{"id":692106,"date":"2026-05-06T10:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veq.ca\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=79733"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:44:59","slug":"book-launch-what-we-choose-to-forget-a-quebec-story-of-unshared-memories","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/veq.pigecommunication.com\/fr\/event\/book-launch-what-we-choose-to-forget-a-quebec-story-of-unshared-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch: What We Choose To Forget: A Quebec Story of Unshared Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title text-center\">Book Launch:\u00a0<i>What We Choose To Forget<\/i>: A Quebec Story of Unshared Memories<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meet Guy Rex Rodgers and discover his book\u00a0<i>What We Choose To Forget<\/i>!<\/p>\n<p>RSVP at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:guyrexrodgers@gmail.com\"><em>guyrexrodgers@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WWCTF-cover-scaled.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In May 2022, Guy Rex Rodgers released\u00a0<em>What We Choose To Remember,<\/em>\u00a0a documentary film about waves of immigration in Quebec, from the British Conquest to the arrival of university students in the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0century. A month later, the CAQ government passed Bill 96 to protect Quebec from too many English speakers, immigrants, and foreign students. For the next three years, Rodgers toured\u00a0<em>What We Choose To Remember<\/em>\u00a0around Quebec, and after each screening invited audience members to share their stories. The collective portrait that emerged explodes some of Quebec\u2019s most persistent myths about who is Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois.<\/p>\n<p>The heartland of Nouvelle France was the Saint-Lawrence Valley, but it was never pure Catholic or francophone. Scottish and Irish soldiers fought on both sides of the Plains of Abraham.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the first settlers in the Eastern Townships and the Ottawa Valley were English speakers. Then the 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century saw an explosion of immigration that did not fit the French\/English, Catholic\/ Protestant binary. The reality is far more interesting than\u00a0<em>Two Solitudes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>These \u2018immigrants\u2019\u2014who come from many countries and speak a variety of languages\u2014are proud to be Quebecers.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatwechoose.ca\/\"><em>What We Choose To Forget<\/em><\/a>\u00a0gives them a voice\u2014and they have a lot to say about Quebec and their place in it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guy-Rex-Rodgers-2-2025-photo-by-Pantea-Pezeschkan-scaled.jpg\" width=\"262\" height=\"376\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy Rex Rodgers<\/strong>\u00a0is a filmmaker who has made eight documentaries about anglophones and allophones in Quebec, and he writes a column in\u00a0<em>The Montrealer<\/em>\u00a0magazine about history, culture, and politics. Rodgers is also a community activist who founded ELAN (English Language Arts Network) and co-founded the Quebec Writers\u2019 Federation and the Quebec Drama Federation. In 2015, he was appointed a Compagnon of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Pantea Pezeschkan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Launch:\u00a0What We Choose To Forget: A Quebec Story of Unshared Memories &nbsp; Meet Guy Rex Rodgers and discover his book\u00a0What We Choose To Forget! 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