„Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum.“ Frederick Nietsche Forget military parades and college football halftime shows. The term “martial band” might be more appropriate to describe the ethics and esthetics of a marching band culture which is all […]
RENCONTRE AVEC CLAIRE SIMON Dans le cadre du Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2013, en présence d’un public vivement intéressé a eu lieu hier la rencontre avec la réalisatrice française Claire Simon qui se trouve à Montréal pour la présentation […]
Veena Gokhale interviews award winning, Indo-Canadian playwright and actress Anusree Roy whose work comes to Montreal for the first time this fall. Anusree Roy has an impressive list of accolades to her name – three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the […]
MIBFF MIBFF MIBFF Gideon’s Army , 2012, US, is an HBO documentary following the stories of three public defense lawyers in the United States who are idealistic enough to work long hours, earn a miserable pay and sometimes suffer death […]
Aside from Georges’ edgy wit and his questioning and incisive mind, I most admire his unbridled delight in creating mischief (with his students, friends, fellow ninjas and of course rightwingers of any stripe), his enormous heart and his constant fund […]
Carlos Ferrand interviewed by Julian Samuel Carlos Ferrand was born in Lima, Peru. For the past 35 years he has worked as a filmmaker, screen writer, director of photography and he has directed several works which have been shown in […]
Editor’s Note: This commentary generated a lot of questions and raised many issues around the argument of the piece: How far can legislation be an answer to the issue? Should compensated surrogacy be supported at all? What about health risks […]
Why an issue dedicated to women and health? Because in 2013, even while women are increasinlgly becoming decision makers within the healthcare industry, women are also still dying during childbirth and fighting for their right to choose the care that […]
Voting Rights for Women Seventy-three years ago, on April 25, 1940, Bill 18 was passed, putting an end to electoral discrimination against women. Québec women were finally be able to vote and stand for office. This was a culmination of […]
Artist’s statement Through symbols and textures that echo Indigenous art and the memory of childhood I explore various themes that deal with our primordial connection to the natural world. Collagraph printing is my medium of choice. The flexible and […]
Maria Ezcurra Exposition Fils, tendances et dangers Maison de la culture de Nôtre Dame de Grâce Du 25 avril au 16 juin Vingt femmes Le textile, matière de nos vêtements, deuxième peau qui nous couvre, nous habille, nous protège, […]
The most important thing that a doula can do is the personal touch. A woman carries her birth experience through her whole life. It shapes her. To find out more about how a doula supports women and families during the childbearing […]
We manoeuvred out of a tight parking spot only to have a youth in a black pick- up truck gesture meanly at my driving companion: “Over here we don’t just cut off people like that, Christ! don’t you know […]
Annie (Kishkwanakwad) Smith St-George is a well-recognized Algonquin Elder, born and raised on the Kitigan-Zibi reserve near Maniwaki, Quebec. She was the founder of Kumik, the Elders Lodge (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) established in the early 1990s following the […]
In a country where nearly 33 percent of the population live under the poverty line, and where there is a rising unemployment rate, the drive to migrate for a better job and a better life remains a strong […]
The unsayable Pruning the wild roses Why? Is there any purpose? each detail Douglas outpatient hospital for your psychosis tarpapering over the window before the roses fade melancholia meds, the fatigue scarring lung sarcoidosis, adult foster home, […]
Canada lost a giant on May 29th. The death of Dr. Henry Morgentaler signals the end of an era in which safe modern abortion clinics replaced dangerous back alleys in the short span of 20 years. In most countries, […]
One day I’ll read something that doesn’t set me off, but it seems this day has yet to come. It certainly wasn’t the day when I spotted an article circulated on the Science Daily list summarizing research on what […]
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, directed by Mira Nair 2012 Duration:130 minutes Starring: Hanluk Bilgner, Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Kate Hudson It’s an evening during le joli mois de mai and I’m off to see Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist […]
By Day, By Night. Writings on Art. By Edmund Alleyn. Edited by Jennifer Alleyn and Gilles Lapointe. les editions du passage 2013 This slim volume is the first in a hopefully long series of books on art. As the title […]
Canada supports one of the most expensive education systems in the world; yet four out of 10 graduates from the secondary school system do not have the minimum level of essential skills required to function adequately within the workforce. […]
“À leurs yeux, nous n’étions pas humains.” Le début d’un procès historique: le général Efraín Rios Montt accusé de génocide et de crimes contre l’humanité. Les survivants témoignent. La droite contre-attaque et paralyse le processus. Guatemala, mars-avril 2013 N.B. MISE-À-JOUR: Le […]
Dominique Normand provides us with eight pieces of art and four answers to questions posed by Serai’s Nilambri Ghai. Your paintings, photographs, and films reflect centuries of Cree tradition and culture. What do you see as the future of this […]
This document, Kastevæsenet, was written in Danish by Johanne Nielsen, who was born in November 1873, in Fiolstraede, a district located in the inner part of old Copenhagen. She was one of the few women to have completed the Upper […]
“Il est comme un chauffeur de taxi!” Which means he could be Black, Haitian, Iranian, incomprehensible, immigrant, shifty, or that he does not dress well, speaks in monosyllables and may not be a taxi driver at all. But, a “taxi […]
There have been several exemplary articles over the last couple of months challenging and exposing a euro and ethno-centric point of view of looking at Cultural Transitions. There was the explosive “Can Non-European’s Think” (Al Jazeera, Jan 15) by Hamid […]
This edition of Montreal Serai is about “Class, Caste, and Cultural Labels.” Once again class has become a central social issue both in the industrialized world and in many other countries. The “Occupy Movement” in New York City made the […]
I woke from nightmare into the vast bed. The magnificent coral bed carved into figures of men and dogs, with four dolls as legs. At night, the dolls broke away, ran far off, and returned to tell of the scandals […]
A good friend recently reminded me of how I behaved at the Cancun bus station in 1991 when we travelled together through the Yucatan Peninsula. Lilian said that I stood there, surveyed the ticket booth and reception areas , and […]
Phula did not look tall enough for a twelve-year-old, but that was the age she went by. It had been decided for her much before she could remember. Her eyes had an unforgettable stare as they opened wide and looked […]
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