<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:16:39.900-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Marie in Montreal</title><subtitle type='html'>Concordia University, Montreal QC. Real education for the real world.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-114591960756792165</id><published>2006-04-24T18:54:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T04:14:36.353-04:00</updated><title type='text'>blasé attitude</title><content type='html'>I'm actually reading "Is genocide preventable", an essay by Thomas Cushman that i consider really good. Just have a look &lt;a href="http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/analysis/details/2003-02-25/preventable.pdf"&gt; &gt;&gt;HERE&lt;&lt; &lt;/a&gt;if you're not busy... That's quite long. His considerations on the blasé attitude and the consumer culture are pretty relevant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je viens de lire un essai écrit par un prof de socio américain sur la prévention du génocide. Si vous avez le temps, jetez un coup d'oeil&lt;a href="http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/analysis/details/2003-02-25/preventable.pdf"&gt; &gt;&gt;ICI&lt;&lt; &lt;/a&gt;, ça vaut vraiment le coup. Quelques passages sur l'attitude blasée du citoyen moderne sont vraiment excellents.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-114591960756792165?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/114591960756792165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=114591960756792165&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/114591960756792165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/114591960756792165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2006/04/blas-attitude.html' title='blasé attitude'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-114282774005146301</id><published>2006-03-19T22:31:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T05:05:14.259-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And God in all this?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"On sunday, we left the Lord and our prayers inside to rush home. We changed from our Sunday best into our workaday clothes, we grabbed clubs and machetes, we went straight off to killing."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm actually reading some books for a primary sources research paper in my genocide class. The project that I work on deals with the involvement of the Catholic Church during the Rwandan genocide. In light of the extent of the events, religion is definitely not the only way to study the genocide. I could have chosen the French government... Anyway, I feel quite concerned about what happened in Rwanda, and this is the kind of papers that i don't want to dash off. &lt;a href="http://www.polarisimages.com/images/nadel_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.polarisimages.com/images/nadel_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was 8 years old in 1994, and i'm so suprised how i haven't heard about the horror of the genocide at that time. As a french citizen, keeping in mind the way our western governements treat Africa since the dawn of time, I am just worried to think that beyond a childhood oversight, the reason that i don't remember 1994 is the overall lack of consideration about "their" problems. 12 years after, we are looking at those Hollywood drama movies, realizing &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"Oh my God, it really happened!"&lt;/span&gt;. As a child I cannot really blame myself; as a 20 years old student, i feel so angry at my ignorance. &lt;br /&gt;Why the hell do we still look at the Holocaust as something that does not have to happen again... &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"NEVER AGAIN!"&lt;/span&gt;, and look at those massacres all over the world without reacting? &lt;br /&gt;As Totten says, the past must be remembered, yes; but humanity must go beyond merely remembering a particular genocidal act... Inherent in authentic remembrance is vigilance and action.&lt;br /&gt;In Cambodia, the United States’ action to help Pol Pot’s overthrow, and afterwards its inaction during the persecutions, are obvious. In the name of independence, Washington, Beijing and Bangkok all supported the continued independent existence of the Khmers Rouge regime. &lt;br /&gt;In Indonesia in 1965, the US ambassador Marshall Green was aware of the repressions. However, the United States approved its action against the PKI (the communist party) and were disposed to help the Army in this effort. &lt;br /&gt;Ten years after, the World is forgetting East Timor. Thus, the fight of Indonesia against communism is sustained once again by the United States, in the Cold War context and the alliance with the Indonesian government. &lt;br /&gt;It is great time to educate people about the awareness of genocide as part of human culture,  and not only genocide as part of history. Humanity is even more concerned than ever. And I feel the first concerned. And I may be the biggest issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polarisimages.com/images/nadel_14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.polarisimages.com/images/nadel_14.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Anyway, come back to Rwanda. If I took this topic, it was in part because of my faith. As a Christian I'm facing what people are doing in the name of God, in the name of their faith. As a Christian, i want to consider the difference between people's will and God's will. I am deeply convinced that what happens in those churches, the priests given their fellow believers to the murders, waiting for the bulldozers, and all this kind of unexplainable events did not depend on Bible-based actions. &lt;br /&gt;However, i can't avoid the facts that those murders had the same faith as I have. It could have been an easy way, but I feel quite uncomfortable hiding in explanations like &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"what people do in the name of God do not reflect what God asks us to do".&lt;/span&gt; Of course, it's not God's will. Of course. They still did it. How come? I try to understand. Right now, i can't. My "religious answer" is: Put God first. But now i'm looking for the answer that i'll give to my history teacher. Part of the anwser will hopefully be related to that testimony &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"Since Jesus was not saying anything through the priests' mouths, that suited us."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-114282774005146301?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/114282774005146301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=114282774005146301&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/114282774005146301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/114282774005146301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2006/03/and-god-in-all-this.html' title='And God in all this?'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-114135922716374732</id><published>2006-03-02T23:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-02T23:16:29.946-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Visite</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://namtiti.free.fr/encyclopedie/badges%20federaux/US%20Border%20Patrol%203.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://namtiti.free.fr/encyclopedie/badges%20federaux/US%20Border%20Patrol%203.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bienvenue à la frontière américaine ! Le premier contact avec les Etats-Unis est toujours un grand plaisir ! Efficacité, vitesse d'action et d'esprit et surtout courtoisie sont généralement au rendez-vous.&lt;br /&gt;Cette petite traduction en français d'un document officiel, affiché dans la salle d'attente de la douane avant de se faire prendre en photo, de donner son empreinte, son iris, et pourquoi pas un jour, un rein, montre l'intérêt évident que portent les Etats-Unis à leur voisins Québecois, et plus généralement à la Francophonie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------&lt;br /&gt;Visite:&lt;br /&gt;Tous les personnes et bagages héritant les Etat-Unis des pays étrangers seront exposés à la détention et rechercheront par les officiers ou les agents autorisés du gouvernement.&lt;br /&gt;Signé: Département du sécurité de patrie.&lt;br /&gt;------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A quoi cela sert de traduire un document en français ? De toute façon, tout le monde parle anglais maintenant...&lt;br /&gt;Ils ont essayé, ils ont essayé... peut-être même que les efforts étaient au maximum... Un jour, dude. You can do it !&lt;br /&gt;God bless America.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-114135922716374732?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/114135922716374732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=114135922716374732&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/114135922716374732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/114135922716374732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2006/03/visite.html' title='Visite'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-114048098079247614</id><published>2006-02-20T19:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T08:35:34.652-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Someday</title><content type='html'>Someday I hope to enjoy enough of what the world calls success so that somebody will ask me, "What's the secret of it ?" I shall say simply this: "I get up when I fall down".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'espère un jour pouvoir être admirée dans cette société, afin que quelqu'un puisse me demander: "Quel est le secret de tout cela ?". Je pourrai alors répondre, simplement, "Je me relève quand je tombe".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-114048098079247614?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/114048098079247614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=114048098079247614&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/114048098079247614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/114048098079247614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2006/02/someday.html' title='Someday'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-113494386655764388</id><published>2005-12-18T17:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-18T17:18:34.640-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Once upon a time... the really ugly duckling.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/AVBucket/SU/vilain_canard_final.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/AVBucket/SU/vilain_canard_final.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Once upon a time there was a mother duck and a father duck who had seven baby ducklings. Six of them where regular-looking ducklings. The seventh was a really ugly duckling.&lt;br /&gt;Everyone used to say: "What a nice-looking bunch of ducklings - all expect that one. Boy, he's really ugly."&lt;br /&gt;The really ugly duckling heard these people, but he didn't care. He knew that one day he would probably grow up to be a swan and be bigger and look better than anything in the pond.&lt;br /&gt;Well, as it turned out, he was just a really ugly duckling. &lt;br /&gt;And he grew up to be a really ugly duck.&lt;br /&gt;The end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The stinky cheese man and other fairly stupid tales&lt;/span&gt;, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-113494386655764388?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/113494386655764388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=113494386655764388&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/113494386655764388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/113494386655764388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2005/12/once-upon-time-really-ugly-duckling.html' title='Once upon a time... the really ugly duckling.'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-113433026132301976</id><published>2005-12-11T14:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-11T14:52:30.310-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Donald is coming back</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/283_lapin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/200/283_lapin.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; There once was a rabbit named Don Rabbit. &lt;br /&gt;Don Rabbit went to Stumptown Coffee every morning.&lt;br /&gt;One morning at Stumptown, Don Rabbit saw Sexy Carrot.&lt;br /&gt;And Don Rabbit decided to chase Sexy Carrot.&lt;br /&gt;But Sexy Carrot was very fast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/carotte.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/200/carotte.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And Don Rabbit chased Sexy Carrot all over Oregon.&lt;br /&gt;And all over America, all the way to New York City.&lt;br /&gt;And Don Rabbit chased Sexy Carrot all the way to the Moon.&lt;br /&gt;And Don Rabbit was very, very tired.&lt;br /&gt;But with one last burst of strength, Don Rabbit lunged at Sexy Carrot.&lt;br /&gt;And Don Rabbit caught Sexy Carrot.&lt;br /&gt;And the moral of the story is that if you work hard, stay focused, and never give up, you will have what you want in life.&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, shortly after this story was told, Don Rabbit choked on the carrot and died. &lt;br /&gt;So, the second moral of the story is : Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that's tricky thing about life, really, that the things we want most will kill us. Ultimately, we do what we love to do. I like to think that I do things for the right reasons, but I don't, I do things because I do or don't love doing them.&lt;br /&gt;Tony says Jesus gives us the ability to love the things we should love, the things of Heaven. Tony says that when people who follow Jesus love the right things, they help create God's kingdom on earth, ant that is something beautiful.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-113433026132301976?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/113433026132301976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=113433026132301976&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/113433026132301976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/113433026132301976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2005/12/donald-is-coming-back.html' title='Donald is coming back'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-113372533595821823</id><published>2005-12-04T14:34:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T09:40:08.874-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blue like jazz</title><content type='html'>I started wondering whether we could actually change the world. I mean, of course we could – we could change our buying habits, elect socially conscious representatives and that sort of thing, but I honestly don’t believe we will be solving the greater human conflict with our efforts. The problem is not a certain type of legislation or even a certain politician; the problem is the same that it has always been.&lt;br /&gt;I am the problem.&lt;br /&gt;I think every conscious person, every person who is awake to the functioning principles within his reality, has a moment where he stops blaming the problems in the world on group think, on humanity and authority, and starts to face himself. I hate this more than anything. This is the hardest principle within Christian spirituality for me to deal with. The problem is not out there; the problem is the needy beast of a thing that lives in my chest.&lt;br /&gt;The thing I realized on the day we protested was that it did me no good to protest America’s responsibility in global poverty when I wasn’t even giving money to my church, which has a terrific homeless ministry. I started feeling very much like a hypocrite.&lt;br /&gt;More than my questions about the efficacy of social action were my questions about my own motives. Do I want social justice for the oppressed, or do I just want to be known as a socially active person? I spend 95 percent of my time thinking about myself anyway. I don’t have to watch the evening news to see that the World is bad; I only have to look at myself. I am not browbeating myself here; I am only saying that true change, true-living, God-honoring change would have to start with the individual. I was the very problem I had been protesting. I wanted to make a sign that read « I AM THE PROBLEM ».&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I talk about love, forgiveness, social justice. I rage against American materialism in the name of altruism, but have I even controlled my own heart? The overwhelming majority of time I spend thinking about myself, pleasing myself, reassuring myself, and when I am done there is nothing to spare for the needy. Six billion people live in this world, and I can only muster thoughts for one. Me.&lt;br /&gt;Nothing is going to change in the world till you and I figure out what is wrong with the person in the mirror.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blue like jazz&lt;/span&gt;, Donald Miller&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-113372533595821823?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/113372533595821823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=113372533595821823&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/113372533595821823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/113372533595821823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2005/12/blue-like-jazz.html' title='Blue like jazz'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-113302616186468756</id><published>2005-11-26T11:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-26T12:36:08.453-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Présentation, en photo, de mon petit univers</title><content type='html'>Voici enfin les photos de mon appart'. Enfin, du living room en tout cas.&lt;br /&gt;L'arbre et les nuages ont été peints par Vivien, un copain de Concordia ! Vous remarquerez la diversité du feuillage, qui contient aussi bien une étoile de mer, qu'un canard (pour Elise notre chat), des boules de noël (pour donner un sens à l'hiver), mais aussi une croix (pour rappeler le coté puritain de l'appart). Ah, les artistes.... :p Et... cherchez l'erreur dans les nuages :p&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/IMGP3769.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/200/IMGP3769.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/IMGP3773.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/320/IMGP3773.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/IMGP3771.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/200/IMGP3771.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est beau, hein ? Mais pas aussi beau que mes voisines :)&lt;br /&gt;Voici Alex, une Canadienne étudiante en fine arts, et Michelle, une américaine qui étudie la religion et le théatre. Des voisines vraiment trop cool :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/DSC02954.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/320/DSC02954.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-113302616186468756?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/113302616186468756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=113302616186468756&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/113302616186468756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/113302616186468756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2005/11/prsentation-en-photo-de-mon-petit.html' title='Présentation, en photo, de mon petit univers'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-112991111559362956</id><published>2005-10-21T10:49:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T09:43:08.408-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Concordia</title><content type='html'>Concordia, ahhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/Hall%20Building2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/200/Hall%20Building2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Il était une fois Concordia. Un jour, un homme (très certainement) décida de constuire un gros batiment pas très beau au centre de Montréal. Depuis 30 ans peut-être, 35000 étudiants y défilent chaque année, avec soit-disant plus de la moitié qui ne parlent pas un anglais maternel. Bon, moi j’y crois pas, mais gardons le mythe, dimension internationale oblige !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.concordia.ca/images/home/imagecampaign/photo1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.concordia.ca/images/home/imagecampaign/photo1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Concordia university, c’est une vraie fac à l’américaine, comme dans les films. On est à Concordia, et on en est fier ! C’est gros, c’est beau, et ça sent bon. Les gens sont grands et minces, vous font des grands sourires, et les garçons draguent les filles près des casiers. Mais je n’ai pas encore réussi à repérer Josh et Dawson. C’est un peu le monde de Ken et Barbie. Il y a des profs partout. Des profs qui font cours, des profs qui dorment, des profs qui mangent, et des profs qui tuent leurs collègues. Une vraie université sans aucun doute !&lt;br /&gt;Il y a 2 gros, énormes, huge campus à Concordia.&lt;br /&gt;Un moche et un beau. Bien sûr moi, je suis dans le moche. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/IMGP19771.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/200/IMGP19771.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mais c’est celui au centre de la ville, alors que les autres, ils vont se cailler les miches en banlieue pendant l’hiver. Mais vu que c’est pas non plus le bagne, il y a un beau bus Concordia qui relie les 2 places.&lt;br /&gt;Les cours : mon premier constat est que les Canadiens aiment raconter leur vie en classe même si ça n’a  aucun rapport. C’est sur le même principe que Martine : Sham à Toronto, Alex aux Etats-Unis, Greg à 5 ans, Pam à la plage. Tout cela dans une atmosphère qui captive l’assemblée. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/19concordia2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/200/19concordia2.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Deuxième constat : ils sont pas européens. Oui, il fallait que j’aille au Canada pour me rendre compte qu’en Occident, il y avait peut-être plusieurs cultures. Sérieusement, la barrière de la langue existe mais est minime comparée à ma tentative de compréhension de leur approche (à savoir sociologique pour moi !). Pas la même histoire, pas le même avenir non plus.&lt;br /&gt;En quelques mots… ça change vraiment de Champs-sur-Marne !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-112991111559362956?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/112991111559362956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=112991111559362956&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/112991111559362956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/112991111559362956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2005/10/concordia.html' title='Concordia'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-112976136877947540</id><published>2005-10-19T18:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T16:25:09.346-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Les coloc'</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/IMGP24381.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/200/IMGP2438.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Nous voilà en photo. Alors, dessus on est pas très beau, mais en vrai, on est très beau (nos parents vous le diront).  Voici Aurélien que certains doivent connaître, un copain  de socio de Marne-la-Vallée, lui aussi en échange à Montréal (mais chez les francophones). Il est grand, beau, poilu, bientôt musclé :D et surtout très bizarre. Mais bon, on l'aime bien parce qu'il rochigne pas à manger des pates et il veut bien dormir dans le salon. Bref, un bon coup mesdemoiselles !!!&lt;br /&gt;Et à ma droite, voici Laurel, venant tout droit de l'Ontario. C'est donc une anglo, mais elle se débrouille aussi en français (pour la plupart... c'est correct !!). Elle a 22 ans, est étudiante en philo à Concordia, répond "not much" au téléphone... mais je vais pas raconter sa vie, parce que ce n'est pas la mienne !&lt;br /&gt;Et puis la petite dernière a 2 ans, elle s'appele Elise et n'est pas sur la photo. C'est encore une enfant. Elle a les cheveux très noirs, parle beaucoup pour son âge et sait quand il est l'heure de manger... un regard à faire palir Aurélien... Quiconque s'approche d'elle tombe tout de suite sous le charme. On ne sait rien de son histoire. Un chose est sûre, elle est belle, on l'aime, et c'est la reine.&lt;br /&gt;Elle aime aussi les calins, et d'ailleur, on y va fort avec elle, car elle aime ça et en redemande. &lt;br /&gt;..............c'est une chatte évidemment.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-112976136877947540?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/112976136877947540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=112976136877947540&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/112976136877947540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/112976136877947540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2005/10/les-coloc.html' title='Les coloc&apos;'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18027223.post-113203536825722743</id><published>2005-08-22T01:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-11-15T01:17:46.390-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Before...... now.......</title><content type='html'>Voici à quoi ressemblait ma vie londonienne....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/flag2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/200/flag2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Quel plaisir de prendre la plume, mon vieux parchemin des grandes occasions, et de vous écrire un récit des plus passionants, entre tàches d’huile et tache d’encre.&lt;br /&gt;Que le temps passe vite. Je ne sais pas si cela tient de ma vieillesse, de l’air britannique, de la passion que je peux mettre dans mon travail, ou encore d’une composition explosive de ces fameux ingredients.&lt;br /&gt;5 semaines ont passé. Yesterday was gone...&lt;br /&gt;Les 2 dernieres semaines ont été pour le moins riches en nouvelles. CNN avait du pain sur la planche, tout comme le Daily mail. Il était une fois la France. Une France certaine de gagner les Jeux Olympiques, une France ayant élu un comique à la tête de l’Etat. Ce comique ne fait pas rire les anglais, quand il déclare que le seul apport des anglais à l’Europe est la vache folle.(Je trouve ça drole). Un scandale est crée dans le daily mail. On s’interroge alors sur des questions de politique internationale, comme... Pourquoi autant de Français ont une moustache. La tension franco-anglaise est à son apogée. Le non-retour semble de mise. Les propos ont été beaucoup trop haineux. &lt;br /&gt;Deux jours plus tard. Sport day à Hawley Primary School. Les mioches font du sport toute la journée, tout cela ponctué par un picnic le midi avec les parents ou les filles au pair. Là, la foule se déchaine sur la française. “Mon père, il hait les français”. Le non-retour est confirmé. Cela depasse le simple propos aigri. Cela atteint une réelle menace pour la sauvegarde de l’intégrité française. Trois jours plus tard. Jour J, le jour de la victoire française sur le dossier corrompu londonien. La France est certaine de gagner, car il ne peut tout simplement pas en aller autrement. Pourtant, ce qui ne devait pas arriver arriva. Londres sortait grandi de ce duel, Paris était relegué en deuxième division, au rang de ceux qui croient à un monde meilleur, transparent, au rang de ceux qui ont foi en la justice humaine et divine.&lt;br /&gt;Quatrième jour. Tel une casserolle remplie de popcorn, le métro Londonien saute de tous les cotés. La bataille prend une autre tournure, celle du terrorisme, de la rue, et des victimes accusées d’innocence. Que dire de tout cela. 52 des trois millions d’usagers quotidien du métro se retrouvent en terre. On crie à l’injustice. Je crie à l’injustice bilatéral. Et si, et si..... Le lendemain. De braves français débarquent à Londres. Nous sommes tous londoniens. N’ayez pas peur. Une jeune fille et un jeune homme étaient effectivement près à tout pour venir voir leur petite soeur Marie en séjour près de Londres. La fratrie germano-franco-canadienne est réunie en territoire britannique.&lt;br /&gt;Week-end à Londres. Le samedi se résume en un samedi de touristes. De vrais touristes.&lt;br /&gt;Le programme dominical est préetabli. Les mioches de moins de 3 ans à l’église m’attendent pour jouer aux legos. Je suis capable d’écrire God en 3D en lego maintenant. Pas mal, hein ? Huitième jour, nous découvrons la gastronomie anglaise : Fish and Chips. Comme le dit mon cher frère, le temps anglais peut sembler mythique, mais concernant la bouffe, nous sommes hélas en pleine vérité.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;....Tomorrow has not yet come...&lt;br /&gt;Les prochains jours viennent si vite. La semaine se déroule à un rythme effrainé. Je connais les grandes lignes de mon avenir proche, il me reste à m’occuper des détails. Cinq semaines vont venir avant mon retour en France (le 15 aout). Six semaines seront passées lors de mon départ au Canada (le 21 aout). A chaque jour suffit sa peine, mais c’est aujourd’hui que se prépare mon avenir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..... We have only today....&lt;br /&gt;L’avenir se trouve dans le dictionnaire anglais, mon passe-temps favori après les heures de ménage. Je vois les progrès, je peux maintenant chatter avec nos cousins britanniques. Je vois également qu’on n’a rien sans rien, et que le miracle linguistique ne peut s’opérer en un mois. Il faut laisser du temps au temps...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.... LET US BEGIN !&lt;br /&gt;Arretons de chaumer !!!&lt;br /&gt;Ps : merci à feu Mère Théresa pour m’avoir autoriser à emprunter sa citation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelques semaines plus tard, je concluais de l'Angleterre : Ici, à Blackwater, ma réputation est toute faite. Je suis une légende. Et oui, une légende. Et ce n’est pas moi qui le dit. Vous en connaissez, vous, des gens qui sont des légendes en 2 mois ? Et bien maintenant oui... :p Une dose de baballe, une dose de tramp’, une carte d’identité française, et des mioches qui relatent vos exploits... Et on entend parler de vous à l’autre bout de la... Cour de récré...&lt;br /&gt;Ma prochaine destination me qualifiera peut-être de loser, qui sait !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/1600/Canada%20Flag-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5577/1753/200/Canada%20Flag-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voilà à quoi ressemble ma vie montréalaise...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18027223-113203536825722743?l=marieincanada.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/feeds/113203536825722743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18027223&amp;postID=113203536825722743&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/113203536825722743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18027223/posts/default/113203536825722743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marieincanada.blogspot.com/2005/08/before-now.html' title='Before...... now.......'/><author><name>Marie Duclos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815808586106859979</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://duclos.marie.googlepages.com/1360888.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
