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TELL US ABOUT YOUR REGION

CONTEST RULES FOR “TELL US ABOUT YOUR REGION”

The contest is for young people and adults from this year’s three spotlighted regions— Chaudière-Appalaches, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean—and features two ways to participate.

Write a text

Two categories: Young people aged 9 to 12; and young people aged 13 to 17.
Subject: a particular aspect of the participant’s region: a place, famous person, tradition, activity, etc.
Form: poem, children’s story, blog, short story
Length: 1 to 2 pages for those 9 to 12; 2 to 3 pages for those 13 to 17
Contest period: May 16 to June 16
Prize: a $200 gift certificate for an independent bookstore based in Quebec
Two winners per region: 1 prize for the each category (see above)

Texts must be sent by email to linda.amyot@metropolisbleu.org NO LATER THAN June 16. Texts received after this date will be deemed ineligible for the contest.

Take a photo

A single category: young people and the young at heart aged 13 to 99
Subject: a particular area of the participant’s region
Treatment: colour or blanc-and-white
Contest period: May 16 to August 16. Photos received after the latter date will be deemed ineligible.
Prize: a $200 gift certificate for an independent bookstore based in Quebec
One winner per region

Photos must be send by email to linda.amyot@metropolisbleu.org NO LATER THAN August 16. Photos received after this date will be deemed ineligible for the contest.

Winning texts and photos will be featured on the Blue Metropolis website.

Important: By submitting their texts and/or photos, participants consent to the sharing of their entries on Blue metropolis web pages and via its social media accounts.

Our new Indigenous Story Time series brings Indigenous authors into schools and libraries. Actor Marco Collin, star of the Radio Canada series Pour toi Flora, and author and visual artist Christine Sioui Wawanoloath will share stories that explore themes related to ecology and traditional Indigenous knowledge. These activities for grade school students are presented free of charge. These Indigenous storytelling activities will take place in late April 2023 at libraries in St-Charles, Saul-Bellow and Mercier, all located in riverside neighbourhoods of Montreal, as well as in Contrecœur.

2022-23 SCHEDULE

Indigenous story times featuring Marco Collin

⦁ April 26, 2023, 1:30 p.m., Saint-Charles Library, 1050 d’Hibernia Street, Montreal, QC, H3K 2V2 (school activities closed to the public)
⦁ April 27, 2023, 10 a.m., Saul-Bellow Library, 3100 Saint-Antoine Street, Montreal, QC, H8S 4B8 (school activities closed to the public)
⦁ April 30, 2023, 10:30 a.m., Mercier Library, 16 Parc Street, Mercier, QC, J6R 1E5

Indigenous story times featuring Christine Sioui Wawanoloath

⦁ May 1, 2023, 1:30 p.m., Contrecœur Library, 5000, Marie-Victorin Road, Contrecœur, QC, J0L 1C0 (school activities closed to the public)

In 2022-23, the series was enriched by a special two-class visit at Mère Marie-Rose in Contrecœur that featured Nicolas Bérubé, a biologist associated with the Port of Montreal. Workshops facilitated by Caroline Barber followed this visit and empowered students to make use of poetry to express their points of view on these animals.

Schedule for 2022-23 maritime series workshops, facilitated by Caroline Barber (school activities closed to the public)

⦁ December 12, 2022, Contrecœur Library, 5000, Marie-Victorin Road, Contrecœur, QC, J0L 1C0 – Theme: Swallows
⦁ March 27, 2023, Contrecœur Library, 5000, Marie-Victorin Road, Contrecœur, QC, J0L 1C0 – Theme: Bats

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