While marriage equality was made legal in Canada in 2005, social acceptance of the LGBT community is not yet universal. In 2008, the government of Québec expanded the Minister of Justice’s responsibility to include the fight against homophobia. Continue reading
Québec
What is there to say about the language of diplomacy (oh, wait?), commerce (wrong again) or quasi-love? Not much. Instead, let’s listen to some French songs. Continue reading
Another installment in our series on abandoned places in the world. Continue reading
Growing up “hors du Québec” (outside of Québec), French music has always remained a cultural staple in both my Francophone schooling and home life. Raised under the shadow of two failed constitutional accords and Québec’s sovereignty crisis, I grew up with first-hand knowledge of the precarious nature of language, culture, and cultural distinction. Or rather, I understood how they mattered and continue to matter in an ever increasingly English world. As a Franco-Ontarienne raised in a minority linguistic community, Francophone artists encapsulated the voices of our history, our joy, our pain. The following artists are unique in their own artistic styles and aesthetics and have all contributed, quite simply, to the creation of good music.