CBC
Radio had an exciting schedule of radio coverage and events
planned for Montreal Matters.
Working
Woes Cabaret: On
the theme of work and money, Montreal musicians, comedians
and spoken-word artists presented a cabaret benefiting
the Immigrant Workers’ Centre. MORE
The
Flip Side: Tracy
is the daughter of Montreal jazz great Charlie Biddle.
She has dabbled in the theatre, film and music industries,
and is now trying her hand at radio and the internet.
She talked to people from all walks of life about money
and their values. MORE
Don't
Call Me Bob:
The True Life Adventures of a Montreal Payphone. CBC Radiocommissioned local cabaret/artist/author/actor Norman
Nawrocki to write a series of six short plays about the
life of a payphone in one of Montreal's poorer neighbourhoods
in Côte-des-Neiges. MORE
Loose
Change: Montrealers
explored their attitudes to money. MORE
Taking
Stock:
Loreen Pindera looked at the billion dollar bankruptcy
of Castor Holdings and the court case against Castor's
auditor... a case that's well on the way to being the
longest-running civil trial in Canadian legal history.
MORE
The
Money Guy:
Christopher Hall has a weekly column on CBC Radio One's
Daybreak, called "The Sex Guy". We asked him
to tackle another taboo subject for us: money! He brought
his insights to CBC Radio 88.5 and CBC Television. MORE
Stock
Exchange Blues:
In this series, Susan Bell looked into how emotional
our relationship with money can be. MORE
Target
Market: Susan
Belltook
a look at the world of marketing and those who are opposed
to it. MORE
Where
Our Taxes Go: Shawn
Apel looked into how our hard earned tax dollars are spent.
MORE
How
Money Works:
Judith Ritter’s quirky column on money and the people
who work with it. MORE
The
Family Business:
In this four part series, Radio Noon's Stuart Robertson
and Sara Germanotta told us about some family businesses
in Montreal. MORE
Money
Morals: Professional
philosopher and ethicist Eric Litwack. MORE
Money
Minutes: René
Vezina is editor in chief of the business weekly, Les
Affaires. MORE
All
Bets Are On: Jonah Wexler covered youth
gambling and on-line gambling.
MORE
Montreal
Matters Theme Music: Kathy
Kennedy was the sound composer for the Montreal Matters
theme music. MORE
C'est
La Vie:
On October 11th C'est
La Vie explored the different attitudes of francophones
and anglophones towards money.
MORE
Art
Jobs:
Throughout October, artTALKS'
Katherine Gombay talked with people who use their artistic
talents to make a living in all sorts of unusual ways.
MORE
Business
Report: Canada
Now's Business Reporter, Shari Okeke covered special
Money features under Montreal Matters. MORE
The
Money Guy: Christopher
Hall has a weekly column on CBC Radio One's Daybreak, called
"The Sex Guy". We asked him to tackle another taboo
subject for us: money! He brought his insights to CBC Radio
88.5 and CBC Television. MORE
Montreal
Money Map
An interactive map of Montreal's socio-economic profile. Scroll
over areas of the map to see the various income demographics
in Montreal. Based on information from Statistics Canada. MORE
Though
the Montreal Matters series is over, we invite you to partake
in our Community Forum and send us your own Money
Tales!
Everyone
has a story about money. Either money lost or found, given
or taken. And those stories say something about who we are,
and the society we live in. What are YOUR Money Tales?
MORE
The
Forum is for the community. It is where you will find on-line
discussions about money and how it affects your family, work,
leisure time, education, future, (fill in the blank...) MORE
Lecture:
Money and the Soul's Desires
Concordia University presented a public lecture on the topic
of Money with Stephen Jenkinson, the author of the newly released
book "Money and the Soul's Desires". MORE
Forum:
Money and Education
Montreal Matters and the Concordia Student Union banded together
to present a forum set to discuss and debate the money situation
in the Canadian university system. MORE
Money
Features :
Martin Patriquin and Melora Koepke gave us special weekly
Money features in HOUR Magazine. MORE
MoneyTalks:
The McCord presented a workshop-visit entitled MoneyTalks: Commerce
and Currency in Montreal. MORE
National
Film Board: The
NFB launched a screening of a new documentary, 645 Wellington,
directed by Kaveh Nabatian. MORE
CineRobotheque:
A selection of films on Money and the Economy were available
for viewing at the National Film Board's CineRobotheque. MORE
Montreal
Money Spots Bus Tour:
During the course of Montreal Matters, L’autre Montréal offered
a three hour bus tour presenting the history of money in Montreal.
MORE
Santropol
Roulant’s Anti-ads:
All in a Weekend's Shelley Pomerance worked with a group of
young people from Santropol Roulant on the writing and performing
of a series of anti-ads. MORE