Isolation and curfew measures have notably led to our population struggling with mental health, but is there another epidemic looming as the pandemic continues? In 2017, Canada saw a surge in opioid-related deaths. British Columbia, deemed ground zero for opioid related overdoses, faced a higher amount of overdoses for the first half of 2017 than …
Youth who age out of government care are forced into independent living the day after their 18th birthday. These youth often lack social support networks, leaving them at a substantially higher risk of unemployment, homelessness, and incarceration. This group comprises less than 1% of the youth population, which makes them an extremely small minority– one …
During protests in support of Black Lives Matter in Quebec last summer, Premier François Legault denied that systemic racism existed in the province. Last week the coroner’s report into Joyce Echaquan’s death, a 37-year-old Atikamekw mother of seven, who died in September 2020 in Centre hospitalier régional de Lanaudière in Joliette, a hospital in the north …
Tent city evictions, outbreaks in shelters and deaths during the curfew – this is what the homeless population has been experiencing during the pandemic in Montreal. Every night, about 4 thousand are homeless in MTL. This is double the number from before the pandemic. Local 514 covered homelessness during the pandemic in January, where we …
In this episode of our Parc Ex series, host Faiz Abhuani of Brique par Brique speak to mayoral candidate Balarama Holness. Video by David Earles
On Sept 24, thousands of Montrealers gathered to march for radical change. The event was the third edition of the annual Global Protest for Climate Justice organized by the Friday for Future foundation. The event demanded for carbon neutrality by 2030, clean drinking water for Indigenous communities, tangible action from politicians, and most importantly, support …
Faiz Abhuani of Brique par brique interviews Simone Chen of La Place Commune about the Food Solidarity Network program. Video by Emanuele Barbier & Caitlin Yardley
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Simmi Sunshine is a dance artist and yoga Instructor in Parc-Ex. See episode 3 of our series with with Faiz Abhuani of Brique par Brique right here! Video by Emanuele Barbier and Caitlin Yardley
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