Tag Archives: Montréal Society
Your City, Your Candidates – Mary Ann Davis
Part of an on-going series I’m contributing to. Mary Ann was a joy to interview. The original, as with a lot of other things I’ve written, can be found on Forget the Box. *** Mary Ann Davis has lived in … Continue reading
Posted in Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City
Tagged 2013 Montreal Municipal Election, LGBTQ History of Montreal, Montréal Culture, Montréal mayoral election 2013, Montréal Politics, Montréal Society, Montreal boroughs, Nun's Island, Projet Montréal, Sex Garage Raid, Verdun, Your Candidates
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Pensées sur la rentrée
It’s official, Montréal’s exceptionally large student population is now safely locked away in their classrooms and lecture halls, allowing old people to once again return to our city’s streets, public spaces and transit systems, confident in their knowledge they won’t … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Québec sovereignty, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Montréal Culture, Montréal Society, Public education in Montreal, School taxes in Montreal, Segregation in Quebec public education
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A hipster doofus waltzes about the city…
Posted in Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Photographs
Tagged Culture of Montreal, Instagram, Life in Montréal, Montréal, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Design, Montréal Society, Montréal Urban Living, Photographs of Montreal, Urban Life in Montreal
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Montreal Mayors: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Meet Laurent Blanchard, Montreal’s latest mayor. By my count he’s number 43 in a list that stretches back to our city’s first mayor, Jacques Viger, in 1832, the year the city was incorporated. To date Montreal’s mayors have been predominantly … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Cultural commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist
Tagged 2012-2013 Montreal Political Crisis, 2013 Montreal Municipal Election, Mayors of Montréal, Montréal Culture, Montréal Society, Political Commentary, Politics of Montreal
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Aziz Ansari at the Montreal Comedy Works
So I’m on the train heading back home last night scrolling through my Twitter feed. Halfway back to the forgotten Pierrefonds section of the city I see that Aziz Ansari had added a second show for 10pm last night. Fuck … Continue reading
How to Beat Bill 60
Defy it. With extreme prejudice… A tip of the hat is owed to Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, head of the prestigious Montreal Jewish General Hospital, for firing the opening salvo in the people’s defiance of Bill 60, the proposed charter on … Continue reading →
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