Sur les bords de la Vistule – Along Vistula Riverbanks
It took me time to make it to Poland. The ghosts of an unspeakable past, of a destroyed community were an obstacle I managed to overcome. The result is: I really loved it and will be back!
Sana Taïba 1439 , Shana Tova 5778
Happy Jewish New Year and Happy Mouharam! As every year for the past 11 years, I love marking this moment which, for the second consecutive year, is shared by both Muslim and Jewish communities. God loves to play!
Un balcon sur la Méditerranée: voir et vivre Naples
Naples is more than a city, it’s a world, a crossing of all civilizations and cultures from the earliest times. Tradition and beauty here are a way of life .
Trump’s failure of moral leadership is consequential. By Prof. Renford Reese
My usual readers are familiar with the very unique perception of the American society by the remarquable Political Science professor Renford Reese. This concise and matter-of-fact paper is a very powerful piece on a mono colored struggle. Renford’s linguistic and semantic analysis of words (and articles) used as well as his politico-historical knowledge make it particularly timely and precious reading for cosmopolitan readers!
Diasporas Juives et Haïti ou la mémoire effacée
Le 3 Septembre 2017, journée des Diasporas juives, j’ai participé à deux événements concordant parfaitement avec ma lecture et mes activités du moment. Ces coïncidences se sont télescopées avec ma […]
Finding the Peace Path: “Our people are over symbolism” (Peter Buckskin) WIPCE PART 4 (research notes 3)
On this page you will find my notes on: 1) Tauli Corpuz, Victoria , et al. (2017), ‘International Perspectives on Reconciliation Panel Session’, paper given at WIPCE 2017, Toronto, 28 July […]
5 Îles, 5 styles et autant de Madeleines: un 150ème Canadien rugissant!
John Oliver may have jokingly referred to Canada as the baby England and America abandoned in the snow, it remains one of the most diverse, beautiful and awesome places on this planet and wait…the good news is that its people are just as diverse, beautiful and awesome! En français dans le texte!
If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu (Chief Owen Lyons) WIPCE 2017 Part 3 (Research Notes 2)
These are my notes from Thursday 27 July 2017 1) WIPCE Morning session on Peaceheeping 2) Halonen, Lars-Joar and Ingebringten, Ludvik (2017), ‘Challenges of language revitalization in an institutional context’, […]
Indigenous languages in the City (WIPCE research notes) WIPCE 2017 Part 2
These are my notes regarding Several sessions which took place on Wednesday July 26th, 2017 at WIPCE: 1) Ignite session 78 on Indigenous languages in the City (with detailed notes, […]
Art makes you happy
Today was supposed to be WIPCE Community Tour Day…except that I got the time wrong and that my new Cree Friend Darryl who made it even 15 mn before schedule […]
