Emily Lemaire / Montreal / Political & Civil Rights / Reviews

McGill University hosts Third Annual Indigenous Awareness Week

For its third consecutive year, McGill’s lower field was crowded with students, staff, and community members, coming together to witness an inclusive, colourful pow-wow that would launch Indigenous Awareness Week. From September 23rd to 27th, McGill was host to various events such as numerous informational talks by professionals in their fields, interactive workshops in making dream-catchers, … Continue reading

Deena Tamaroff / Reviews

Review of “La Source”: storytellers who make a difference

Patrick Shen’s documentary, La Source, screened on Friday, Sept. 27, at Cinéma du Parc as part of the 2013 Montreal International Black Film Festival. The film features Josué Lajeunesse: a native Haitian whose dream to bring potable water to his village outside of Port-au-Prince was sidelined when political instability drove the single father of four to … Continue reading