Bado: The Francophonie Through Pencil Strokes

Successor to a long list of tremendous caricaturists, Guy Badeaux has published more than 10,000 drawings since joining the Le Droit newspaper in 1981. He has illustrated every major theme of world, national, provincial and regional significance.

Photo of caricaturist Guy Badeaux at his drawing desk.

The exhibit entitled Bado: The Francophonie Through Pencil Strokes explores the caricaturist’s work as it relates to Canada’s Francophonie at many different levels. How does the one entrusted with the opinion drawing for francophone Ontario’s major newspaper look at the issues affecting the francophone communities in Ottawa, Ontario and Canada?

Self-portrait of the caricaturist seated at his drawing desk.

Themes such as the matter of the capital’s bilingualism, managing schools for Franco Ontarians, Bill 8, the fight to save the Montfort hospital, the creation of Université de l’Ontario français, the Official Languages Act, not to mention the situation of francophone minorities in Canada, are all topics that this exhibition invites visitors to discover through the pencil stroke of caricaturist Bado.

Self-portrait of the caricaturist walking with a portfolio tucked under his arm.