
The phone that rings on Monday
Since 1962, Les Petits Frères has matched isolated elders with volunteers, in person or on the phone, so that no one grows old alone.
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Tired of the news
Nearly one person in two sometimes or often avoids the news. In Canada, it's 45%. What if we learned to follow the news together?
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