The Okala Gala: Building Wells in Cameroon
Interview with the inspiring Tamara Davy who has helped both chimpanzees, primates, and now people.
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The Oxford on the Massawippi & Other Quebec Curios
Bishop’s University is a primarily undergraduate university founded, as the name suggests, by a Bishop. Bishop George Jehoshaphat Mountain founded the college in 1843, and [read on]
I Am the Walrus: Interview with Jonathan Kay, Editor-In-Chief
T. A. Wellington interviews Jonathan Kay, now editor-in-chief for The Walrus, Canada’s response to The New Yorker and The Atlantic.
Studio Béluga Wants You to Create Your Dream Art Project
Alina Maizel talks about the invitation for artists to create their dream project with Faux Cadres Canal and Studio Béluga.
The University on the Other Side of the Hill & Other Quebec Curios
The Université de Montréal is the same and yet different from the three universities we have already seen: where Laval is in Quebec City, it is in Montreal; where McGill is [read on]
Land Grants for McGill & Other Quebec Curios
An ongoing series about the history of Quebec universities. This week: McGill University (founded 1821).
Tinder: Matchmaking STDs with People Since 2012
A social experiment with a Tinder account reveals some important statistics about the dating population.
Is This Thing On? with Mike Carrozza: My First Time
My first experience producing and running a show
The Priest’s University & Other Quebec Curios
Part one of an ongoing series, a little history of Quebec’s universities. This week: Université Laval.
Mission Accomplished! An Artista is Born
Catching up following the first session of Imago Theater’s ARTISTA Program
Love and Funky Stuff: This is Our House
Checking out new place Chez Félix to see how Berlin Montreal bars can get.
Montreal’s Symbols & Other Quebec Curios
Long before Canada had its maple leaf flag, there was Montreal’s. At the same time as Maurice Duplessis was thinking of a provincial flag, the island of Montreal beat him [read on]
Book of the Month Club: Wittgenstein Jr by Lars Iyer
A tale about a professor who takes the term “fanboy” to an entirely new level, and not just metaphysically.
Quebec 102: Get Help With Taxes in Montreal
Filing your taxes is probably more fun than death, but only marginally when you don’t know what to do. Here are some links and places to get help.
Attention: Help Find These Missing People
When people go missing in Montreal, the SPVM website posts information to try and find them. Here are some of the recent people who are still missing.
Hoop Jumping for the Olympics & Other Quebec Curios
The Olympic Stadium: a giant, donut-shaped building. That’s about it, right? In a word, non. Envisioned by French architect Roger Taillibert, featuring a retractable roof [read on]
The Quebec Easter Rising & Other Quebec curios
Exploring the Conscription Crisis and its aftermath on French Canada.
Benedict Arnold Tried to Take Over Quebec City & Other Quebec Curios
On the tails of the (not so) little history of Quebec law comes a strange anecdote about those Americans. The Americans, revolutionary in more than a few ways, were griping [read on]
It’s Only Love: Meet The Parents
You only get one chance to make a good impression with parents. So what happens if you blow that chance?
Book of the Month Club: Echo’s Bones by Samuel Beckett
“The dead die hard, they are trespassers on the beyond, they must take the place as they find it, the shafts and manholes back into the muck, till such time as the lord of [read on]