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The Placing of Angélique

Cigdem Talu — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:17:57 +0000

I turn the corner on Rue Saint-François Xavier after the Notre-Dame Basilica on Place d’Armes. It’s a cold Friday night in Old Montreal. I keep walking towards the river. To my left, on a blind wall facing an empty parking lot, one of the twenty-seven “tableaux” from Cité Mémoire is playing, the world’s largest video projection installation. A woman is running in a street, away from flames surrounding buildings in the background. She falls onto the pavement as she runs away, and a small girl points an accusatory index finger at her. The hands and people multiply as the flames disappear.

Race, Green Space, and the Limits of Design

Talha Awan — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:46:45 +0000

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Indigenous Healing

Christopher Clarke McQueen — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 23:41:26 +0000

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Refugees as >

Jugal Patel — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:46:15 +0000

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Anti-Racism Action in Universities

Genna Kalvaitis — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 23:39:29 +0000

On March 25, 2020 in the streets of Minneapolis, a 46-year-old Black man named George Floyd was murdered at the hands of the police. Local protests erupted in Minneapolis in response to the taking of yet another Black life. Within days, the wave of outrage and protest spread across the globe. The movement, led by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization and countless others fighting for racial equality, justice, and dignity, gained massive global attention with protests spreading to over 40 countries.1