Patrick Moreau is a professor of literature in Montreal, editor-in-chief of the journal Argument and essayist. His publications include “Ces mots qui pensent à notre place” (These words that think for us – Liber, 2017)…
By Normand Baillargeon * Le Devoir, Montréal, January 15th, 2023 I am currently editing lectures given by my dear Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) in 1950. In them he addresses the question of the philosophical and political…
By Jean-François Lisée Le Devoir, January 4th, 2023 I have read many political programmes in my life and helped to write some of them. However, I had never come across a sentence like this: “We…
Marco Fortier & Anne-Marie Provost Le Devoir, November 26, 2022 A call for applications at Laval University (UL) for the position of Canada Research Chair in Canada-Quebec History, which excludes white men, has prompted a professor who…
Anne-Marie Provost Le Devoir, Montreal, October 22, 2022 Philippe Longchamps, a native of Sherbrooke who has been teaching in Sweden for several years, sometimes likes to confuse his students. After long hours of teaching them…
Jean-François Lisée, Le Devoir October 12, 2022 You are an employee, executive, of a large company. You are professional, respect the laws and codes of ethics. If you cherish opinions that do not conform to…
Hello humanists, Here is an excellent interview with a Canadian who immigrated to Cuba 30 years ago. When he returned he said it felt as though he had been in a time warp: https://youtu.be/Ext164Q2dZk Lloyd
One of our members received the following letter from Leslyn Lewis and thought the ideas would be worth discussing on this forum. Are Leslie’s ideas as presented here compatible with humanism? Dear Gleb, Are you…
Full speed backward: Woke Puritanism has now penetrated even the CRTC to the point the CRTC thinks it can tell Radio-Canada (and CBC) what to say and what not to say down to a single…
DAPHNÉE DION-VIENS, Le Journal de Montréal Wednesday, June 29, 2022, UPDATE Wednesday, 29 June 2022 The content of the new Quebec Culture and Citizenship course, which will replace the controversial Ethics and Religious Culture course…
