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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Port-au-Prince II
It is a perfect tropical night. Warm, soft and inky black, you feel like you could dive into it. Far off, a preacher is bellowing into a microphone in some stucco church or revival tent. Closer to where I am, … Continue reading
Port-au-Prince journey Part 1
Writing on the hotel terrasse on a quiet Sunday morning, as the music of a half dozen church services drifts over the walls of the gate. A rest day, or at least a rest morning, is a nice thing to … Continue reading
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Tagged death, expatriates, expats, haiti, intercultural matters, mortality, port-au-prince, vodou
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Port-au-Prince in brief
The first sounds you hear in Haiti are the sounds of the Haitian language, kreyol, a creole (as the name suggests) of French, West African languages and English, Spanish and aboriginal words and phrases, whirled together in a great linguistic … Continue reading
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Tagged adventures, haiti, kreyol language, languages, port-au-prince, travel
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Pre-adventure post
Do not, under any circumstances, forget: -passport -various boarding pass printouts -press pass and student card, to carry around instead of passport -phrasebook -Christmas gifts -Chinese phone, charger and adapter -phone number of gentleman at hotel -Canon camera and charger … Continue reading
Planète télé – émission 8
Voilà la fin. Mon décryptage du conflit centrafricain est vers le début, mais il vaut la peine de continuer à regarder pour voir les reportages des collègues, sur les droits des personnes transgenres, l’économie de la mort au Québec, la … Continue reading
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Tagged CAR conflict, Central African Republic, death, economics, en francais, journalism, lgbt, lgbt rights, mexico, mortality, planète télé, quebec, reportage, videos
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Planète Télé – Émission 7
Nous n’étions pas ici. Mais regardez quand-même cette émission de Planète pour voir les derniers reformes democratisantes (?) en Chine, les préparations pour les Jeux olympiques de Sotchi, l’exposition fascinante d’art haïtien à Québec…et un voyage au coeur des camps … Continue reading
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Tagged art, china, congo, en francais, haiti, journalism, lgbt, obesity, planète télé, quebec, reportage, russia, science, videos
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Planète télé – Émission 5
Cette fois, notre équipe n’est pas devant la caméra mais derrière. Cette émission vaut la peine d’être régardé surtout pour les peux reportages sur le nationalisme catalan et la musique cubaine. REGARDEZ
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Tagged catalonia, clément méric, cuba, economics, en francais, france, french politics, intellectual property, journalism, mesh networks, music, planète télé, quebec, reportage, science, sovereignty, technology, usa
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Planète télé- Émission 6
Mon témoignage sur les tambourinaires ingoma de la Prison centrale de Mpimba à Bujumbura est vers la fin. Regardez aussi les reportages de mes collègues sur la philanthropie (avec Michaëlle Jean!), l’aide au développement, la contraception, et les femmes séropositives … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, bujumbura, burkina faso, burundi, contraception, economics, en francais, foreign aid, journalism, michaëlle jean, mpimba, philippines, planète télé, reportage, science, videos
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Émission 4
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Tagged academia, afghanistan, art, economics, en francais, first nations, journalism, reportage, science, student debt, usa, videos
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Planète télé – Émission 2
La deuxième édition de notre émission de télé pour l’Université Laval. En plus de notre reportage sur le gaspillage alimentaire, informez-vous sur les changements prochains des lois sur le marijuana médical, l’importation des fromages, le recherche sur la maladie d’Alzheimer, … Continue reading
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Tagged alzheimer's disease research, canada, economics, en francais, food, food waste, journalism, medical marijuana, planète télé, quebec, reportage, science
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