The Daily Ubuntu26 articles · page 1 of 3
From Haiti to Montreal: exile that takes root
Since the 1960s, thousands of Haitians have fled dictatorship for Montreal, where, through mutual aid, they built a community essential to Quebec.
ReadRoxham Road: a border at human scale
From 2017 to 2023, tens of thousands of asylum seekers entered Quebec by a small country road, until it was closed.
ReadSanctuary city: what a promise can do, and what it can't
In 2017, Montreal declared itself a sanctuary city; in 2018, the City acknowledged the limits of its promise and focused instead on access to its services without fear.
ReadSyrian refugees: a winter of welcome
In the winter of 2015-2016, Canada welcomed more than 25,000 Syrian refugees, several thousand of them in Quebec, with the help of thousands of sponsors.
ReadThe "boat people" and a medal for a whole people
In 1979-1980, thousands of Canadians sponsored refugees from Southeast Asia. In 1986, the UN honoured the entire Canadian people.
ReadA compass written together
In 2018, hundreds of Montrealers helped write ten principles so that artificial intelligence serves everyone, without discrimination.
ReadTeaching one another, even in code
In Montreal, a Mila program trains young Indigenous people in artificial intelligence so that tomorrow's technology carries their voices too.
ReadDriving without being a suspect
A young Black Montrealer, often pulled over for no reason, took his case all the way to the Supreme Court. The courts recognized racial profiling.
ReadFredy Villanueva, 18, and what the coroner asked of us
In 2008, 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva was killed by a police officer in Montréal-Nord; five years later, a coroner described a chain of errors and called for change.
ReadMay my curiosity be a form of care: SLĀV and cultural appropriation
In 2018, the show SLĀV divided Montreal. An opportunity to ask how to borrow from a culture without erasing its history.
ReadMontréal-Nord, at the heart of the first wave
In the spring of 2020, Montreal's Blackest and poorest neighbourhoods were the hardest hit by COVID-19.
ReadSix days for a mistake
In 2021, Mamadi Camara, a doctoral student and driver with no record, was wrongly accused of assaulting a police officer in Montreal. Six days later, the charges were dropped. The questions remained.
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