Learning (Or Not) From History Guy Rex Rodgers November 13, 2024 474 What We Choose To Remember The 1960s were stormy years in Quebec. One of the most consequential battles of the era exploded in Saint-Léonard. A new film by Félix Rose makes the case that La Bataille de Saint-L...
Courageous, Cowardly or Just More Confusion? Guy Rex Rodgers October 15, 2024 591 What We Choose To Remember Let’s start with courage. Full marks to citizens who raised their voices against this summer’s bizarre 31-page health ‘directive’ that made it sound like it was necessary to hire a ...
Disturbing Language: Young English-speakers are concerned about language and have serious questions about their future in Quebec Guy Rex Rodgers September 15, 2024 1102 What We Choose To Remember In August I had the pleasure of being invited to Bishop’s University to show my documentary film What We Choose To Remember. The annual Bishop’s Forum offers young leaders (18-26) an...
The Wreck of French, the Triumph of English Guy Rex Rodgers July 16, 2024 1516 After a lifetime of studying languages in a global context, French-born linguist Lionel Meney concludes that the battle between French and English is over in his 250 page book This provocative title is borrowed...
The Lionel Groulx School of History Guy Rex Rodgers June 23, 2024 992 What We Choose To Remember Lionel Groulx – priest, historian, public intellectual and nationalist – understood the power of history to shape a national identity and make youth proud of their nation. Other coun...
Tell Me Your Story Guy Rex Rodgers May 22, 2024 702 What We Choose To Remember Tell me your story and I’ll predict your future. If I know what you believe, I can predict what you will achieve. The main reason I chose to spend my adult life in Quebec was its i...
The Rails of Reality Guy Rex Rodgers March 16, 2024 1345 When the train runs off the rails of reality, you’re in for a wild and bumpy ride. Quebec is increasingly a land where fears and fantasies chart the course. Back in the 70s, Quebec’s language and culture we...
City Mice and Country Mice Guy Rex Rodgers February 10, 2024 971 What We Choose To Remember Bloc-Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet provoked a viral reaction last month with his interview for La Presse Canadienne about Montreal and the ROQ (rest of Quebec). Blanchet l...
Time to realign Guy Rex Rodgers January 13, 2024 1128 What We Choose to Remember Every nation has its foundational myths. For Quebec, Nouvelle France was conquered by English-speaking foreigners who have been a plague ever since. Most Anglos I know have encounter...
Real Quebecers may yet have the last word Guy Rex Rodgers November 12, 2023 1312 What We Choose To Remember Last month I moderated a panel on the Impact of Bill 96 for the Quebec Writers’ Federation. The mood was glum. We do not have to look very far in the world to see deeply divided popu...
