Ayanda Dube organized a visit with the 'Leadership in Training'Group at Kamp Kanawana to present his story and talk about leadership.
A Distant Voice from the North
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Ivan was fed up with the corruption and violence in Mexico and decided to leave. But starting from scratch in a new country, Canada, was far from easy...
Ivan a grandi dans la corruption et la violence de Mexico. Il a un jour décidé de partir. Cependant commencer de zéro dans un nouveau pays, le Canada, est loin d'être facile ...
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Entry Point: Queer Refugees in Montreal Mapping Memories Videos
Cartografía de Memorias ayuda a gente joven con experiencias de refugio a utilizar instrumentos de comunicación para compartir sus historias....
Ayanda, Stephanie and Leontine want students to know what it means to be a refugee and are on tour to high schools throughout Montreal encouraging...
Cartographie des Souvenirs aide de jeunes réfugiés à partager leurs histoires personnelles au travers d'outils multimédias. Stéphanie, Léontine et...
Quatre jeunes aux origines diverses ont trouvé leur voie en faisant de la musique dans Côte-des-Neiges, ce quartier qu’ils appellent leur “chez-...
Visit the YMCA the first stop for refugees and newcomers to Montreal - via the poetic narration of a Zimbabwe immigrant who arrived alone with “...
"Dans notre famille, il est dit qu’il vaut mieux vivre deux fois que mourir deux fois." Une jeune femme ayant survécu au génocide rwandais partage...
"In our family we say It is better to live twice than to die twice."
A young woman shares her extraordinary story of surviving the Rwandan...
"My sister Solange has always been my protector
but I don't want her to protect me from my family's story."
A young woman decides to...
Une jeune femme interroge les non-dits familiaux afin de mieux comprendre comment le génocide rwandais a touché de façons différentes les membres...
An intimate look into one of Montreal’s supermarkets, through the eyes of a young woman searching for a taste of home /
La visite singuliè...
My grandmother, Rachel Safdie, who is of Syrian descent, teaches me to make Mehshi Kusa, or stuffed zucchini, a recipe that she learned from her...
A mother recounts her own fathers exodus from Palestine in a letter addressed to her son. Dear Gabriel is an inter-generational exploration of...
A young woman interviews her mom to understand her mothers childhood in Palestine, the difficult decisions she made as a young adult, and how she...
A Rwandan woman explores the concept of home in Montreal and in Rwanda.
Une Rwandaise explore et compare le concept du chez-soi à Montréal...
Meryem Saci describes her extraordinary account of how singing in a Montreal refugee court at 13 helped convince the refugee board to instantly...
Sundus Abdul Hadi is a multi-media artist of Iraqi descent. After living in Abu Dhabi, her parents decided to move the family to Montreal. Sundus...
A short portrait of Yassin Alsalman aka The Narcicyst, Iraq. Since the age of five, Yassin has crossed borders, shuffled citizenship, and learned...
A short portrait of Deeqa, a reggae singer originally from Somalia.
Un portrait court de Deeqa, une chanteuse reggae originaire de Somalie...
A short portrait of Vox Sambou, a Montreal-based emcee and hip-hop activist who came to Canada from Haiti at a young age.
Un portrait court...
As a 'non-traditional' teacher Nantali, through Hip Hop No Pop and her music with Nomadic Massive, seeks to inspire her students and audiences to...
This short video takes you behind the scenes to see how we developed our memoryscape tour.
Cette courte vidéo vous emmène dans les...
A behind the scenes video about our collaboration with Express.
Une vidéo dans les coulisses de notre collaboration avec Express.
A behind the scenes video about our workshop at Express.
Une vidéo dans les coulisses de notre atelier avec Express.
A short film by Viola-Rose Day about identity and stereotypes.
Un film court de Viola-Rose Day au sujet de l'identité et de ses stéréotypes...
A short film by Aimee Anaskan about the spirit within.
Un film court de Aimee Anaskan au sujet de "l'attitude gagnante".
I am the...
A short film by Jari Homer about being present and also looking towards the future.
Un film court de Jari Homer sur les notions de vivre au...
A short film by Alexandre Nequado on daring to become one's self.
Un film court d'Alexandre Nequado sur le courage pour devenir soi-même....
After leaving his son behind and being kicked out of the US, Carlos hopes that Montreal is the last stop on his journey to be able to live as a...
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Alejandra's whole life changed when she realized she was gay. The moon has always been there with her along her painful journey, and today she is...
Mexico legalized gay marriage, but that doesn't mean society is ready to accept gay couples. Laura experienced this first-hand when she fell in...
Le Mexique a légalisé le mariage homosexuel - mais ça ne veut pas dire que la société mexicaine est prête à l'accepter. Laura a appris cela quand...
Sometimes we have to leave the people we love. Rock reminisces about lost love in St. Lucia.
Parfois nous sommes obligés de laisser les...
As gay parents in Mexico, Sheila and her partner have had to overcome many hardships in order to be with their daughter. Here, Sheila tells the...
Gilberto grew up in rural Colombia with a secret: there was a feminine component to his personality that he could never express. As a result of...
Surviving a difficult childhood made Carlos feel like he could confront anything. He started the first gay organization in the Cote d'Ivoire and...
Gilberto a grandi en Colombie avec un secret : il ressentait un côté féminin de sa personnalité qu'il ne pouvait exprimer. Mais passer du temps...