Social workers personalize the health care journey Tara Simonetta Mann January 22, 2022 1280 The stress and anxiety of illness can turn a person’s world upside down. From tests and procedures to waiting for results and wondering what comes next, the journey that lies ahead can be daunting. Helene Jones...
Donate Wisely and Joyfully in 2022 Sam Watts January 20, 2022 987 Think Philanthropically I’d like to wish all our readers a safe and healthy 2022. In the most recent column (December 2021), I included a few words of caution about the dangers of “charity fraud”. This res...
JGH Foundation donors help fund the critical cancer research of Dr. Nathalie Johnson Sarah Fletcher January 18, 2022 3993 “I was always fascinated with the science and the biology of lymphoma,” said Dr. Nathalie Johnson, a clinician-scientist at the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital (JGH). “There’s a possibility ...
Understanding neuronal function in brain-based diseases Katarina Stojkovic January 17, 2022 1068 University of British Columbia PhD candidate Hong Lu has been awarded the Shireen and Edna Marcus Award for his work in discovering a process essential to brain synapse development, in the hope of having a bett...
Donor-Advised Funds simplify the process of giving and provide immediate tax benefits The Montrealer January 17, 2022 1936 The Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal (JCF) encourages charitable giving by making it easy, efficient, and tax smart. Humble Beginnings Since being founded in 1971 by Arthur Pascal and a group of leader...
Doctor’s study of health care for Indigenous children wins two 2021 Quebec Writers’ Federation literary awards Christopher Neal January 16, 2022 1259 A deeply-researched and critical study of Canada’s health care services for Indigenous children by Montreal physician Samir Shaheen-Hussain won two of the Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) annual 2021 literary a...
The Design of Carpets That Design Us – until March 13, 2022 LiveEvents January 9, 2022 1868 Canadian Centre for Architecture presents The Design of Carpets That Design Us When we walk on a carpet, we rarely think of it as an object that controls space, but rather as the ultimate background; easy to...
Outside the Frame: Works by Artists Among Us – through February 13, 2022 LiveEvents January 3, 2022 1786 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents OUTSIDE THE FRAME: WORKS BY ARTISTS AMONG US Jean-Benoît Pouliot (born in 1975), Levitation, 2019, 80 acrylics on canvas, 80 objects, platform, mirrors, 61 x 244 x 2...
Royal Canadian Mint Celebrates the 100th Anniversary Of Bluenose LiveEvents December 31, 2021 2097 There’s a Different Dime in Your Change as The Royal Canadian Mint Celebrates The 100th Anniversary Of Bluenose For the first time since Bluenose appeared on Canada’s 10-cent circulation coin in 1937, the Mint ...
Montreal Memoir Wins National Vine Award LiveEvents December 30, 2021 1372 Montreal Memoir Wins National Vine Award The Smallest Objective by Sharon Kirsch Winner of the 2021 Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature The Smallest Objective (New Star Books), Sharon Kirsch’s Montreal...
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