Rafael Payare

Rafael Payare takes the helm at Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

Peter Kerr
1583
...about the OSM summer schedule and upcoming 2022-2023 Season, please visit: www.osm.ca or www.placedesarts.com The OSM will be performing in several city parks Takin’ it to the streets Sponsored by Sirius XM, the OSM will again set up its tent in the parks of Greater Montreal for classical evenings open to everyone. Under the direction of Dina Gilbert and Adam Johnson, these concerts under the stars are free of charge and part of the OSM’s mission...
Donate Wisely

Donate Wisely and Joyfully in 2022

Sam Watts
1105
...ho and what you are donating to and donate very intentionally. Giving is a joyful thing! I wish you much joy in 2022. Sam Watts is the CEO of Welcome Hall Mission www.welcomehallmission.com He is also the author of Good Work…Done Better www.goodworkdonebetter.com...
Enabling high impact research at Brain Canada through diversity, equity, and inclusion

Enabling high impact research at Brain Canada through diversity, equity, and inclusion

Lauren Bentley
1574
...esearch. “That’s the reason why we’re doing it. We want better research outcomes and more complete knowledge,” she adds. Ferland agrees. “At the end of the day, if we want to help everyone, we need to include everyone.” Brain Canada presented its new Sex & Gender & Diversity Inclusion Policy at the Sex, Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Knowledge Exchange Event hosted by Health Canada last month. To learn more about supporting Equity, Diversity, an...
Economist

Pharma Benefits More Obvious Than Ever

Miguel Ouellette: Economist and Director of Operations - Montreal Economic Institute
1398
...fits and offset savings, the prices of drugs are more visible, and so drug company profits become an easy target. Yet profits have to be high enough to compensate investors for the substantial costs and risks of pharmaceutical R&D. According to a 2016 study, the cost of bringing a new drug to market has risen to nearly US$3 billion, and the process takes an average of 15 years. Over the past two decades, these costs have soared at an average rate...
This World That was Mine

This World That was Mine by Louis E. Leprohon – the paintings of Marcel Dargis

P.A. Sévigny
1659
...92, completed the last painting in January 2021. Each painting conveys an accurate recollection and interpretation of life in Quebec years ago. Once again, he has made a significant contribution to the patrimoine culturel of Quebec. The following museums have agreed to host an exhibition of Dargis’ new collection: Musée international d’art naïf de Magog, Magog, April 7 to June 6, 2021 Musée Pierre-Boucher, Three-Rivers, September 26 to November 7...
Mitch Garber

Mitch Garber – successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, and passionate Montrealer

Peter Kerr
8062
...I had also aligned myself with the eventual purchaser, and invested in the company myself.” Continuing, he states; “Cirque de Soleil is a complicated business. Firstly, there are so many shows, including seven permanent shows in Las Vegas. We also have shows in the Disney parks. We are subject to the weather, and man-made disasters, such as the terrorist attack in the Paris nightclub. We unfortunately have to realize that these tragic events are n...
McGill’s Schulich School of Music

McGill’s Schulich School of Music – training students to be world-class musicians

Peter Kerr
3288
...eers. When touring the school with Annie Saumier, the school’s Director of Communications and Production, I could feel the energy of the students in the practice halls and choral groups. There was music in the air – quite literally! There is one opera rehearsal studio, large enough so that the Pollack Hall stage can be replicated and mapped out, enabling the student performers to get an accurate sense of the actual stage where they will be perform...
Linda Hammerschmid

Of Mice And Men

linda.hammerschmid
6682
...in support of animals to the, it seems, exclusion of us mere mortals. For example, I will never (not a word I like using as “nevers” often change with age and experience) not eat meat. Why? For several reasons, the primary ones being that I do not believe man would have made it out of the cave, not to mention walking upright, if man had not escalated from plant eater to meat eater. Secondly, posit what would happen if 8 billion people simultaneou...

Virginia is for more than lovers

The Montrealer
4910
...Arnold Palmer-designed Plantation Course, a par-72 layout that responds to accurate iron play, good putting and has water on eight of its 18 holes. Overall, the Kingsmill golf experience, complete with its teaching academy, was expected from a top notch facility–great layouts, impeccable conditioning and flawless service. The resort overall has all the bells and whistles including a state-of-the-art spa just steps from the villas. It offers a vari...