Lecture by Julie Podmore presented in collaboration with Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard.
This presentation examines the role played by gender in construction of Saint- Laurent Boulevard as 20th-century Montreal’s ‘space of difference’. The ‘Main’ was a discursive axis through which ideas about identity and space in the city were repeatedly debated. While it has primarily been interpreted as a multicultural space, the intersections between gender and socio-cultural diversity have been central to its definition as the city’s space of difference.
Julie Podmore is an urban social geographer who researches the history of Montreal’s gendered and queer spaces. She is the Chair of the Geosciences Department at John Abbott College and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University. She studied these questions in her thesis: St. Lawrence Blvd. as Third City: Place, Gender and Difference Along Montréal’s ‘Main’.
Her talk, in English, will be followed by a question period in both languages.
Sunday 24 March, 2013 at the Rialto Theatre, 5723 avenue du Parc, at 2 pm
Followed by the annual general meeting of Mile End Memories, at 3:30.
Upcoming Activities – Spring 2013
Saturday 6 April: Wikipedia and Mile End
Wikipedia is one of the most consulted web sites on the planet. Several existing articles are devoted to its history and its institutions. How can we improve this content? What additions would be most useful? Are there additional sources of images that could be put to use?
Members of the (French-language) Wikipedia Québec committee will be present for this activity which will consist of participatory workshops divided among themes of interest.
At the Mile End Library, 5434 avenue du Parc, at 1 pm
Sunday 5 May: Jane’s Walks
The year 2013 marks the tenth anniversary of the founding of Mile End Memories. We are pleased to offer once again one of our original walking tours and one of the most popular, on the religious heritage of the neighbourhood. On this occasion, several founding members of MEM will be present to lead the tour.
Details to be announced!