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TORONTO STAR -- Today’s Eurovision song final brings countless countries together — this time, squarely behind Ukraine
BY JEFFREY MO (FGJ ‘22) -- More than 60 years ago, four boys from Liverpool changed the music world forever. This Saturday, the music world returns to Liverpool to crown the winner of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, the longest-running televised music competition in the world, one even older than the Beatles. READ MORE.
TORONTO STAR -- Why the coronation of King Charles III may be the last of its kind
BY JEFFREY MO (FGJ ‘22) -- King Charles III has been the King since September, after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. So why, exactly, do we need a coronation? And what is a coronation? READ MORE.
TORONTO STAR -- France pension protests: Why pots, pans and police could clash on International Workers’ Day
BY JEFFREY MO (FGJ’ 22) -- The recent demonstrations in France against President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed pension reforms are nothing new for the country. According to the interior ministry, a record 119,000 protesters marched in Paris alone on March 23 and 1.08 million marched in France — that’s one in every 65 people in the country. READ MORE.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL -- How Montreal singer La Zarra came to represent France in Eurovision with ‘Évidemment’
BY JEFFREY MO (FGJ ‘22) -- Just a few years ago, Fatima Zahra Hafdi was working in a series of hair salons in Montreal, hoping to one day find her true creative passion in life. Next month, she steps onto the stage as La Zarra in perhaps the world’s most famous music competition, the Eurovision Song Contest, where she will represent France with the track “Évidemment” (“Obviously”). She co-wrote the song with Benny Adam, and they co-produced it with fellow Montrealers Banx & Ranx. READ MORE.
CBC NEWS -- How Montreal singer La Zarra came to represent France in Eurovision with Évidemment
BY JEFFREY MO (FGJ ‘22) -- Just a few years ago, Fatima Zahra Hafdi was working in a series of hair salons in Montreal, hoping to one day find her true creative passion in life. READ MORE.
TORONTO STAR -- There is a lifeline for seniors in Canada facing language barriers and stigma around mental health. Just don’t call it therapy
BY JEFFREY MO (FGJ’ 22) -- Life can be lonely if you’re old. Life can be challenging if you’re an immigrant who can’t speak English or French. And life can feel particularly difficult if you’re an elderly immigrant. READ MORE.
TORONTO STAR -- What is your vocal identity? How leaning into it can say more than words
BY JEFFREY MO (FGJ ‘22) -- Nana aba Duncan, the Ghanaian-Canadian former CBC Radio host, once had a blond, blue-eyed alter ego named Julia, whose voice she used during a cross-country telemarketing job. READ MORE.
TORONTO STAR -- Mass shooters’ Asian heritage grabbed the spotlight. But these crimes are entirely American
BY JEFFREY MO (FGJ ‘22) -- Wayne Lo killed two and injured four others in a shooting at his small liberal-arts college in Massachusetts in 1992. According to Lo, when the U.S. Secret Service interviewed him some years later, they told him, “Asians don’t really do this.” READ MORE.
