A red and orange island in a blue, blue sea Guy Rex Rodgers November 25, 2022 1489 What We Choose To Remember When I accepted Peter Kerr’s offer to write this column I saw it as an opportunity to engage in a conversation with Montrealers about why we choose to live here. Most of the Anglos a...
Montreal was never the mythical city of two solitudes Guy Rex Rodgers October 12, 2022 1505 What We Choose To Remember If you stand on Sainte-Catherine Street and ask Montrealers what the five floral emblems on their city’s flag represent, most will recognize only the fleur de lys and its roots in Fr...
Marina Boulos-Winton – guiding Chez Doris to provide more services for vulnerable women Peter Kerr October 8, 2022 2463 Editor’s Note I first met Marina when she was the President and CEO of The Foundation of Greater Montreal, and we worked together on a story about the Foundation and the then Chairman, Dick Pound. I’ve followe...
The Royal Canadian Mint Supports Reconciliation With Keepsake Honouring the Victims and Survivors of Residential, Day and Boarding Schools LiveEvents September 29, 2022 1490 Learn the Truth; Practice Reconciliation. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and the Royal Canadian Mint have together unveiled a deeply symbolic keepsake that acknowledges the truths behind the r...
14th Annual Montreal Multiple Myeloma March LiveEvents September 28, 2022 927 Montrealers Rally for More Research and Better Access to Life-Saving Treatments and Care at the 14th Annual Montreal Multiple Myeloma March Every day, 11 new Canadians are diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a li...
Sarah’s Fund for Cedars and Splash & Dash Atie Waxman September 18, 2022 986 Raising funds for the best care and to improve the quality of life for young cancer patients on Sarah’s Floor at the MUHC Sarah started receiving treatment forEwing’s Sarcoma when she was aninquisitive 8-year ...
From Disaster Relief to Community Transformation Sam Watts September 15, 2022 835 Think Philanthropically What happens when we try to do the right thing the wrong way? Often we do not achieve the result we are aiming for. This is a very common philanthropic problem. Community-based non-prof...
Montreal Ukrainian Festival – September 10, 2022 LiveEvents September 3, 2022 1819 Montreal Ukrainian Festival Celebrating Ukrainian culture and heritage The Montreal Ukrainian Festival returns live for its biggest-ever event to celebrate the beauty of the Ukrainian culture, heritage and resi...
The challenges of leadership in the non-profit sector Sam Watts August 17, 2022 1339 Think Philanthropically “People are yearning to be asked to use the full measure of their potential for something they care about.” - Dan Pallotta The quote by Dan Pallotta hints at an aspirational idea that ou...
Improving the quality of life of MUHC cancer patients for nearly 40 years, one patient at the time Atie Waxman and Michèle Laforest August 10, 2022 1291 Cedars CanSupport provides free bilingual emotional, physical and educational support to patients and their families, as a complement to traditional medical treatment “Until Cedars CanSupport services are offer...
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