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Please browse the gallery below to discover images, videos, and audio from the exhibition "BADO: The Francophonie Through Pencil Strokes." Click on an image to see an enlarged version with a description, or to play the video or audio clip.
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: School census in Ontario Illustration: Drawing of a ballot box shaped like a trash bin.
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: Franco-Ontarians, double victory in Court of Appeal Illustration: the head of Ontario Premier Bill Davis smoking his pipe, with two black eyes, commenting in French that champagne bottle corks are flying low today!
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: Ontario Catholic schools, parity to grade 13 Illustration: Ontario Premier Bill Davis smoking his pipe and commenting in French: one small step for mankind, one giant step for Franco-Ontarians!
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: The fate of Franco-Ontarians regarding education is comparable to that of Quebec’s anglophones - quoting Thomas Wells Illustration: An anglophone man, somewhat hefty, standing in front of a distorting mirror in which he sees his skinny reflection. Under the drawing, there is an inscription that the reader will certainly recognize that the Franco is on the left in the picture.
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: French is an ethnic language, like Chinese - quoting Jack Bell, an official with the Ministry of Education Illustration: Bette Stephenson holding a box of cereal upside down, trying to read it, commenting that it’s true, it is Chinese!
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: Bette Stephenson and Franco-Ontarians Illustration: Bette Stephenson feeding fish in a fish bowl on the table in front of her. The fish food container is labelled “educational rights”.
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: When hat pins defeat a single regulation Illustration: three hat pins arranged to depict the number 17.
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: The war of the tuques Illustration: Drawing of a cap with the number “8” crossed out in a circle and a tuque displaying the number “178”.
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: Bill 8 Illustration: Drawing of a man sticking his head through a number 8, saying OK, but it’s full of holes!
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Illustration: Drawing of two men, demonstrating and carrying signs, one opposing Bill 178, the other one opposing Bill 8. The Franco-Ontarian (Bill 8) says: So, we’re really fighting for the same thing! The English-speaking Quebecer (Bill 178) answers: – Yeah... but at least we’ve got English Canada on our side!
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: French-language services in Ontario Illustration: Drawing of Minister Bernard Grandmaître, smiling, surrounded by angels and trumpets, with a halo over his head. The caricaturist’s signature says canonization can’t be far off.
alt= Translated from original French artwork. Title: Framework law for Franco-Ontarians Illustration: Drawing of David Peterson standing in front of an empty frame hanging on the wall.