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STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES, THE PLACE I WANT TO BE TEXT BY THE GENESIS CLASS

We’ve got days and days, Years and years Of stories In this class. We have lots to tell.

2 0 QUEBEC 1 ROOTS 9 STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES, THE PLACE I WANT TO BE

INTRODUCTION 4 JOLIETTE JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 6 PIERREFONDS KINGSDALE ACADEMY 18 POINTE-CLAIRE LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 30 MONTRÉAL ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 42 SAINT-TÉLESPHORE SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 54 AKULIVIK TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 66 MONTRÉAL WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 78 MEET THE MENTORS 90 4 and HigherEducation Minister ofEducation l’Enseignement supérieur Ministre del’Éducation et de Jean-François Roberge édition deQuebecRoots! à vous danslecadre decette nouvelle invite àapprécier lesœuvres quis’offrent Chers lecteurs et chères lectrices, jevous façon leséchanges interculturels. la Fondation defavoriser d’aussi belle bleu leuroffre cette tribune et je remercie Je suisheureux quelefestival Metropolis à latrès grande qualité del’édition 2019. par ces jeunestalentueux quicontribuent Je tiensàsaluertous lesefforts déployés préjugés et àlescombattre. et l’homophobie,ilsaidentàprévenir les sujets préoccupants comme l’intimidation toute laportée. Enosantaborder des avec lesmotset lesimages, àendécouvrir enrichissantes, ilsapprennent àjouer Grâce àcette expérience desplus facettes deleurvie. les traditions quicaractérisent différentes enjeux auxquels ilsfont face ainsiquesur davantage surleurcommunauté, surles jeunes nousinvitent àenapprendre de l’écriture et delaphotographie, ces concernent leurgénération. Au moyen les préoccupations et surlessujets qui du Québecdes’exprimer librement sur donne l’occasion anglophones àdesélèves Quebec Roots Quelle initiative inspirante queleprojet ! D’uneannéeàl’autre, il Quebec Roots! on offer editionof withthisnew Readers, Iinvite you to enjoy theworks such awonderful way. encouraging intercultural exchange in and Icommend theorganization for provides themwiththisopportunity pleased thatBlueMetropolis Festival quality ofthe2019edition.Iam which contribute to theexceptional talented young people for theirefforts, I would like to congratulate these as to theon-going fightagainst it. the prevention ofprejudice, aswell contributeand homophobia,they to particular concern, suchasbullying impact. Indaringto tackle issuesof and to discover theirsignificance and learnthey to playwithwords andimages, Thanks to thismostenrichingexperience, that shapevarious aspectsoftheirlives. challenges face they andthetraditions us to learn abouttheircommunities, the photography, theseyoung peopleallow their generation. Through writingand the concerns andissuesthatmatter to with anopportunity to freely express Quebec’s English-speaking students project! Year after year, itprovides Quebec Roots –whataninspiring

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5 JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 6 WHAT’S BEHINDOURMASK JOLIETTE HIGHSCHOOL Teacher: Lea Beddia Photography: Pierre Charbonneau Writing: Raquel Rivera MENTORS: Colby Wilson Magan Sanders Mathieu Pivin Kayleigh Pike McBride Devon Tony Mastroianni Naomie Lalonde-Rouiller Evan Koshar-Barcelos Jesse Harquail Charles Gosselin Alice Gosselin CastroSelvin Galdamez Marc-Olivier Fortin Madison Dugas Tess Desrosiers Élodie Desroches Ariel Boyer Victoria Berry William Bélanger-Beauchamp Philip Bélanger-Beauchamp BakerMaicy AUTHORS &PHOTOGRAPHERS: 7 JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL

MORNING ROUTINE THE JUDGMENTAL LOOKS TEXT BY MADISON DUGAS TEXT BY WILLIAM BELANGER- BEAUCHAMP The bathroom is a magical place where I go in looking like crap I hate how people only think “straight”, even in 2019. Today, a and come out looking acceptable. First is foundation, then boy or girl can be whoever they want. What I hide is that I am setting powder. Bronzer is next, and after that is highlighter. patient, obsessed with cleaning, manual, friendly, scared, and Finally, brows and mascara. During the process I feel the cold a hard worker. But what makes me an easy target is that I’m sponges, the rough brushes against my skin, and the precision it empathetic. I want people to see that I am confident too. takes not to mess it up. I look less pale, less round, and less sad. My depressed feelings are hidden well behind my mask The hardest part is being honest about who you are with friends of makeup. and family. I want their opinion of me to be good. I want them to approve of me. A SMILE PINEAPPLE TEXT BY TONY MASTROIANNI TEXT BY MARC-OLIVIER FORTIN I see a girl staring at the ground with no shine in her eyes, I know a fascinating girl who thinks she’s God’s curse. But but tears drip. I ask her how she is. she’s a pineapple. She might be a bit rough and unpleasant on the outside at times. But on the inside, she’s the sweetest. My *** favourite. She builds a fortress around herself because she’s I should probably wipe away my tears before anyone teases me scared. She has been hurt so many times before, she can’t bear even more. “It was just a joke,” but obviously not. I’m not sure breaking once more. I want to show everyone I love you. if he’s looking at me. I’ll pretend everything is ok. I have to hide my pain. JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 8 was nice. put asmileonourfaces. isstanding Everyone tall. Thepicture photographer says,“3-2-1,cheese!”. Myfamily keeps quiet. We show whatisreally happeningbefore thepicture is taken. The disappoint theirrelatives take sothey unreal pictures. don’t They What you seeinpictures isn’treal. Families don’twant to TEXT BYALICEGOSSELI BEHIND THEMASKOFACAMERA photo by victoria berry I remember shouldhave thinkingthatInever left you. I remember telling myfamily Iwasn’t scared. I remember feeling aloneandscared. I remember thecold gunheldagainst myforehead. I remember letters thatIwrote got thatnever sent. I remember crawling inmud,thinkingofthelife Ileftbehind. I remember soldiers flyingback into bloody water. TEXT BYEVANKOSCHAR-BARCELOS LOST SOULS Something was holdingmedown. I couldn’t come back up Falling apart andcrumbling,like mymakeup I was drowning My head was justlike stuck, atraffic jam. My room was amess,justlike mythoughts I could recognize mymasklayinguponmakeup stand My cheekswere red, were myeyes watery TEXT BYPHILLIPBELANGER-BEAUCHAMP AROUND MYTHOUGHTS photo by maicybaker

JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 9 JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 10 photo by marc-olivier fortin much joy, andIdon’tthinkcould stop. ever out ofschoolanddrivingaway. Travelling hasbrought meso school, butIlookoutthewindow anddaydream aboutrunning knowing where I’mgoing, orwhatI’llsee.Ihidethesefeelings at and talking to different people.Ilove runningaround andnot appreciate more. even Ilove learning aboutthingsby exploring my mind,andI’maddicted. WhenIleave, Icome back home to demand too much.Butexploring is like adrug;it’s always on to experience life. Ihave to hidethisfeeling andbegrateful, not I crave thefeeling ofleaving myworries andproblems behind text ADDICTED

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berry Permanently sticking,like atattoo But fear makes insultstrue like dancingnorthernlights Dreams roam free You simplybottlethemupasabluff True feelings aren’t shown Or ofnotbeinggood enough? Afraid ofbeingalone TEXT BYARIELBOYER WHAT ISFEAR? photo by marc-olivier fortin

JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 11 JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 12 likes after anhour. Delete. anxiously for myfirst like andcomment. ahundred Noteven enough makeup for the#nomakeup, #wokeuplikethis. Iwait I examine itonelasttime.It’s I’ve onlygot Ipostit. perfect. Lastchance.post. Irunto mysister. Shepicksthesecond one. saythey’rebut they thesame.Ipanic andfeel miserable. Iwon’t and keep 3.Ichooseafilter. Iaskmyfriends to choose, 2left. Delete, delete, deleter. 10remaining. Myskinistoo pale, soIedit much space, myhandsplaced awkwardly, myhair. millimeter. Asmudge inmyglasses,thighstaking uptoo has awrinkleonanother. Inthe50remaining, analyze every me. ButIknow myeyebrow ishigherinthisone,andmyshirt so Itake ahundred more. “They’re allthesame,” tell they I take ahundred photos ofmyself. don’tplease They me, TEXT BYMAICYBAKER OF MYINSTAGRAMPHOTOS BEHIND THEMASK saying aword. is makingmefeel empty, like adead body. Ijustlisten, without Whycan’tstop family it. members get along? Thisviolentwar saying aword, butmyears hurtwithallthisscreaming. Please, nottoI sitatthedinnertable, cry. trying Ijustlisten, without TEXT BYÉLODIEDESROCHES FAMILY FIGHT photo by victoria berry

JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 13 JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 14 and sometimes Itfeels Ivomit. like I’mbeingchoked. relevant yet, andIcan’t thinkstraight. Mystomach starts turning affordeverything? about Ifutureworry problems thataren’t high school,like getting anapartment. How willIbeableto I thinkaboutallthestuff I’llhave to deal withafter graduating When Ioverthink thingsandlookinto myfuture, Iget anxiety. TEXT BYJESSEHARQUAIL ANXIETY I have to choosehappinessover hurting. next chapter ofmylife ifIkeep re-reading thelastone.Itmeans moving ondoesn’tmean forgetting, andthatIcan’t start the I needparents, notpart-time visitors. Ikeep telling myselfthat my opinion.Now Ihave to sacrifice week. oneofthemevery nothing’s wrong. madetheirdecisionwithoutasking They I’mgoingbehind your because eyes to ofthecrying. smilelike You know, thepain pressing andtheache down onyour chest, TEXT BYMADISONDUGAS I’M HURTING photo by kayleigh pike

JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 15 JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 16 photo by arielboyer let medown. Thankyou. full ofdreams andhappiness. Keep upthegood andnever work, makes mecarefree aboutothers’ opinionsofme.Your insideis you’ve saved mefromMask, alotofmisery. Staying behindyou lost peppergrain, Imightlet themlookinsideyou, butit’s rare. in asaltshaker. Ontherare occasion thatthere mightbeanother of negativity. Sometimes Ifeel alone;like arandom peppergrain over myface andproceed withmyday. You are myshieldto hits takeI never morningIplace thetimeto thankyou. Every you Dear Mask, TEXT BYMATHIEUPIVIN LETTER TOMYMASK will pretend to beworried, andthenleave. I’lljustsitandread. questions. It’s better thatway, soIdon’tseetheirreactions: they I putitonwhenleave himto hidethepain, sopeopledon’task isshow andtell. know mewell,they butnoteverything Ittakesthe mask. practise to hide,butit’s mytask. People think don’tknow what’sbut they really hiding undertheshadow of People think I’m all sunshine andrainbows just by looking at me, TEXT BYTESSADESROSIERS HER HOUSE

JOLIETTE HIGH SCHOOL 17 KINGSDALE ACADEMY 18 GEESE WRITING KINGSDALE ACADEMY Teacher: MelinaArcamone Photography: Pierre Charbonneau Writing: MoniquePolak MENTORS Nathan Zeliger Isaac Witcher Samantha Villegas Scarlet Van Rantwyk-Carroll Fiza Shah Sienna Salvati Trinity Leston Gacia Kouyoumdjian Evelyn Jimenez-Castro Jamel Furtado Marissa DeLaCruz Vera Crotty Ava Crotty Inara Carter Elizabeth Bell Alyssa Barone Alex Anstey-Ferguson Kaleb Adams AUTHORS &PHOTOGRAPHERS would becomfortable. I’d rather sitonacomfy chair. I wouldn’t like sittingoneggs because Imightbreak them.AlsoIdon’tthinksittingoneggs Male geese protect whilethefemale geese thenest, sitontheeggs. I was once atabirthdayparty, andItasted goose. Ittasted like Itwas good. pork. Geese are sometimes raised like chickens for theirmeat oreggs. Geese are related to ducksandswans. Geese flyinaV-formation. Geese can –except live almosteverywhere notinsideourhouses! Geese eat seeds,nuts,grass andberries. Some geese migrate year. every Baby geese are really, really cute. Geese eggs hatch after 25 to 30days. Some have bluestripesontheirwings. Geese are large water birds withlongnecks. Males are called ganders. Goose isactually theterm for female geese; When they’re inthe air, they’re called askein. a group ofgeese iscalled agaggle. TEXT BYSAMANTHAVILLEGAS,AVACROTTY,SIENNASALVATI,TRINITYLESTON,GACIAKOUYOUMDJIAN WHAT YOUNEEDTOKNOWABOUTGEESE

KINGSDALE ACADEMY 19 KINGSDALE ACADEMY 20 You can take apicture ofgeese ifyou are quiet andstillasastatue. Ithelpsifyou stay atleast five feet away. away. Maybethey’re photo shyortheirparents didn’tsigntherelease forms to let thembeinphotographs. to takeThis iswhathappenswhenyou try photographs ofgeese: don’tstay they still.Someoftheshyonesfly TEXT BYTRINITYLESTON,GACIAKOUYOUMDJIAN,ALEXANSTEY-FERGUSON,KALEBADAMS PHOTOGRAPHING GEESE I want to bequiet andkind. I’d rather beakidthangoose because Idon’twant to benoisylike agoose. wroteIf they notes, they’d onlywrite HONKHONK. Geese don’thave pencilsornotebooks, solearning would behard for them. They’d benoisywhenMs.Arcamone was taking attendance. Plusitwould behard to tell themapart. It would beweird ifgeese went to school.Idon’tthinkthey’d lineupfor thebell. IF GEESEWENTTOSCHOOL

KINGSDALE ACADEMY 21 KINGSDALE ACADEMY 22 Geese can alsofly, butwe can’t fly. walkWhen they upthestairs thewholestairway stinks. Sometimes kidsstep inthegoose poop. I seethegeese poopallover theplayground. TEXT BYINARACARTER I SEETHEGEESE were(But they always clumsybecause were they theClumsies.) Lesson #2was: Don’tbeClumsy. Lesson #1was: Don’tbite your teacher. Miss Monkey finallyagreed to betheClumsies’ teacher. “Maybe,” MissMonkey said.“Give meadayortwo to thinkaboutit.” The Clumsiesapologized andoffered herajobastheir teacher. her ontheback.MissMonkey yelled, “Ow!” The Clumsiesmet MissMonkey, anEnglishteacher onherlunchbreak. TheClumsiesbit landed ontheschoolyard, wanted they to hire ateacher. One day, theClumsiesdecidedto flyto KingsdaleAcademy inPierrefonds. Whenthey werethey always dropping stuff –their food, their feathers…everything! Once uponatime,there was afamily ofgeese. Theirnamewas theClumsiesbecause TEXT BYEVELYNJIMENEZ-CASTRO,ALYSSABARONE,NATHANZELIGER ONCE UPONATIME KINGSDALE ACADEMY 23 KINGSDALE ACADEMY 24 I soundlike agoose whenIsaythat! and say, “NoTV!NoTV!” I wouldn’t poke another kidintheback. ButmaybeIwould tease mylittlebrother andsister accident, doitfor butmaybethey fun. Geese sometimes usetheirbeaks to poke each doitby otherintheback. Maybethey TEXT BYKALEBADAMS FUNNY GEESE KINGSDALE ACADEMY 25 KINGSDALE ACADEMY 26 For me,watching thegeese isanotherMindful Minute. Idon’thear theirnoisyhonkingbecause I’minside. I feel calm whenIwatch thegeese. Looking for food, orsometimes sitting. When Ilookouttheclassroom window, Iseegeese flyingaround, Mindful Minute helpsusstay calm atschool. We sitquietly inourchairs andrelax andcloseoureyes. dayatschoolwe have MindfulEvery Minute withMs.Arcamone. TEXT BYVERACROTTY GEESE MINDFULNESS ‘Bye for now, oldfriend, minus 29withthewindchillhere today. Our playground iscovered insnow, You shouldonlycome back inspringbecause itis Have you seenanysea animalslike dolphinsandseahorses? did ittake? Wehopeyou are going to thebeach withMrs. G.Are you collecting seashells? We hopeyou are havingawonderful vacation. How was your flightto Florida? How long Dear Mr. G, EVELYN JIMENEZ-CASTRO TEXT BYJAMELFURTADO,ALYSSABARONE,MARISSADELACRUZ, LETTER TOAGOOSE And keep itonachainsowouldn’t flyaway. We’d putourgoose outside, He’d leave goose printsonmyhomework. He’d thinkingit’s playwithmycat, atoy. Inside, agoose mightpoopallover thehouse! Then, inthemorning,you’d becranky! Geese mighthonkandwake you up. toBut whenyou’re sleep, trying And fertilize thegrass. Because poopoutside they Geese would begood pets SAMANTHA VILLEGAS TEXT BYISAACWITCHER,SCARLETVANRANTWYK-CARROLL, GEESE FORPETS?

KINGSDALE ACADEMY 27 KINGSDALE ACADEMY 28 stories aboutgeese. Keep upthegood Stinky! work, English isStinky’s Stinkywrites alotoffunny bestsubject. English: 80% rude! questions whichisvery remembersStinky never to raise hishand.Hejustcalls outhis He shows nointerest inhumanhistory. Also, class, inhistory In history, Stinkyonlywants to learn aboutgoose history. 10% History: because heissoshort. During gym, Stinkytrieshard, buthethrows theball too low Phys. Ed:50% Stinky! for grammaire, Stinkycopies hisfriend’s Shameonyou, work. and blows allthepapers offhis teacher’s desk!Whenit’s time When it’s timeto handinhisdevoirs, Stinkyflapshiswings French: 20% sending Stinkyto jailinstead! room, butthatdoesn’tseemto behelping.Maybewe shouldtry of calling outtheanswers. Stinkyoften gets sent to thedetention Stinky isnotperforming well inmathbecause hehonksinstead Math: 30% StinkyHonkalotName ofStudent: FIZA SHAH,ELIZABETHBELL TEXT BYSCARLETVANRANTWYK-CARROLL, REPORT CARDFORAGOOSE

KINGSDALE ACADEMY 29 LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 30 TOPIC: GENESIS LINDSAY PLACEHIGHSCHOOL Teacher: SylvieJackson Photography: ThomasKneubühler Writing: MoniquePolak Mentors Kayla Young-Hamilton Alexa Weiser Elektra Skoularicos Joaquin Segura-Gonzalez Brooke-Ashley Santini Daniel Page Adam Mitchell Nadia Martyniuk William Marchand Kyle Macdonald Aja-Li Tynes Karine Hébert Austin Knight-Gagnon Brandon Keyes Grace Gyetvay-Cruz DesBrisay-Mayo Matthew James Boucher AUTHORS &PHOTOGRAPHERS photo by sylvie jackson (Source: GoogleDictionary) something. the originormodeofformation of noun: genesis; plural noun:genesises Gen·e·sis WELCOME TOGENESIS

LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 31 LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 32 We have lotsto tell. In thisclass. Of stories Years andyears We’ve got daysanddays, You can go to them. If you have anythingprivate to get off your chest, Miss JandKarineare always there for us. But we’re alsoonebigfamily. Collectively, we’re areally big mess. We’re allamessinhere. In Room 280. But we’re allequalhere Some ofushadtrouble madefor us. Some ofusare troublemakers. We’re alldifferent. TEXT BYTHEGENESISCLASS POLARITIES TEXT BYNADIAMARTYNIUK,AUSTINKNIGHT-GAGNON GENESIS: THEBOOKOFJOHN proud to bepart you’ve leftus. ofthehistory We are artists,we are athletes, we thinkoutsidethebox. Weare had thechance to behere. to get thisprogram started. Ifyou’d we’d ruinedit, have never We have something to sayto thosestudents: thanksfor helping them feel safe, heard andseen. from theirhidingspotsandplaced inanenvironment thatmade That first Genesisclasswas madeupofstudents whowere taken Some ofJohn’s answers madeuslaugh;others madeusthink. founded, there someteachers even were against it. judgments. Johntold usthatatthetime theprogram was We alsowanted to know if, like us,John’s students faced neededtothey succeed.” from various backgrounds. Highschoolwasn’t givingthemwhat the bluedoors thanattend were classes.They scared andcame would rather hideinthebathroom stalls orunderthestairs at John told us,“There were someLindsayPlace students who We began by askingJohnwhyhedecidedto start Genesis. founded theGenesisprogram. in December, JohnGoff, we interviewed oneofthe teachers who Genesis classroom. Thisclassholdsover 20years ofstories. So morningwe walk throughEvery thedoors ofRoom 280into the photo by sylvie jackson photo by brooke-ashley santini

LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 33 LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 34 We found better friends–like each other. But we moved on. That friendshipdied. The guidance counselor said,“Fake ittillyou make it.” Teachers told us,“Suckitupandfocus onschool.” you inherlife.”She doesn’tdeserve Our momssaid,“It’s nobigdeal. You’ll friends. findnew We were alone–again. judgedThey us. therumors.Other kidsbelieved But stuff like that kept happening…. We wanted sobadly to itwas believe anaccident. You’re stillmybestfriends,aren’t you?” Itslippedout. Idon’tknow whyIsaidthat. “I’m sosorry! Why would shemake thatup? was touching me?” “What? Shetold you what? Shetold you mydad Why were peoplelookingatuslike that? Wait aminute! best friend. be teenage girls,butthatdidn’tmatter because we hadour privatedark, orembarrassing to tell thisgirl.It’s difficult to andnothing.Theretalking was abouteverything nothingtoo hiphop. we said.Wespenthours Sheagreed witheverything we loved: JustinBieber,everything shoppingatFairview, Meeting herwas like meeting apiece ofourselves. Sheloved office.” Weheard thatannouncement way too often. names ontheintercom: “Aja-li! Alexa! Please report to the people.Theworstschool, withnew soundwas hearing our We first started atLindsayPlace inGrade Itwas Seven. anew something else. Sometimes you needto endsomething before you can begin TEXT BYALEXAWEISER,AJA-LITYNES,KAYLAYOUNG-HAMILTON A FRIENDLIKEHER photo by grace gyetvay-cruz The hardest thingwe hadto ever learn isto betrueto ourselves (andmath). One thingwe know for sure isthatwe’re notperfect. What ifwe don’tendupbeingwhatourparents hopedfor usto be? What scares usmostisnotbeingwhowe thoughtwe would be. What we hate isdisrespect But inthisclass,there’s potential. We are notallthesame. If onlytheworld was alittlekinder. TEXT BYTHEGENESISCLASS OUR STORY

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LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 35 LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 36 photo tynes by aja-li Ever feel thatway? Sometimes Ifeel like else. I’mjudgingeveryone Sometimes Ifeel like isjudgingme. everyone TEXT BYJOAQUINSEGURA-GONZALEZ EXCLUSION Together, we are Genesis. Ms. JandKarineare stuck withallofus...andlove usall. Logan andArielladon’twant to bewhoothers were. thoughtthey Aja-Li andKaylaare loyal. Kyle andNadiaare compassionate –you can’t break that. Kaleigh andDanielare determined to succeed anddetermined to beright. andElektraJames, Matthew are selflessandself-reflective. Jordan andBrooke are hilariouslyintimidating. Joaquin to andAdamare get, kind,trying butalsoavoid attention. Lex andAlexa are leaders. Brandon andAustin are empathetic, aslongthingsare fair. Ash andWilliamare creative, looking atways to beseenandunseen. Juliano andGrace are strongly committed to avoidance. Emily iscuriouslyaloof. We are family. You yell, you listen, you speak,you hear, you forgive. When you care, arguing isnormal. We fightsometimes, butit’s justlike afamily fight. We lean oneach sometimes otherfor support; for schoolhelp, sometimes for day-to-day things. All ofushave somuchknowledge, somanydifferent pointsofview. We’re aclassof25. STRENGTH INNUMBERS

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LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 37 LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 38 differences aside, you can make something great outofnothing. have imaginedto come from amissingceiling tile:whenyou putyour immediately apparent, something more meaningful thananyone could There’s something to belearned from thevoid, something not a doorbell…. has hadsomequestionablethingsthrown shoes,ared into balloon, it: The void symbolizes alotmore thanjustagoofy holeintheceiling that Genesis. other to get along.Thevoid hasmadeadifference inmy years in ceiling. Anemptyspace was allit took to get kidswhodidn’tlike each were brought together by onenonsensical joke aboutaholeinthe some mightsayhadnothingincommon. Twenty-five different people is oneoftheseideas thatbrought together agroup ofteenagers who In life, often, thegreatest stories start withthesilliestideas. The Void people whodon’ttalk to each otherclosertogether? ceiling inourclassroom. suchthisdecisionwould bring Whoknew decision. Throwing milkupinto thevoid, whichisasimpleholeinthe Milk inthevoid. Thisishow itstarted, withagoofy boy makingagoofy TEXT BYWILLIAMMARCHAND,ADAMMITCHELL,DANIELPAGE THE VOID It wasn’t. That adultthoughtitwas ametaphor for how we navigate theworld – That someonewas anadult. make agood –orpoem. story Someone told meto write aboutthevoid because shethoughtitwould TEXT BYANONYMOUS THE VOID,PART1 THE VOID photo by elektra skoularicos

LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 39 LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 40 photo hébert by karine We run. But onething’s for sure, Sometimes we helpeach other;sometimes we don’t. Sometimes we talk; sometimes we don’t; Our dayscome andgo. Judge, doourown thing, Afterwards, we learn, cry, laugh, fight, Together. But we doit We don’talways want to, Sometimes withJillianorShaunT. In circles. Outside; inside. For 50minutes, we run. morning Every As one. We run, TEXT BYKYLEMACDONALD,JAMESBOUCHER,BRANDONKEYES,MATTHEWDESBRISAY-MAYO WE RUN

LINDSAY PLACE HIGH SCHOOL 41 ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 42 TOPIC: PERCEPTIONS ÉCOLES MUSULMANESDEMONTRÉAL Teacher: MouhsineElAissaoui Photography: MoniqueDykstra Writing: LarissaAnastasia MENTORS Benbitat Zakari Meena Yassin Naheema Sultana Dina Muhsin Qasim Mughal Rofia Messai Teeham Islam Yousef Elmanssori Imtiaz Ahmed AUTHORS &PHOTOGRAPHERS photo by imtiaz ahmed classes inaddition to ourregular classes. other schools,we pray atlunchtimeandwe have Arabic andIslam a hijaborheadscarf, whileboys wear blueshirts andgrey pants. Unlike Like manyotherschoolswe wear auniform. Girlswear grey blazers and students to feel comfortable withtheirculture andtheirreligion. Our schoolwas founded by Dr. Aminin1985because hewanted teenagers whospeak manylanguages. Canada. It’s smallbutitsheart isbig.Thehallsare full ofthesounds Écoles musulmanesdeMontréal was thefirst Muslimschoolin OUR SCHOOL

ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 43 ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 44 photo by qasim mughal Without fear, withoutbrawl Who live together Just like thewildanimals By oneandby all When ourreligion willbeconsidered aspure But Iamwaiting for theday I amnotsure Islamophobia for… Speed isasnail’s worst enemy A for animosity The Pegasus andit’s imprecise reality I for integrity The fox leftthecrow indenial B for betrayal The pika, virtually non-existent O for obedience The lionandit’s political supremacy H for hypocrisy The racoon, forever egoistic P for pessimistic The sabre-toothed tiger andit’s rough survival O for outrival The mousewhowalks into thetrap withoutconciliation M for manipulation The elephantwhotramples ontheirsanity A for anxiety The chameleonandit’s minorvisibility L for loyalty The hyena killswithoutmercy S for savagery The mosquito andit’s abundantexistence I for ignorance TEXT BYQASIMMUGHAL ISLAMOPHOBIA FOR photo by yousef elmanssori where not everything isalwayswhere right. noteverything I live inaworld ofblackandwhite, And neglect whatothers have to say, In turn follow they theirown ways, which peoplewillnotcall `dope` But that’s justadream ofhope, Just like jellyandpeanut butter, I thinkwe are alldifferent from oneanother, mightnotbealwaysWhere right, everybody I maybelive inaworld ofblackandwhite, And that’s whywe shouldrespect allhumancries, We allhave acode thatwe go by, And thatdoesn`tmake you anylessdifferent, We aren’t alllittlegrains ofsand, There mightbeothercolours thatshow more delight, isassimplewritingblackonwhite, Not everything mightnotbealwayswhere right, everybody I live inaworld ofblackandwhite, Just ashow themoonshineslight, But Idon`tthinkthey`re always right, isalways believe That they true, mighthave astrictsetThey ofrules, however mightcall they mea`schizophrenic intheyard` I mightbecompassionate andfull ofheart, thinksthey’re alwaysWhere right everybody I live inaworld ofblackandwhite, TEXT BYYOUSEFELMANSSORI A WORLDOFBLACKANDWHITE

ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 45 ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 46 photo by yousef elmanssori Racism inasociety have shouldnever its place. People shouldn’tbejudged because of thecolour oftheirface Please thinkaboutthosewhonow hate to beincrowds Please thinkaboutvictimswho are scared to come out You onlyjudge asyou please, andto your liking You thinktwice never before acting You playwithhuman’s lives Racism, you are heartless andassharp asaknife. by crews. Walking into anothernightwhere someare judged andarrested And whatwe can do. Walking into anotherdaywhere color defineswhowe are TEXT BYMEENAYASSIN photo by yousef elmansori then dream it! if you want to befree with chocolate truth iseating candies with peanut butter truth islove let your mindbefree If you read thispoem or akitty as ifyou are aunicorn start inpeace believing inviolenceDon`t believe TEXT BYBENBITATZAKARI DREAMS OFTHEFUTURE

ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 47 ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 48 Under onebelief We are allunited Either from Europe, AsiaorAfrica From different parts ofthe world And various typesoffood Different typesofcustoms Different typesoflanguage Making itcolourful There are manycultures There issomuchdiversity TEXT BYIMTIAZAHMED IN OURMUSLIMCOMMUNITY

photo by imtiaz ahmed What anamazing voice!” Someone replied “Whydoesitmatter if she shows herface ornot? A woman posted acomment “Why can’t you show your face?.” mad.” Somycousin putonaburqa andstarted makingvideos. of herself he’ll singing.Hermomsaid“Ifyourbereally Dadfindsout, One day, mycousin asked hermomifshecould make YouTube videos have nofeelingsidentity orthatthey insidethem. religion andthemselves. Italsodoesnotmean they’re hidingtheir arethey puttingonamasklike athief;itisbecause respect they the Muslim women normallywear ahijaborheadscarf. Itisnotbecause TEXT BYTEEHAMISLAM CLOTHES

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ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 49 ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 50 Can we form onenation? Question Always askingmyselfthesame We mustthenform one We alllive inthesameworld We seekto know you, doasmuchfor us We donotdespisepeople We are notterrorists Innocents Ourselves intheheart ofthese But ifwe digdeeperwe can see All thetimesameone,inblack People onlyseeonesurface TEXT BYROFIAMESSAI CAN WEFORMONENATION?

photo by qasim mughal But without it, we would feelBut withoutit, like strays. I know thismightsoundcliché We wear thehijabeveryday And notstressed. With thiswe feel blessed, Rather thanwhat’s inthehead? Why judge aperson for what’s ontheirhead, We wouldn’t begged leave ifthey even it, Therefore Heprotects usfrom harsh weather We wear thisfor God,ourcreator A questionheard intheordinary Isn’t ithotinthesummer? Others lookatuslike we have disorders Many good peopleare supporters Deadly glares from others Lovely stares from strangers TEXT BYDINAMUHSIN HIJAB Than thecutsandclarityofdiamonds. But we are worth more We maybefragile asthose flawed objects I amnotthedamaged girlIthoughtwas But we won’t let ourselves down. Maybe because Iwore ahijab. Maybe because wore they shorts Other women have lived it, Similar to thoseparticles; becompletely Iwillnever cemented But Iamnotasperfect asIonce was. to attach try They theremaining segments back together, That’s how damaged Iwas whenhebroke me The red liquidaskingto becontained again. Begging for life. There are roses fallen andseparated from thatdemolishedvase, Your unavailing grasp. I’m thatglassofwineyou accidentally let go of, Now layingonthefloor. As ifIhadbeenthrown like shattered pieces ofavase, WHAT IFISAYGOTSEXUALLYHARASSED?

ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 51 ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 52 ÉCOLES MUSULMANES DE MONTRÉAL 53 SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 54 FAMILY /RURALLIFE SOULANGES ELEMENTARYSCHOOL Teacher: Clair Katheryn Photography: MoniqueDykstra Writing: LarissaAnastasia MENTORS Tyler Watson Tyler Deshaies Sekoya Munro Myliane Sauve Marilou Andre Maida Munro Abdullah Yeboah AUTHORS &PHOTOGRAPHERS January we skateJanuary Polycarpe. atthearena inSt. we go cross country skiinginthecornfields orsnowshoeing, andin the projector andthecoat room. hibernate Whilethey here allwinter, lady bugstake over. infest They ourschool;ladybugs onthewalls, in Some ofuslive onfarms. springwhenwe plantthesoy crops Every the One iskindergarten to grade two. Theotherroom isgrade three to six. here. Wehave lotsofbrothers andsisters. Ourschoolhastwo rooms. In 2019,ourschoolwillbe100years old.There are twenty students

SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 55 SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 56 And hedoesn’tmake asound. He goes to sleepunderground He digsaholewithhismanyarms In thewinter hehascharms He lives inatree andhisnameisSquillbur In theschoolyard there isawooly bear caterpillar Mme. Townsend says“HelloGeorge” When something strange happens One was rocking andthere was nowind. Two chairs sideby side There’s onlyoneghostthatwe’ve sofar counted. Rumour hasitthatthefarm next doorishaunted. And that’s something you can fact check. It’s oneofthesmallestinQuebec. And itrules. This isourschool. TEXT BYTHESTUDENTSINMISSCLARE’SCLASS OUR AWESOMERURALSCHOOL I have ahappy day. guys”When Isay“Hey guys!”I say“hey When Ihave agood day When Ismilehave agood day When Icreate Ismile. When Iwait Icreate. When Iwait I’masunrise When Iwait Ibreathe. When Iplaysay“hurray” When Iwait Iplay. TEXT BYTYLERDESHAIES WHEN IWAIT

SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 57 SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 58 broken barn. Inthebarn there are somewhite foxes. school. Ihave acorn fieldand ontop there isanold There’s alotofnature, itisbeautiful. Hawksrulethe There isabigsoccer field.There’s afence around it. TEXT BYTYLERWATSON RECESS SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 59 SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 60 Your family sure isnotlike mine. Lots: there are lotsandofpeopleinmyfamily In themorninghave peanut butter toast…. mmmmm My family: Ihave three brothers. are They cool. A happy family: myparents are separated, butwe are ahappy family. Farm: onourfarm, we have alittledognamedLola. TEXT BYMYLIANESAUVE Things like magic It makes nice things, My creativity islike fairy dust I seeapretty castle intheclouds My creativity issobigthatIcould lookatthesky The onlyreason Ilove springisbecause ofthecolors I get inspired whenIthinkofcolors very I really like drawing sunsets I love to draw, itbringsoutmycreativity. In themorningIlike to wake upwithanidea TEXT BYMAIDAMUNRO SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 61 SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 62 A: Whenmykidsare happy, whenit’s sunnyandwarm, andwhenwe are camping. Q: Whatmakes you happy? On thefarm there are two kindsofcorn. Oneisfor thecows andoneisfor peopleto eat. A: Iamafarmer. Igrow corn, soybeans, green peas andsweet corn. Q: Canyou tell meaboutyour job? mydadMichel becauseI interviewed heisafarmer. TEXT BYMYLIANESAUVE INTERVIEW loves to decorate for theholidaysandsometimes Ilike to helpher. to mygrandmother’s house.Shehasacool andgrain jobonadairy farm. She When Iget ontheschoolbus,Italk withthebusdriver Brigitte. After schoolI go my three rabbits cows. andmysixtydairy We bringmysister to school.After we that, go to the barn andseemy baby cat, In themorning,Iget up, eat, go inthecar withmymom,sister, brother andme. TEXT BYMARILOUANDRE MY MORNINGROUTINE

SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 63 SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 64 screamed andalmostwoke up. everyone a boy duringnaptimeandwhen mymomfound himtheboy to learn aboutthem.Once shewas playinghideandseekwith keep thembusyandto helpthem.Shetalks to theirparents My momworks withkidswhohave autism.Shehasgames to TEXT BYSEKOYAMUNRO and Ifell off. It I was soscary could notbreathe. animals. Once Irode Jessiethepony. Shewent underthefence I like to go to mygrandma Beverly’s house.Shehasafarm with TEXT BYABDULLAHYEBOAH THE PONY And helpingthekidsthatstay withus. My momfeels proud to seeherboys growing up Because that’s how Ifelt whenIfirst started. It’s okay to feel like you don’tbelong needafamilyThey andwe have toys, atvandfamily to share. Meeting because themisscary Idon’tknow them. Saying goodbye ishard because Ilove them. I needto teach thekidsgames, andbeanexample. It ishard to beafoster brother because Idon’tknow thekids. My family isspecialbecause we are afoster home. TEXT BYTYLERDESHAIES I AMAFOSTERBROTHER SOULANGES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 65 TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 66 TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL Teacher: EdnaJohnson Photography: ThomasKneubühler Writting: MoniquePolak MENTORS Peter Qinuajuak Louisa Qinuajuak Qumak Cruikshank Laly Aliqu Junior Angiyou Tapisa Aliqu Tamusi Alayco Adamie Alayco Alison Alasuak AUTHORS &PHOTOGRAPHERS That’s thenoiseastickmakes whenithitsthepuck. We hear thesoundbang. The arena smellslike smellyequipment. But we him. don’tbelieve He saysheisn’taspoiledkid. He playscenter. Junior hasskates. Only thespoiledkidshave skates. forI wishhadthemoney skates. Except Idon’thave equipment. I would play Watching hockey players. I was atthearena yesterday OUR ARENA

TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 67 TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 68 But because itmeans hegets to playhockey. Not because helikes to clean hishouse. Not because it’s good exercise. Junior loves to clean theice. kidstoWe needseven doit. It takes usthree hours to clean the ice. We’ve got five shovels andtwo brooms. It’s alotofwork to clean theice. That means we have to clean theice ourselves. InOctober, ourzamboni broke. ZAMBONI Except atthearena. We trusteach other. We Inuitdon’tlockourdoors atnight. can goEverybody get food there. Hunters share theircaribou, charandseal. We have acommunity freezer down by thebay. insharing. We Inuitbelieve Only sometimes we steal hockey equipment. Usually we Inuitdon’tsteal. stealSo they it. toDon’t have themoney buythatstuff. That’s because alotofkidshere Hockey tape, shinguards, gloves andhelmets. For example: A lotofstuff gets stolen atthearena. THEFT ATOURARENA

TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 69 TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 70 It tasted good. With alittlebitofsaltandlotsonions. My momcooked thegoose In real life, I’ve shotandkilledagoose. I don’tfeel bad aboutit. I shootpeople. Call ofDutyisaboutwar. There’s nopuck. nostick, It’s nothinglike hockey. My favourite videogame isCallofDuty. I like videogames better. I onlywent to thearena afew timesinmylife. My nameisAdamie. WHY ILIKEVIDEOGAMESMORETHANTHEARENA We are thegirlsofAkulivik. It madeherfeel strong. Laly liked learning overhand. how to serve We learned overhand. how to serve In thegym withEdna. But we love to playvolleyball onTuesday andFriday nights Maybe we needto stand upandtell theboys we want to play! That makes usmad. The boys don’tlet usplayhockey. The boys hadto stop theirgame. So shethrew abasketball ontheice. Yesterday, one girlgot bored. Sometimes it’s boring. To watch theboys playhockey. We allgo to thearena We are thegirlsofAkulivik. WHAT THEGIRLSTHINKOFARENA

TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 71 TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 72 In December, January, andMarch. February Because we want ourparkas to keep uswarm But we don’t. Sometimes, we feel like givingup. The hardest part ismakingparka pockets. We usethepatterns to cuttheskinsandleather. Maggie, ourCulture teacher, makes thepatterns. Like usedcaribou us,they skins,sealskin andfox fur to make clothes. didn’tbuyclothesfromThey thestore. Our great-grandmothers everything. sewed Because it’s part ofourculture. We love to sew We make parkas, mittens, kamiks, andsealskin purses. inCultureWe sew class. WHY SEWINGISBETTERTHANHOCKEY Because Imake somanybaskets! I don’tshout“Yes!” anymore Now whenImake abasket, They’re myfavourite thingIhave. day.I wear thoseshoesevery Stocking theshelves. fromI saved themoney mysummerjobattheNorthern, I boughtthemwhenwas inMontreal. In June,Isaved upto buyUnderArmourbasketball shoes. I shouted, “Yes!” It was duringgym class. I mademyfirst basket. A week later, At itwas first, hard for meto make abasket. In thegym. It was atschool, I was thirteen whenIfirst played basketball. BASKETBALL ANDME

TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 73 TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 74 I wishI’d have never broken thatwindow. Now, Ifeel bad. whenIlookatit, Someone boarded itup. It’s thethird onefrom theleft. The window atthearena got never fixed. Bad because Ibroke thewindow. Good because Ihadgood aim, I felt good andbad. On mythird try, Ishattered thewindow. And putitintheslingshot. I found arock ontheground Aiming for anupstairs window was myidea. He saidwe shouldgo to thearena. I was withmyfriend I practised ontheland. So Iwent to get it. I remembered theslingshotinmyshed, I got bored oneday. Two summers ago SLINGSHOT TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 75 TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 76 DS: Ifell inlove withyou guys!You guysare smartandnow you’re growing uptoo fast! ALL: Whydoyou love us? importance ofwater. Akulivik ismysecond home! in contact withme.Akulivik taught meabouthow to respect theland,Inuitculture andthe other communities, buthere treated they melike family. peopleinAkulivik WhenIleft, kept DS: Bannockandtea! WhenIfirst came, Ilearned alotaboutInuitculture. I’ve beento Junior: Whydoyou like Akulivik? timewethe kidsdobad. dogood, Every thekidswilldogood! fitness gym onthetop floor, butpeopleneedto step timewe dobad, upandhelp. Every it clean. Ilike whenIseeyou guyscoming together to help scrape theice. Iwishwe hada free time,races, musicto keep uspumped.Butnow it’s boring!It’s your jobto helpkeep DS: I’ve beencoming to Akulivik for five years. Thearena usedto be better: lotsofpractices, Alison: Whatdoyou thinkofourarena? in myhome! was andcool! scary After thatI wanted to bea goalie. Butit caused somenice family rivalry hockey was boringuntilIsawBoston Bruinsgoalie, AndyMoog.Hewas bigandhishelmet Montreal Canadiens,especiallyinthe70’s. GuyLaFleurwas hisfavourite player. Ithought DS: WhenIwas young, Ithoughthockey was justsoccer onice! Myfather really loved the Ali: Whydoyou playgoalie? legacy alive. like how theInuitnametheirchildren after someoneimportant to them to keep thatperson’s DS: Clauter Alexandre. Mymomnamedmeafter aCanadiansoldierstationed inHaiti.Kindof Ali: Whatisyour real name? INTERVIEW WITHDR.STEP TUKISINIARVIK SCHOOL 77 WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 78 AT WILLINGDONSCHOOL TRUTH ANDRUMOURS WILLINGDON ELEMENTARYSCHOOL Teacher: Heather Leckner Photography: MoniqueDykstra Writing: Raquel Rivera MENTORS Sarah Tyrrell Corie Taylor Claire Stewart Sean Oh Parker Malone Rose MacRae Tasai Lauzon Noah Laforce Chloe Kier Cara Holland Adrian Fowler Violet Farrell Eric Dignan Gaïa WonDeJong Max Curiel-Ploumis Sena Crist Nohlan Baise Quentyn Archer Sienna Alfonso AUTHORS &PHOTOGRAPHERS photo by cara I don’t know what, butIknow forI don’tknow what, afact hehasdonemanythings. I have heard arumouraboutLord Willingdon hauntingtheschoolandhehasdonemanythings. TEXT BYNOAH

WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 79 WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 80 the schoolandwe call himLord Willingdon. school whenithappened.Well,I’mluckyIwasn’t here, butwhenhedied apparently hisspiritisin did allthisbecause hehated histeachers sohewent onarampage for revenge. But Iwasn’t inthe benches andtherock wall came andnever back.Hewas apparently from theschoolandheonly Apparently amancutoff his toes andhisfingers thenhecame back andhespray-painted the TEXT BYTASAI make thejars gifts ofhoney for homelesspeople. could make more by going money around theneighbourhoodsellingjars ofhoney. could They also dollars for andabigjarofhoney sixdollars. Itwould bemore affordable withthoseprices. They shouldlowerthey theprice. Ithinkit’s too expensive. for shouldsellasmalljarofhoney They three andtheN.D.G.honey.honey Iprefer theWillingdon because honey I’mproud ofourbees.Ithink for thegrade sixgraduation. Inscience class,we get to taste two kindsofhoney, theWillingdon Willingdon hasbeesontheroof. Ingrade six,you get to extract honey. Wesellitto raise money TEXT BYCORIE I would investigate theproblem by learning ofWillingdon. thehistory of want to askthekindergarteners thinkit’s whythey trueorhow two peoplediedinthebathroom. think it’s truebecause somepeople write weird stuff onthe bathroom doors andthe walls. Ikind grade sixes to are make trying kindergarteners thinkit’s nottrue.Ithinkthatthekindergarteners thinkthattwo peoplediedinthebathroom.they are Maybethey lyingfor fun. Myfriendsaidthat Kindergarteners thinktwo peoplediedinthebathroom. Idon’tthinkit’s true.Iwas thinkingwhy TEXT BYSEAN really fast, washed myhandsandran out. day Icouldn’t helpitandIwent to thebathroom. Thelightsstarted to flicker. Iwent to thebathroom Sometimes Ipeedmypants Iwas so scared. wanted Inever to go inthatbathroom again. ever One scaredvery soIdidn’tgo to thebathroom atall.Even ifIreally hadto goThatwas terrible. Ididn’t. When Iwas inKindergarten there was arumourthatthere was aghostinthegirls’ bathroom Igot TEXT BYANONYMOUS photo by max paranormal abit. That means there Ishouldknow, was aghost. Iknow aboutthe reason. Lastyear myghostclubwas really cold onareally hotday. noises anddoesweird things,like make thebellsoundfor no Lord Willingdon hauntsWillingdon School.Hemakes weird TEXT BYMAX

WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 81 WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 82 photo by tasai people are scared to go in. I heard thattwo girlsdiedinthegirls’ bathroom. Now TEXT BYVIOLET photo by corie

WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 83 WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 84 photo by sienna tattooing booth.PS: were they fake tattoos. and Iwanted to dosomething else.There was facepainting too. Next there to was that, a when Isliddown andclimbedback upandbounced again andagain, untilmyfriend amount oftimeandIstayed longer thanalimited amountoftime.Iwas withmyfriend Last year, there was afun fair. castle Iwent inthebouncy where you hadalimited TEXT BYMAX scared because we thoughttheprincipal andnervous was coming! the tree. Whenithappened,theworkers’ andmyfriend’s face went white. Wewere really almostbrokeBut itdidandthey thefence andtheplayground. AndIwas really closeto hoverboards andpeoplewere cuttingdown trees. didn’twant They itto go over thefence. Once Iwas withmyfriendTyler andwe were ontheschoolracetrack racing onour TEXT BYPARKER,TASAIANDNOAH

WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 85 WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 86 to go andcold. to hungry ourclass.Wewere very come back to Willingdon. Whenwe came back, instead ofeating we had another schoolcalled Royal Vale. Whenwe were halfway there we hadto alarm went off. We were outside for 30minutes. After, we were walking to be exciting butitwent wrong. Itwent wrong because at12:30thefire It was Pajama DayandPizza Day. thoughtitwas going Everybody to TEXT BYSENA,ERIC,ANDQUENTYN Day. Itsoundsdisgustingbutit’s delicious! barf islike atradition because mostpeopleinourgrade Pizza doitevery baby barf, for example, withchocolate ice cream andotherjuices. Baby their pizza, unlike us.Kidsinourgrade have triedotherways to make barf. Two kidsinourgrade invented baby barf. Somepeopleputiton called baby barf because whenyou mixtheingredients itlookslike baby square. To make baby barf you needlimeice cream andgrape juice. It’s lime ice cream, chocolate ice cream, vanilla ice cream andarice crispy (Usually you get two pieces ofpizza.) Wealsohave four choices ofdesert: On Pizza Dayyou get asmanypieces of pizza thatare onyour card. TEXT BYSEAN,GAÏA,CLAIREANDCORIE photo by cara

WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 87 WILLINGDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 88 photo by lucy and thenwe noticed thatitwas notareal fire. Theteacher told uswe could go back. cold. Thenateacher came andtold usto bequiet.Thenwe walked halfway to Royal Vale School there was was fire scared andeverybody andstarted Thenwe went outsideandwe were crying. whatitdo.Nobody knew Thelunchmonitors told usto noticed sitdown andthenthey that It was PJ Dayanditwas thecoldest day of theyear anditwas pizza lunch.Weheard anoise. TEXT BYVIOLETANDCARA photo by sena go, thefirefighters told uswe could go back inside. We were going to walk to Royal Vale Schoolandsomeclassesgot there. Butbefore myclasscould day. Somepeoplewere soooscared Theirparents were they crying. came to pickthemup. On Pajama Daythefire alarmwent off. Meanwhile we were eating. itwas Andontop pizza ofit, TEXT BYSARAHANDSIENNA

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91 Quebec Roots Strengthening Communities: The Place I Want to Be 2019

Graphics and Layout Louise Bélisle

Original Idea and Concept Blue Metropolis Foundation

Project Coordinator Frédérick Gaudin-Laurin

ISBN 978-2-923319-22-3 Legal Deposit – Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 2019 Printed in Canada ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN AND PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT TO THIS YEAR’S EDITION OF QUEBEC ROOTS, BLUE METROPOLIS FOUNDATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK:

PARTICIPATING SCHOOL BOARDS: English Montreal School Board, Kativik School Board, Sir Wilfird Laurier School Board, Lester B. Pearson School Board, Fédération des établissements d’enseignement privé

TEACHERS & SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT: Melina Arcamone, Lea Beddia, Kate Clare, Amber Douthwright, Mouhsine El Aissaoui, Sylvie Jackson, Edna Johnson, Heather Leckner

AUTHORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS: Larissa Andrusyshyn, Pierre Charbonneau, Monique Dykstra, Thomas Kneubühler, Monique Polak, Raquel Rivera.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: The Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur of Quebec, Air Inuit, the Eric T. Webster Foundation, and TD Bank Group.

And thanks to the students for their participation, creative work and enthusiasm!

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