MONTREAL Six Montreal restaurants with Asian menus came together to create a special offering for some deserving diners on Monday. The chefs teamed up to prepare original dishes that were donated to the hard working staff at the Children’s and Jewish General Hospitals. The feast was organized by food blogger Raj Brar. On his Instagram page he posted a link to a GoFundMe page, asking for help. Brar said the event was his way to celebrate his own birthday by helping others. Basically, I said Why don t we make this huge? So, we re donating over 100 meals to the Children’s and the Jewish General, to the front-line workers, he said.
Anti-Asian crime spiked in Montreal last year, police say
Members of Montreal s Asian community are speaking out against increasing hate crimes, which they say are likely linked to the pandemic.
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Bill Wong, director Chinatown s business development group, says China-bashing throughout the pandemic has fuelled anti-Asian sentiment.(CBC)
Members of Montreal s Asian communities say they are still targets of anti-Asian hate crimes a year after the first case of COVID-19 in Quebec.
Between March and December 2020, the Montreal police service (SPVM) recorded 22 crimes targeting Asian-Montrealers, an increase of 19 over the previous year.
The FIFDH rethinks its entire 2021 edition
Dear Future Children by Franz Böhm
Now at its 19th edition, Geneva’s International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), the biggest international event dedicated to this particular field, is once again having to contend with the pandemic, revising its entire programme. It’s a challenge which the festival’s director
Isabelle Gattiker describes as an opportunity to experiment and to discover films outside of those screened, thanks to the creation of original sound and video content in the form of a daily radio programme, a series of podcasts intitled “Utopia3” and a new section, “Activist Voices”, which comprises a series of video testimonials. Indeed, this need felt by the festival to draw in new audiences and to make the event even more inclusive has given rise to a new prize: the Audience Award.
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Racism, work-from-home, lack of tourism all blows to Chinatown’s health
One year on, Chinatown, situated by the Old Port is home to 160 businesses employing 400 people is fighting for its survival. At the height of the pandemic, Montreal was considered the seventh deadliest place in the world for COVID-19 related deaths due outbreaks in old-age residences.
Due to this stigma, Chinatown and the Chinese community were disproportionately affected by increased cases of racism, vandalism and break-ins. Last year, local leaders asked the government for $1 million in relief funds to save Chinatown and revitalize the area. Consultations are still underway, and nothing has been finalized.