New Day Camp Helps Families Cope with Grief Tracey Arial May 18, 2024 924 On Saturday, June 15, John Abbott College will be the site of a unique healing experience for grieving families. “I don’t think you should call it a grief camp though,” says Corrie Sirota, clinical director fo...
Toujours Ensemble, motivating youth to succeed Tracey Arial December 14, 2020 1490 How did a local charity motivate groups of teens to deliver 200 hot meals to house-bound low-income families and seniors in Verdun every day from April until August, 2020? It happened because all of the peop...
Joanna Notkin is finding new ways to feed people with her Zoe Ford company Tracey Arial August 10, 2020 2496 Every July, Food Network Canada asks chefs across Canada to compete for prize money and kudos on their hit show Top Chef Canada. Joanna Notkin, who runs the Zoe Ford catering service in Montreal, devoured ev...
Yoshua Bengio: the man leading Montreal’s Artificial Intelligence movement Tracey Arial September 19, 2017 9936 Yoshua Bengio “Relationships with women taught me a lot about humanity and emotions, and my children: they really transformed me. It was like a part of my heart hadn’t opened yet.” If Montreal’s prominence in...
John Rae, the super hospital’s quiet philanthropist Tracey Arial May 26, 2017 7446 John Rae Which Montreal powerbroker convinced private investors to donate massively to the MUHC super hospital through years of political turmoil, fraudulent leadership and the pullout of key players? John ...
First English work by Chinese writer Xue Yiwei wins Blue Met award Tracey Arial April 19, 2017 3860 Xue Yiwei wins Blue Met award Does immigrating make you a better writer? It might, if you write in a different language, says Xue Yiwei (pronounced shay yiway), the first Chinese winner of the Blue Metropol...
Philippe III and Nannette de Gaspé Beaubien Tracey Arial April 18, 2017 34237 Spearheading four generations to secure Quebec’s place on the global stage How do you put your mark on a family business without diminishing the role and expertise of your parents and siblings, while also maki...
The Hockey Sweater: soon to be a musical at The Segal Tracey Arial March 23, 2017 3910 Roch Carrier’s childhood experience about being forced to wear a dreaded Maple Leaf jersey instead of the Canadiens hockey sweater he wanted has had multiple lives. It’s been featured in a radio piece in French...
The Hornsteins created an enduring legacy in arts philanthropy Tracey Arial March 15, 2017 5314 The donation of European art to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts by Michal and Renata Hornstein ranks among the greatest benefactions of art in the history of Canada. When two Polish Holocaust survivors arrive...
Lorne Trottier’s Ever-Expanding Universe Tracey Arial March 3, 2017 8903 If there’s anyone who knows how to use the study of science for the benefit of humans, it’s Lorne Trottier Trottier has taken a passion in electro-magnetic technology he discovered at 11 years old and turned i...