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Atif Siddiqi, 2023 © Michael Watts

Tronic Transmission: A mix of both features and the path behind Atif “Tranie Tronic” Siddiqi

Shahroze Rauf

Almost like a badua, the lyrics to the title track from Tranie Tronic’s latest album are saturated with power.


Monsoon © Stacy Lee

Investing in Community: An Interview with Faiz Abhuani

Faiz Abhuani, Jessica Stilwell and Jody Freeman

I felt like there was no room to do things that were experimental and interesting and, at the end of the day, revolutionary, and that the community sector was essentially there to just patch up things for the government. 


Building Community through Clowning and Indigenous Teachings on Manitoulin Island

James Douglas

An interview with the director and members of the Debajehmujig Theatre Group and Storytellers


Musician Thelonius Monk plays the piano in Brussels 1964

Expandable Languages: Jazz as Fugitive Languages

James Oscar

In this interview with Winston Smith, James Oscar delves into the fugitive language of jazz.


Ekphrases: Of Spectral and Fugitive Sounds & Beat

James Oscar

A conversation with sound artist, choreographer and performer Jassem Hindi.


Andy Williams

Andy Williams: Storytelling and Connectivism

Paul Serralheiro

Montréal writer and musician Paul Serralheiro interviews renowned deejay and jazz educator Andy Williams about the potent role of jazz in education.


Ian and Louise in residency at Heartroot, Lac Mégantic – Photo © Sarah Beth Goncarova

Reflections on Starry Skies

Susan Dubrofsky

Dark Sky Preserves are protected areas around the world dedicated to protecting the night


Memories of Vietnam: An interview with Caroline Vu 

Joseph Kary

Caroline Vu's third novel follows a war orphan in Saigon and his Vietnamese mother and African-American G.I. father


Asserting one’s invisible body: An interview with Tiziano Cruz

Tiziano Cruz & Claudia Itzkowich Schnadower

A vibrant processions resonates down Ste. Catherine Street. Tiziano Cruz, from Jujuy, Argentina, reveals a nation all too eager to erase its Indigenous history for a whitewashed image.


Magpie River © Peter Holcomb, Boreal River Adventures - SNAP Québec

When is a river a person?

Chief Jean-Charles Piétacho & Jody Freeman

A Conversation with Chief Jean-Charles Piétacho Innu Council of Ekuanitshit, Québec Introduction Chief Jean-Charles Piétacho, who has fought for his Innu community and its ancestral territory of Nitassinan for over 30 years, spoke to Serai editor Jody Freeman on December […]


Territoires vivants, territoires vénérés

Yves Sioui Durand & Jody Freeman

Introduction Dans les semaines précédant cette entrevue avec Yves Sioui Durand, en août 2022, des intervenant·e·s autochtones de tout le pays ont multiplié des actions interpellant le pape François à réfuter la Doctrine de la Découverte. Ce concept colonialiste européen […]


Panj and the Partition: An interview with Himmat Singh Shinhat

Himmat Singh Shinhat & Veena Gokhale

Introduction Panj, a solo performance seamlessly combining storytelling, spoken word, song, images, video and original live psychedelic-rock-fusion music, premiered in Montréal at the Festival Accès Asie (Asian Heritage Month) in May 2022. The show is based on creator Himmat Singh […]


Talking poetry: an interview with Michael Fraser

Mayank Bhatt

“Poetry’s appeal is rooted in emotion. It tends to chase people away whenever it becomes too cerebral.” Michael Fraser Author Mayank Bhatt interviews award-winning poet Michael Fraser, whose third collection of poems, The Day-Breakers, was published by Biblioasis in April […]


Out of the devastation of racism: Joyce’s Principle

Jody Freeman

    [Serai editor Jody Freeman interviewed Vice-Chief Sipi Flamand from the Atikamekw Council of Manawan in early January 2022. The Council of Manawan and the Atikamekw Nation Council spearheaded consultations in the Atikamekw community and the larger Québec community, […]


In the Beginning was the Log House

Guy Sprung

    [Serai editor Kerry McElroy had the pleasure of interviewing Guy Sprung about his father, Mervyn Sprung, whose philosophical writings strike an evocative chord in our current era of extremes and hegemonized mindsets.]   Kerry: You are the son […]


Telling Our Twisted Histories, One Word at a Time

Kerry McElroy, with Ossie Michelin

    An interview with Ossie Michelin Introduction Telling Our Twisted Histories is a popular podcast series focusing on all things First Nations, Inuit and Métis, co-produced by Terre Innue and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2021. Created and […]


Earl “Fatha” Hines at The Rising Sun: new notes from 1980

Paul Serralheiro

You see, the story people don’t realize is, we didn’t know we were making history.


Wamunzo: Conversations with Zab Maboungou and Elli Miller Maboungou

Zab Maboungou and Elli Miller Maboungou and Jody Freeman

It is a particular history that we in Africa, and Indigenous peoples, have endured.


She Cleans the Sky

Jody Freeman

    An interview with Roxann Karonhiarokwas Whitebean [Editorial note:  Montréal Serai editor Jody Freeman interviewed Roxann Karonhiarokwas Whitebean in mid-May 2021, before the heart-rending discoveries of the unmarked graves of 1,148 children on the sites of former Indian residential schools.] Jody: […]


A seven-legged brontosaur that almost escaped extinction

Claudia Itzkowich Schnadower

When Jordan, another member of the team, was given a model of a brontosaurus, he drew a seven-legged creature. Why?


An Interview with Michèle Audette: carrying the hearts of many

Michèle Audette

The way I see it, I’ve made choices in a context that was imposed on me.


From Grunwick to BLMUK, some reflections

Amrit Wilson

Do you think that this is a turning point or a turning away from the notion of de-regulation, globalization and so-called free trade?


Taking audiences out of their comfort zone

Rana Bose

    Montréal actor Howard Rosenstein in conversation with Serai’s Rana Bose   Serai:  Good afternoon, Howard!  The theme of this issue is Performance as Change. I will begin, though, with a slight diversion. I’ve come across your opinion on […]


Screening Truth to Power – Cinema Politica: Audio Interview with Svetla Turnin and Ezra Winton

Dipti Gupta & Raphael Cohen-Demers

    As Cinema Politica turns 15 in Montréal, Dipti Gupta and Raphael Cohen-Demers interview co-founders Svetla Turnin and Ezra Winton to walk us through their accomplishments, challenges and vision.   “If it’s still just a few profit-driven corporations that control all the platforms, venues […]


Rumble: the Indians who Rocked the World

Jody Freeman, with Catherine Bainbridge and Ernest Webb

Interview with Catherine Bainbridge and Ernest Webb     Introduction: The evening of the interview, I showed up at Catherine and Ernie’s door. Ernie had just come back from a rehearsal with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra for Tomson Highway’s opera, […]


« Le populisme dénigre la pensée » — Entrevue avec Francine Pelletier

Simon Van Vliet

Journaliste de longue date, lauréate du prix Hyman-Solomon pour l’excellence journalistique dans le domaine des politiques publiques, et professeure adjointe au département de journalisme de l’Université Concordia, Francine Pelletier nous livre le fond de sa pensée sur le populisme qui […]


Checking our blind spots: An interview with Alexa Conradi

Jody Freeman

What we ask for is true justice: justice for ourselves, justice for our daughters, justice for our grand-daughters…


A Clan Mother Speaks: An Interview with Helen Cote Quewezance

Shanti Kumari

First of all, the Nekawa people were socially, culturally and politically matriarchal.


The Russia I Love: An Interview with Serena Sial

Nilambri Ghai

A certain element of uncertainty and adventure motivates me.


Cutting-edge Cinema from South Asia

Veena Gokhale

The South Asian Film Festival of Montréal (SAFFM), launched by the Kabir Cultural Centre in 2011, has grown year by year in scope and reach. This year it runs over two weekends: October 27-29 and November 3-5. http://www.saffm.centrekabir.com/en/   Veena […]


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