Russia invaded Georgia mainly because it was in its own interest.  Using pretext that Georgia was doing a military operation in one of its own province (the breakaway province of South Ossetia who is de jure part of Georgia but de facto an independent country), Russia just invaded its neighbour.  The operation by the Georgian Continue reading →

Here is the latest text to be published in TheSource: __________ The Enduring Voices project from the National Geographic Society has recently identified five “global hotspots” where languages are rapidly disappearing. One of these five regions is the Pacific Northwest of North America. Although many reasons explain the endangered status of Native languages, the main Continue reading →

Published in TheSource (www.thelasource.com) in July 2006. ________________________________________ When I was asked to write an article on a specific cultural experience, it took me a bit less than a second to come up with an idea. I was born in Québec of French parents. I have been living in the West for six years, and Continue reading →