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Digital solitude.

Never so connected. Never so rarely reached.

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Quebec

When young people talk about screens

A National Assembly commission listened to more than 500 students and 7,075 citizens about screens. The young people also talked about their parents.

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Montreal

Borrow a person for twenty minutes

Born in Denmark in 2000, the Human Library lets you borrow a person instead of a book, for the length of a conversation. The idea has travelled the world, all the way to Montreal's libraries.

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media

The virus had a face, they said

In 2020, hate crimes targeting people of Asian origin soared in Canada. A rumour can single out an entire group; a gesture can remind us these are neighbours.

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immigration

Growing old far from your language

Nearly one Canadian senior in five feels lonely. For those who immigrated as adults, loneliness often has the accent of a language no one around them speaks anymore.

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