Montreapolis

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Society & Culture

Host Steve Rukavina takes you into the spaces of people making modern Montreal.

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Episodes

The Refugee

Award-winning novelist Kim Thúy has called Montreal home since making the harrowing journey from communist Vietnam by boat with her family in 1979.

May 15, 2017•33 min

The Rabbi

As her temple's first female — and lesbian — rabbi, Lisa Grushcow's focus on inclusion, diversity, cross-cultural partnerships and modern motherhood challenges conservative religious traditions.

May 08, 2017•33 min

The Prodigy

Saint-Lambert's Daniel Clarke Bouchard has played Carnegie Hall, The Ellen Show, studies piano at The Juilliard School and takes advice from Oliver Jones. All this, and he's just recently turned 17.

May 01, 2017•32 min

The General Manager

Meg Hewings is the general manager of the city's first professional women's hockey team, Les Canadiennes, checking gender stereotypes in Montreal's iconic sport.

Apr 24, 2017•33 min

The Survivor

His two-year battle with an aggressive form of cancer inspired Jamaican-Canadian rapper, producer and performer Jonathan Emile to take on social issues through art and activism.

Apr 17, 2017•31 min

From walking the beat in the 1970s to putting away Hells Angel Maurice "Mom" Boucher, retired head of the SPVM Major Crimes Unit André Bouchard casts a critical eye on shifts in Montreal's law enforcement culture.

Apr 10, 2017•27 min

THE DREAMER

Kahnawake-born filmmaker Tracey Deer brings the raw, funny and rarely explored experiences of women on the rez into the spotlight through her hit TV series, Mohawk Girls. Her place in her own community is now uncertain.

Apr 03, 2017•36 min

THE CHEF

Internationally renowned chef Antonio Park can stand the heat. After fire ravaged two of his restaurants, the South Korean/South American Montrealer is expanding his culinary empire. But that has a cost.

Apr 03, 2017•35 min

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Host Steve Rukavina takes you inside the spaces of people making modern Montreal. New episode each Monday

Mar 29, 2017•2 min

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