Heroes in my backyard
When we think of World Wars I and II, we automatically think of its famed infantrymen. But what about the unsung heroes of these two conflicts? This project encouraged high school students to think about the vital roles played by First Nations, women and visible minorities in World Wars I and II, and to discover –…
MY ROOTS
https://youtu.be/AyQyR4g7VVg In 2018, Blue Metropolis developed a unique project to bring together communities from across Montreal and elsewhere in Canada. My Roots/Mes racines, a two-phase project, began last January and will end next fall. As part of the pan-Canadian phase of the project, writing and photography workshops facilitated by professional authors and photographers allowed close…
Unearth Our Past
This educational program allowed students throughout the province of Quebec to research local cemeteries in search of heroes and role models buried there, and to turn the stories of their lives into short dramatic works, to be presented at schools and in the community. Each phase of this project was covered by the CBC’s Julia Caron.…
Other programs
Romeo et Juliette French Second Language and French Through the power of words and the writing of a story or letter, this project aims to demonstrate the connection between two famous lovers, Romeo and Juliet, via an interaction between two young people who don’t know one another. Stage Write Under the guidance of professional playwrights,…
Once Upon a Time
Description Target Audience: Anglophone adults from across QuebecLanguage: EnglishDuration of Activity: Two days of writing workshops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY1VOTy7bqY Blue Metropolis, in collaboration with the Quebec Writers’ Federation, presents Once Upon a Time, a project intended to foster an understanding of the contributions that Quebec Anglophones, as a linguistic minority, have made to the cultural diversity of…
Lipogram Contest
Description Writing Contest for Secondary school students In English and French (native speakers and English and French as a Second Language)From 2003 to 2009 Lipograms are literary word games in which the writer intentionally avoids using one or more letters of the alphabet. In 1969, the great French writer Georges Perec wrote an entire novel,…
Biting Stories
The Contest Designed for students in Secondary III, IV and V, this writing contest is about horror stories or magical worlds where vampires mingle with werewolves, ghosts or angels – fantasy and the supernatural. In order to pass on the desire for reading and writing to the next generation, Blue Metropolis invites young people aged…
Artchives
Description Audience: 11 to 13 years oldLanguage: EnglishWhere: MontrealDuration of the activity: September 2012 to April 2013 Sifting through archives in search of hidden treasure and embarking on a quest to find information from the past: The adventure begins as we seek ways to discover how our predecessors left their mark. In developing this project,…
Don’t Touch my Board
Description Comic strip workshops on the theme of bullying and taxing In English and FrenchFrom 2004 to 2008Elementary and Secondary LevelLength of the activity: the programme lasted approximately2 months In the winter of 2004, Blue Metropolis Foundation and the Bibliothèque de Montréal collaborated on a project to create comic strip workshops on the theme of…
Neighbours
Description New: Creation of an electronic magazine in a second language under the guidance of experts Public: extracurricular programme for young people aged 14 to 19 in New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec Language: English and French Length of the activity: 6 months in 2009-2010 Partners: Canadian Heritage, LEARN, Community Learning Centers, Canadian Parents for French…
Quebec Reads
Description An online community of writers, educators and students reads and reflects on literature In EnglishFrom 2004 to 2008Length of the activity: the programme lasts approximately three months After an exciting year as a pilot project in 2004-05, Quebec Reads was produced from 2005 to 2008. In this programme, well-known authors from Quebec shared their…
Sounds Like Quebec
Description Radio reporting workshop for high school studentsIn English (see Carnet sonores for the French version of the programme)From 2006 – 2008Length of the activity: the programme lasted approximately 5-6 months Created in 2006 and continuing through 2008, Sounds Like Quebec enabled high school students from Montreal and outlying regions to learn about radio reporting…
Before and After
PRESENTATION Before and After targets disadvantaged English-speaking women in Montreal. Some are homeless; others have suffered domestic abuse; still others, such as single mothers and the elderly, struggle financially. Many are doubly disadvantaged, first by the circumstances that led to their hardships, and secondly because of their inability to navigate government services offered in French.…