{"id":10596,"date":"2025-11-24T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/?p=10596"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:58:24","slug":"bado-the-francophonie-through-pencil-strokes-virtual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/bado-the-francophonie-through-pencil-strokes-virtual\/","title":{"rendered":"Bado: The Francophonie Through Pencil Strokes"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA, November 24, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 The Vanier Museopark proudly announces the launch of its virtual exhibition Bado: The Francophonie Through Pencil Strokes<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, highlighting more than 40 years of cartoons by artist Guy Badeaux, better known as Bado. A true witness of his time, Bado has published over 10,000 drawings in Le\u00a0Droit<\/em> newspaper since 1981, tackling current affairs with both humour and sharp insight.<\/p>\n

Through this exhibition, visitors are invited to consider the unique role of cartoonists in society and to revisit key moments in the history of Ottawa\u2019s, Ontario\u2019s and Canada\u2019s Francophonie. More than 180 digitized cartoons are presented, covering themes such as the fight to save the Montfort Hospital, the creation of a French-language university in Ontario, the recognition of bilingualism in Ottawa, and the challenges facing Francophone minorities across Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this project, we want to showcase the work of a major Canadian cartoonist and highlight his unique perspective on issues affecting Francophone minority communities. In 2019, the Museopark hosted the temporary exhibition <\/em>Bado: The Francophonie Through Pencil Strokes in its gallery. The virtual version we are launching today draws inspiration from that exhibition, but brings it online to reach a much broader audience, thanks to the support of Digital Museums Canada.\u201d
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 Yves Turbide, Executive Director, Vanier Museopark<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to tracing the history of Francophone struggles over recent decades, the exhibition offers privileged access to Bado\u2019s creative world. Visitors will discover how his ideas take shape and explore how editorial cartoons contribute to Canada\u2019s media landscape. The exhibition also provides fresh insight into the role cartoons have played in the Francophone press, and the impact they continue to have in defending language rights and fostering public debate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough Bado\u2019s pencil, the exhibition revisits milestones that have shaped the identity and vitality of Francophone minority communities. It offers both a historical and artistic perspective, showcasing a vast array of drawings that combine humour, social critique and collective memory.\u201d
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 Yanick Labossi\u00e8re, Curator, Vanier Museopark <\/strong><\/p>\n

This virtual exhibition was developed with the support of Digital Museums Canada<\/a>, an investment program managed by the Canadian Museum of History.<\/p>\n

Discover the Bado: The Francophonie Through Pencil Strokes <\/em>virtual exhibition today on the respective websites of Digital Museums Canada<\/a> \u00a0and Vanier Museopark<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

About the Vanier Museopark<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Vanier Museopark is a non-profit organization in the heart of Vanier, a working-class neighbourhood near downtown Ottawa, which celebrates the community\u2019s rich heritage and history. Through exhibitions, talks, workshops, school programs, and interpretive tours, the Vanier Museopark helps curious people of all ages and cultures discover and learn about the habits and customs of the local Francophone community. The Vanier Museopark is Ottawa\u2019s only French-language museum and one of the few Canadian museums devoted entirely to the Francophone community outside Quebec. The Museopark operates an authentic sugar shack in the heart of an urban maple forest, the only one of its kind in Canada. It also hosts the Sugar Festival, an annual event that promotes maple syrup culture, showcases Franco-Ontarian and Indigenous artists, and is a hugely popular family activity. Proud of its roots, the Vanier Museopark has been a fixture of the community since it was founded in 2004.\u00a0www.museoparc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

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For additional information:<\/p>\n

Annick\u00a0Normand
\n<\/strong>Communications & Marketing Manager, Vanier Museopark
\ncommunication@museoparc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

November 24, 2025 – The Vanier Museopark launches a new virtual exhibition dedicated to the work of cartoonist Guy Badeaux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"post-alt-category":[63],"class_list":["post-10596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heritage","post-alt-category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10596"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10611,"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10596\/revisions\/10611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10596"},{"taxonomy":"post-alt-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoparc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-alt-category?post=10596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}