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Quebec’s Aboriginal People – Meeting the Innus: by Inês Lopes

Written by ines January 11th

Today, we will be meeting the Innus, in this series entitled “Quebec’s Aboriginal People”. A very brief overview of the Innu’s history and culture, and then we will zoom in on a touristic spot to further discover this nation: the Native Museum of Mashteuiatsh.

Photo credit: Native Museum of Mashteuiatsh

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Quebec’s Aboriginal People – Meeting the Crees: by Inês Lopes

Written by ines January 04th

This week, I invite you to discover the Crees and their history, which is spread over thousands of years; and their rich culture, which is still evolving. This entry is a part of the series entitled  “Quebec’s Aboriginal People”.

Photo Credit:Quebec Aboriginal Tourism Corporation

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Quebec’s Aboriginal People – Meeting the Atikamekw: by Inês Lopes

Written by ines August 13th

The second entry in this series entitled “Quebec’s Aboriginal People”. This week, we will meet the Atikamekw, a nation I had the opportunity to stay with for a few weeks; a nation with moving values, culture and a great sense of humour. It is a rather difficult task to describe a nation in such few words, but here is an overview.
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Quebec’s Aboriginal People – Meeting the Wendat: by Inês Lopes

Written by ines July 02th

Here is the first entry for this series entitled “Quebec’s Aboriginal People”. Today, we will be meeting the Wendat. First, a very brief presentation of this nation, its history and culture. Then, we invite you to go visit this nation, while respecting its culture, environment and values.

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Remembrance Tourism - So they won’t be forgotten :: by Inês Lopes

Written by ines June 18th

When memory fades, when, as a fragile cliff pounded by both the sea and time, it starts to have entire walls crumble into the abyss of loss, it is time to gather everything that remains, afterwards it shall will be too late.
(Free translation from Vercors’s book La bataille du silence)

Photo credit: Jean-Simon Chartier (Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum)

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Zoom in on a Famous Wilderness Photographer:

Ansel Adams and His Second Nature

Written by ines April 16th

Many associate travel to photography (or photography to travel like they say: different strokes for different folks). Taking pictures of a place, its natural areas, its cultural manifestations, its people, its cooperation projects… all of these are great pretexts to travel (or vice-versa, what’s that saying about folks and strokes and differences?). In that spirit, this entry is dedicated to Ansel Adams, wilderness photographer that I had the chance to discover through an eponymous documentary.

“The Tetons - Snake River” (By Ansel Adams, Wyoming, 1942)
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the National Park Service (Public domain)
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The Art of Responsible Traveling :: by Inês Lopes

Written by ines June 11th

The Cedars of Lebanon as told by Director Stéphane Moukarzel

Last week, director Stéphane Moukarzel brought us to Basata’s ecological camp in Egypt. This week, he tells us about The Cedars of Lebanon.

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