few days ago, I had the opportunity to get to my work, two tickets to a show funding a beautiful adventure of a dozen students in biology and ecology of the college Edouard Montpetit in Longueuil. The project Eco - Adventure transport in January a dozen student (s) in the heart of tropical ecosystems of Costa Rica where they will leave the discovery of a splendid and magnificent, sheltering more than 5 ;% of global biodiversity. In the company of scientists, conservation organizations and members of the local population, the participant (s) will be called to address various issues to green such as exploitation of natural resources, maintaining biodiversity, conservation of fauna and flora, and the establishment of sustainable development projects to protect certain habitats and the species that live there, many of which are endangered. They also participate in a research project in conservation biology. For a week they will work closely with researchers from the Centro Cientifico Tropical an annual inventory of biodiversity will be continued by the next cohort of eco-adventurers.
Here we are on track to see this famous benefit concert at the College. And parties to see who? But Diouf Diouf, the storyteller comedian who rises going up.
But that is Diouf Diouf? I let him introduce himself:
"Before coming to Canada, I did an MA and a certificate of comprehensive studies in the Faculty of Science at the University of Dakar. Subsequently, I got a scholarship to do a PhD in oceanography in Quebec. I was not the first to leave the family to cold countries: my brother has N'dane did his engineering degree in Czechoslovakia and a third cycle in Belgium. Before I left, I had a week of intensive training on culture shock and adapt to Quebec culture. By cons, it failed to tell me about the heat shock. That's what I understood when I discovered the winter in Quebec African dress.
After experiencing heat shock, I began to ask me about winter. And the more I read about it the more I was interested in the physiology of cold hardiness in ectotherms. Finally, I decided to do my doctoral thesis on adaptations to cold in fish. It was after my PhD, five years later, I asked myself the fatal question: "What you gonna do with such a specialization in Senegal where it's forty degrees in the shade? "
http://www.boucar-diouf.com/ After experiencing heat shock, I began to ask me about winter. And the more I read about it the more I was interested in the physiology of cold hardiness in ectotherms. Finally, I decided to do my doctoral thesis on adaptations to cold in fish. It was after my PhD, five years later, I asked myself the fatal question: "What you gonna do with such a specialization in Senegal where it's forty degrees in the shade? "
Boucar came quietly through the same door that we, clasping the hand of friendly students.
Then he came chats with us in the room, waiting time the beginning.
Then it was over an hour of Quebec-African tales of a rich man of great culture that wants to break down barriers between the host society and immigrants . After the intermission, it was what he calls the second interactive part of the evening. We turned on the lights, we asked questions, and he replied .... If he wanted to.
For your pleasure, I stole some pictures of this interactive exchange. First, do not forget to refer to a famous Quebec show that an episode has been around the world: The Royal Clam. But rather look:
Now Diouf tells us the making of the show, then talks about the condition of the elderly in Africa. A pure pleasure
"One day I was walking on the mountain, I saw a beast. I've approached and saw a man. In approaching me again, I saw my brother. Let him come here to settle or he does that stop, if he works to fit in, treat it as a guest because he has much to offer, a wealth to share. If you'll enjoy, let yourself love and be loved. Open your heart to the world, immigrants, refugees, they are more or less colorful. "
Diouf Diouf 
Go, kiss people!
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