La Bataille de Saint-Léonard

Learning (Or Not) From History

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...
Bonjour-Hi in the era of Bill 96

Courageous, Cowardly or Just More Confusion?

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 ...
Celebrating 30 Years of making The Montrealer!

Celebrating 30 Years of making The Montrealer!

Well – look at us now! It’s an important achievement to have been in business for 30+ years. I’m going to give you a short history of the publishing experience that preceded The Montrealer, and then fast-forwar...
Guy Rex Rodgers (left) with Jazz Festival co-founder Alain Simard

Remembering the International City of Jazz

What We Choose To Remember What Montrealer has not enjoyed a summer’s day at the Montreal International Jazz Festival? Over the years, we came to take for granted the throngs of people of all ages and backgrou...
Raft of the Medusa

The Wreck of French, the Triumph of English

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

The Lionel Groulx School of History

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

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

The Rails of Reality

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...