Journal of reflections No. 01 · Montreal
True stories and verified facts to understand our times and weave, from here to the ends of the earth, a wider, more human “us.”
Today's story · October 7, 2026 · Racialized but Human
A UN expert on racism is wrapping up a visit to Canada, ten years after a first report on anti-Black racism. What have we done with its recommendations?
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The Daily Ubuntu starts from a very old and very simple African idea: we become persons through other people. With it, we look at the challenges of our time: exile, loneliness, the climate, inequality, systemic racism, technology, the wounds of history. Here in Canada, and wherever human beings are looking for their place. Not to overwhelm. To care for what connects us.
No jargon here. Short stories, verified facts and a question to take with you, and to share with those around you. Because each person's humanity grows through the humanity of others.
“I am because we are.” A philosophy of relationship, reminding us that each person's dignity depends on everyone's.
DiscoverRight next to Montreal, Haudenosaunee tradition asks us to think of the seven generations to come. An echo of Ubuntu.
DiscoverSeven thematic threads, each built in four movements: a scene, a documented case, a voice, a question.
ReadEchoes from here · The Seven Generations
Before deciding, ask: what will this leave to our great-great-grandchildren? That is the heart of a principle handed down by the Haudenosaunee, our neighbours. And it resonates strongly with Ubuntu.
The voice
“The faces of coming generations are looking up at us from beneath the earth.”
The question
What decision made today would you like your great-great-grandchildren to thank you for?
A few landmarks, here and elsewhere
The facts are not here to overwhelm. They show us where to reach out.
The question behind every entry
What does our “us” still leave outside, and what does it lose by staying incomplete?
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