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GENERAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS - FALL 2010

Eve-Lyne — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:07:17 -0400

Here are the dates of this fall's general training workshops.

FRENCH
Monday (1st part) and Wednesday (2nd part), September 27th and 29th, from 5:30 to 8:30.

ENGLISH
Tuesday (1st part) and Thursday (2nd part), September 28th and 30th, from 5:30 to 8:30.

*Please note that both parts of the training are mandatory for team members wishing to conduct interviews.

To register, please contact Gracia Jalea: curaformation@gmail.com

Special Radio Broadcast this Saturday!

curaweb — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:27:51 -0400

Tune into CKUT 90.3 FM on Saturday August 21 from 2 to 4 PM to listen to a special broadcast of Funky Revolutions. Participants from the Radioworks! and Refugee Youth radio workshop will host a 2-hour special about music, story and memory.

You will hear an eclectic mix of music of special significance, personal stories and political commentary from Stephanie, Ayanda, Marie Francoise, Bylow and Rania. A broadcast not to be missed!

Call for Papers

curaweb — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:49:20 -0400

Object: International colloquium, Cambodia, from then to now: Memory and plural identities in the aftermath of genocide

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
5th, 6th and 7th of May, 2011

Memory of the Armenian genocide

Eve-Lyne — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:09:47 -0400

Montreal Life Stories would like to congratulate team member Hourig Attarian who was awarded an FQRSC Post-Doctoral Fellowship to work on a research project related to the memory of the Armenian genocide. Congratulations Hourig!

Radio Works! Interview with Catherine Montgomery

curaweb — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:45:34 -0400

Tune in this coming Monday morning (July 13) starting at 8:30 a.m. on CKUT 90.3 FM Radio to hear an interview with Catherine Montgomery, produced by Audrey O'Breham.

Zhimei Zhang on the radio

curaweb — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:32:34 -0400

Tune in this coming Monday morning (June 14) at 8:30 a.m. on CKUT 90.3 FM Radio to hear an interview with Zhimei Zhang, done by Audrey O'Breham.

Zhimei Zhang is the author of Fox Spirit: A Woman in Mao's China. She was also a guest speaker at a recent Life Stories Montreal screening of Paul Tom's documentary "I Was There," telling the stories of four women from Columbia, Rwanda, Cambodia and Haiti, who have lived in conflict zones.

Don't miss the broadcast, as exceptionally, this one will not be available to listen to online later.

News report

curaweb — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:41:28 -0400

The report on the guided visit by refugees and children of refugess will be broadcast today ...
to listen starting at 5 p.m. this Thursday go to

www.rcinet.ca, Tam Tam Canada program

Chroniques Diane Santerre
http://www.rcinet.ca/francais/chronique/tam-tam--reportage-de-diane-sant...

An evening of projections and discussions

curaweb — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:45:18 -0400

"Que je vive en paix" - Paul Tom, animation film (4 min)
"J'y etais - Histoires de femmes en zone de conflit" - Paul Tom (22 min)
"Life Stories Montrealers: Youth Media Workshops Cote-des-Neiges" - Liz Miller, Gracia Jalea (11 min)
"My Sister Solange" - Liz Miller (5 min)

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Cinema ONF / NFB Cinema
1564 Saint-Denis
doors open: 6:30 PM
projections: 7:00 PM

http://citizenshift.org

EXHIBITION - Stories are alive!

Eve-Lyne — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:06:28 -0400

Stories are alive!
MB Building, 3rd floor,
Rooms MB 3.235, 3.233, 3.231
Daily from 10:00 a.m to 6 p.m.

Armenia, the Holocaust, Rwanda, the Khmer Rouge regime or Duvalier’s dictatorship. All these events can seem far away, and yet, they are here and now. The survivors of these events are our colleagues, our neighbours, our friends. Their history is our history.

Congress 2010

Eve-Lyne — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:04:29 -0400

Montreal Life Stories offers a great programme of events for Congress 2010.