On the Generation Gilmore Girls podcast on Dec. 9, Truesdale, who hails from Canada and is French-speaking (Quebecois), ...

Frustrated, Colas decided to pivot and work on getting Black films—including ones from Haiti that she’d starred in—screened in Montreal. When programmers showed no interest in the movies she was ...

It all began, as these things often do, with an Instagram ad. “No one tells you this if you’re an immigrant, but accent discrimination is a real thing,” said a woman in the video. Her own accent is ...

Janette Bertrand's initiative, Écrire sa vie, encouraged seniors to articulate their life stories, revealing a wealth of experiences and insights. The narratives collected showcase common themes such ...

Sometimes you have to travel far to be reminded of where you come from. I have just returned from Morocco, where I spent the past month soaking up the country’s beauty, culture and, most definitely, ...

Former Quebec premier Lucien Bouchard is advising the leader of the Parti Québécois to reconsider his promise to hold a sovereignty referendum in his first mandate if he becomes premier. The former ...

Complaints stand out from neutral speech thanks to noticeable vocal changes. These include a higher pitch, slower rhythm, louder volume, and more tone variation. They aim to sound more emotional, ...

I didn’t plan on getting emotionally invested in a musical Star Wars parody, – furthermore set in the heart of Québec, but here we are. Yesterday, as part of my quest to discover new talent during the ...

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If you’ve ever seen a Quebecois film with no subtitles, chances are you picked up more on tones than words. It’s not because joual—the local working-class dialect—is a variant of French. It’s a social ...

Consider this scenario. A Nigerian student studying at a UK university hesitates before contributing to a seminar discussion. When he finally does, a fellow student snickers at his accent. The ...