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Imperfect Health

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That is also the name of an exhibition that is on at the centre right now. 

Mirko Zardini is the executive director and chief currator of the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Listen to his conversation with Jeanette:
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Is design an issue of public health?

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In the last decade, public health officials have become increasingly concerned with issues we used to think of as the domain of architects and urban designers. 

Montreal's Public Health department has started to weigh in on issues such as building materials and street design. 

Norman King is an epidemiologist Montreal Public Health. Listen to his interview with Jeanette:
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Projet Trame lights up the Quartier Latin


Students at the Department of Interactive Media at UQAM have created an interactive sound and light show for the Nuit Blanche

Projet Trame projects images onto the Clocher de l'UQAM. It pays tribute to the history of animation at the National Film Board in Quebec, on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of Les Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québecois

Listen to Jeanette's interview with two of the students, Raphael Jolicoeur and Jonathan Bonneau.
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