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Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

Journalist

Montreal

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

Jennifer est journaliste à La Converse. Elle a commencé sa carrière avec nous à travers les Bourses de La Converse en Janvier 2024 en tant que journaliste junior. Depuis août 2024, elle est journaliste à La Converse.

Latest Articles

Public writers: no more support for non-Francophones

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

The public writers pilot project has been cancelled — a service for non-Francophones, mainly immigrants who are struggling to integrate.

Scalded child in Montreal: the Black community is worried about the safety of their children

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

On Saturday, October 12, hundreds of demonstrators marched in Montreal in support of the boy who was allegedly scalded by his neighbor.

Budget cuts in francization: a new barrier for immigrants

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

A few weeks before school started, Quebec announced budget cuts affecting francization programs for adults.

Police stops: a favourable judgment for victims of racial profiling?

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

On September 3, the Quebec Superior Court ordered the City of Montreal to compensate people who were victims of racial profiling.

“I had to create my own world to really live” — from the stage to the boxing ring, or, breaking the chains of adversity

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

Sarah-Judith Kayiri Hinse-Paré is a musician, writer, songwriter, performer, and Canadian boxing vice-champion in her category.

Temporary work permits freezing : should we really be worried?

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

Foreign workers have four days to renew or obtain a closed work permit, before new PTET restrictions in Montreal.

Anti-black racism in Montreal schools: “Sometimes it's trivialized, sometimes it's blatant”

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

Kemba Mitchell is an anti-black racism consultant. We compared these observations with the experiences of families who are victims of discrimination.

Hood Heroes - 16 Smoothzi: A Family Story

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

“My parents taught me to be happy with what I have. Even if we have little, in reality, we have a lot,” says Ramzi Kerouicha.

Curry collective: asylum seekers become chefs

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

“We are chefs, because we have always cooked at home, it is a passion that we master perfectly”

Breaking the silence and claiming your place in the media when you are a black woman

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

While the Dynastie Gala Media Evening honored women, it was also an opportunity to highlight the challenges they face.

What do young people in Montreal neighborhoods experience?

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

“We are not important, because we come from a bad neighborhood, because we are black, because we are Arabs!” Take a look at the École Converse Podcast

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Massacre in Congo: memory of a survivor of Goma

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

Witnessing the rise of violence in his hometown, Babs lived through the wars that shook Congo before finding refuge in Canada in 2019.

Hood Heroes, episode 15: Eddy, the dad of the Park YMCA Youth Zone

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

Although he only joined the YMCA team in 2023, Eddy already has a symbolic place. “Here, they consider me a bit like the dad of the Zone”

Massacre in Congo: the heavy silence of the international community

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

“We are not flies that can be killed like that”

Black excellence: a burden for some community members

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

A dialogue on black excellence and its consequences on the mental health of black youth.

Surviving depression on the streets: when mental illness remains invisible for people experiencing homelessness

Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

“Shelter is hard. It's coughing, it's farting, it's groaning, it's screaming. It is open land. I prefer to lie outside.”

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