Here you will find links for the subjects covered in Focus Montreal.
Note to viewers: Through golf season, Focus Montreal will be aired at 9:30 Sunday morning and midnight Sundays.
Fran Fearnley founder and curator of ZimArt is in studio with ZimArt’s 2011 Artist-in-Residence Letwin Mugazavi of Zimbabwe.
ZimArt’s exhibition “Shona d’Afrique” is free and open now in Beaconsfied’s Centennial Park until August 7th.
Montreal impresario Sheldon Kagan is in studio to talk about some of the shows coming to Montreal this summer and fall, including the Edwards Twins.
In our final segment this week, a performance by celebrity impersonators, Anthony and Eddie Edwards.
Last week’s winners:
Rogers Cup towel and hat: Dana Villeneuve
Highland Games pass: Cheryl McDonell
July 24, 2011
An interview with the 2011 Rogers Cup Tournament Director Eugene Lapierre abiut the upcoming event in Montreal Aug 5-14
An interview with Kirk Johnstone, chairman of the Montreal Highland Games, July 30-31 in Pierrefonds.
An interview with Francois Lepine, a director at the Quebec branch of the Life Saving Society.
July 17, 2011
An interview with Canadian Forces Base Surgeon Major Marc Dauphin and Canadian Forces Director of Public Relations for Quebec Major Andre Berdais on their contribution to the television series, “Combat Hospital”. Click here.
An interview with snooker analyst Russ Anber and U-21 snooker player Erik Wu from Vancouver on the U-21 World Snooker Championships happening in Montreal until July 23rd.
Click here to visit the Snooker Canada website.
An interview with the president and vice-president of the Humanitarian Wealth Distribution Fund about their poker tournament to raise funds for schools.
Last week’s winners are:
Shoushan Aroyan: Percussion Festival Tix
Chantal Lasry: Book
July 10, 2011
1) An interview with John Mayo, Chairperson of the Kahnawake Pow Wow and Ray Deer, Head Veteran of the event.
http://www.kahnawakepowwow.com/
2) An interview with the pit coordinator of the Regates de Valleyfield Anne-Marie Leboeuf and Grand Prix class pilot, Marc Bedard.
3) A performance by Blues Camp professor Vincent Beaulne and Blues Camp student Graham Webb.
Last week’s winners are:
Beyond the Rack gift bag: Bayley Charbonneau
Jean-Pierre Zanella CD: Monique Lucas
June 26, 2011
(1) An interview with and performance from Quebec saxophonist Jean-Pierre Zanella, recipient of the Montreal International Jazz Festival’s 2011 Oscar Peterson Award.
(2) Beyond the Rack handed-out swag bags at last weekend’s Much Music Video Awards. The company’s PR Director, Lori Krebs, is on to give us some behind-the-scenes gossip!
Last week’s winners are:
Days of our Lives book:
Sean Pratt
Georgia Dujoy
Louie Comendador
Chantal Sordzi
Jessica Ramsay-Lapointe
Mahta Saremi
Indiana Jones Hat:
Bradley Richard Thompson
Melvin Pero
Parks Canada book/water bottle:
Gylène-Christine Koblé
Christine Tassan et les Imposteures cd:
Denny Harrinanan
June 19, 2011
(1) We try to clean out our giveaway locker.
(2) Thalia Vitaniotis, Global TV administrative assistant, is on to give away “Days of Our Lives” coffee table books, a Parks Canada book, a Parks Canada water bottle and Indiana Jones hats.
(3) Then we speak to “Christine Tassan et les Imposteures”. They also perform two songs and talk about their ongoing tour.
The winner of last week’s “Taste of the Caribbean” tickets was Nathalie Svartman
“Focus Montreal” is moving back to Saturday evenings at 7pm while staying at midnight, Sunday.
The show is also available on the web at http://www.globalmontreal.com — click “video”.
June 12, 2011
(1) Martin Raymond, assistant coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, talking about the past season, head shots and his relationship with head coach, Guy Boucher.
(2) Gemma Raeburn-Baynes, president of the 12th edition of Taste of the Caribbean, happening June 18th at Marche Bonsecours.
(3) Pamela Price, teacher at Westmount Park Elementary School and co-creator of the school’s computer refurbishing program. She comes in with five young students involved in the program.
The school continues to look for donations of obsolete computers. To donate, send an email to p.price@emsb.qc.ca.
The winner of last week’s ArtRotondo.com driving gloves is Mohammad Mozaffari.
The winner of last week’s ArtRotondo.com t-shirt is Marcelo Perez.
June 5, 2011
(1) Francois Dumontier president of the Grand Prix du Canada talks about next weekend’s F1 event here in Montreal.
http://www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca/formula-1.html
(2) Mauro Rotondo, president of ArtRotondo.com speaks about the Montreal company he and his brother started. They are an Artistic Partner of this year’s Grand Prix event and paint helmets for race car drivers, including some F1 drivers.
(3) Jessica Salomon is a former UN war crimes lawyer who decided to leave her career and go into stand-up comedy. She’s performing as part of this year’s Fringe Festival.
Thanks to everyone who wrote in. The winner of last week’s pass to tour Silo Number #5 is Stephanie Cirnu.
May 29, 2011
(1) Film producer Sarah Spring and filmmaker Kaveh Nabatian talk about their involvement in the NFB documentary “St-Henri The 26th of August”.
http://www.cinemaparallele.ca/?lang=en
(2) Dinu Bumbaru policy director at Heritage Montreal and Cameron Charlebois of Canada Lands Company are in for a chat about the return of guided tours of Pointe-du-Moulin and Silo #5.
(3) An interview with Marc Juteau president of Classic Auctions about his beginnings and items currenty up for bidding.
Winners of last week’s passes to the International Interior Design Show:
-Rita Desaulniers
-Christine Koble
-Changyi Zhou
May 22, 2011
(1) Dr. Marc Dubuc a cardiologist and electrophysiologist at the Montreal Heart Institute talks about a new procedure called “Arctic Front” to combat atrial fibrillation. He’s joined by patient Normand Beaulieu. http://www.icm-mhi.org/en/index.html
(2) Dr. David Bird and bird bander Simon Duval talk about the Baillie Birdathon and their participation in the event.
(3) The 23rd edition of the Montreal International Interior Design show is coming to Montreal. Ginette Gadboury – president and founder is in to talk about the event. http://www.sidim.com/en.html
The winner of the Parks Canada book is Alexandra Nikopoulos.
May 15, 2011
(1) Carole Loiselle, director of Western Quebec for Parks Canada and Isabelle Chalifoux, a Park Canada Heritage Interpreter, talk about Parks Canada’s 100th anniversary this year. http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca
(2) Murray Humphries, Associate Professor of Wildlife Biology at McGill University, on the spread of deadly white-nose syndrome among bat populations.
(3) Barbara Lisbona, president and founder of the Animal Rescue Network, Montreal’s largest no-kill shelter for abandoned and abused animals. http://www.animalrescuenetwork.org/
May 8, 2011
(1) An interview with Isabelle Joncas and Daniel Brisebois about Equiterre’s family farming program, providing people with fresh basket of fruits and vegetables. http://www.equiterre.org
(2) A chat with 18 year old NASCAR driver Dexter Stacey of Khanawake and Michael Sciortino of XO Productions about “Track Day”, the first in a series of summer events promoting automotive sport and safety.
http://dexterstacey.com/english/index.html
(3) Salsa dancers are in-studio as co-producers Sonia Kyriacou and Moris Alvarenga talk about the 7th Annual Montreal Salsa Convention and “Zumbathon” to raise money for Brilliant Beginnings, a Montreal organization that helps treat autism. http://www.montrealsalsaconvention.com
The winner of “Drive I95” is Peter Langford.
Kim Waschke is one of three winners of the Indiana Jones hat; we’re working on two more winners.
May 1, 2011
(1) An interview with Tracy Wrench, an organizer of the 28th edition of the Defi Sportif games.
(2) An interview with newly-retired Olympic Champion Jennifer Heil.
(3) An interview with Robert Levy, president of Brand Spark International and founder of the Best New Products Awards. We talk about the winners of the 2011 Best New Products.
The winner of last week’s tickets to the Latin American Film Festival of Montreal was R. Ambry.
April 17, 2011
(1) The first interview this week is with former Quebec disco queen Judi Richards, spokesperson for the “Spectacle pour le Perseverance scolaire”, a concert aimed at encouraging former dropouts and raising money for their education.
(2) The second interview is with Yuri Berger, director of programming for the Latin American Film Festival of Montreal, of which Global Montreal is a sponsor.
(3) The final interview is with full-time Concordia University student, Adam Haroun, recently named a 2011 Student Entrepreneur Regional Champion. He advances to the national competition next month.
Morena Lagrandeur is the winner of a Karkwa CD.
Past episodes:
April 10, 2011
(1) An interview with Valorie Salimpoor, a researcher from the Montreal Neurological Institute who’s studying the release of dopamine when subjects listen to music.
(2) An interview with extreme athlete Josee Beauregard, who will be running in a 590 km footrace across the Australian Outback next month. She’s looking for sponsors and raising money for Alzheimer’s research. http://www.fondationduchum.com
Josee’s email: beauregard_josee@yahoo.ca
(3) An interview with Louis-Pierre Cormier and Stephane Bergeron, two members of the Juno award-winning Quebec band Karkwa about their recent Juno win and their fourth album, “Les Chemins de Verre”.
April 2, 2011
(1) Interview with Evan Vossen, captain of the McGill Redmen hockey team which, for the first time in its history, played in the CIS championship game. http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=173324
(2) Interview with Rhona Richman Kenneally and Johanne Sloan, Concordia University professors and editors of the new book “Expo 67: Not Just a A Souvenir”.
(3) Interview with students Alexandre Allard and Danny Luong, winners of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize for their research on polystyrene biodegradability.
March 27, 2011 @9:30am
(1) Cassandra Bauco and Sabrina Gagliardi are teachers at Vincent Massey Collegiate and co-organizers of the school’s 1st annual Fashion Charity Gala to raise funds for the Montreal Neurological Institute. http://www.vmc.qc.ca
(2) George Iny, president of the APA , is in to talk about the new 2011 car guide. http://www.apa.ca
(3) Alex Hyder, studio lead of Playfish Montreal, is in to talk about the development of social media games and their jump to mobile platforms. http://www.playfish.com
The winner of last week’s Ecomuseum tickets is Carol Jones
March 20, 2011 @9:30am
(1) An interview with Michel Labrecque, Head of Research and Scientific Development at the Botanical Garden about Montreal’s newly-opened Biodiversity Centre.
(2) An interview with Lise Bibeau, Executive Director of the Learning Disabilities Association of Quebec. The association’s annual conference runs from Wednesday to Friday in Montreal.
(3) An interview with Alexia Eryn Brausewetter-Day, an 8-year old girl who has sponsored the Ecomuseum bears. Also in-studio is Caroljne Bourque, Assistant Director at the Ecomuseum.
Winners from March 13th show:
Gift basket – Pina Tamburro
Effusion tickets: Gabriel Jankovics
Evelyn Constantin
Steve “The computer guy”
March 13, 2011 @9:30am
(1) An interview with Riccardo Catalano, Chair of the Mathematics Department at Marianopolis College about International Pi Day (March 14).
http://www.piday.org
(2) An interview with Kathy Simon, a Schwarzkopf Professional, about the latest hair trends being shown at the Allied Beauty Association show.
http://www.abacanada.com
(3) An interview with Kelsea Whittle, President of “Effusion A Capella”, McGill University’s a capella singing group, about their upcoming concert at the Rialto. The group also performs.
http://www.effusion.ca
February 27, 2011 @9:30am
(1) To discuss next week’s “Moonlit Evenings” event at the Biodome, Genevieve Lavoie, a nature interpreter, is joined in-studio by Tanya Drapeau of Falcon Environmental Services and a bird of prey.
(2) Rock star “Jonas” and guitarist Corey Diabo stop by to talk about their tour and to perform an acoustic version of their new single.
February 20, 2011 @9:30am
(1) An interview with Ashley Clarkson and Selena Antonucci, two Concordia University public history students fighting to preserve Lafontaine House. Click here for the group’s Facebook page.
(2) An interview with Greg Dudek about “Watson” the supercomputer on “Jeopardy”
(3) An interview with Elana Rudik about “The Power of Movement”, Canada’s largest yoga fund-raiser
Focus Montreal continues to air Sundays at 9:30am and midnight through golf season.
The winner of the Smart Shopping Montreal book: Cathy Cunningham
February 12, 2011 @ 6:30pm
(1) http://www.smartshoppingmontreal.com
(2) http://www.crankshaftgames.com
February 5, 2011 @ 6:30pm
(1) The chairman of the Lester B Pearson School Board, Marcus Tabachnick, discusses the new digital citizenship program.
(2) Montreal author and lawyer Catherine McKenzie talks about her new book.
(3) Visceral Games producer Heather Alekson talks about the new release of “Dead Space 2”.
January 29, 2011
(1) Deloiitte Technology Trend Predictions
(2) Quebec English School Boards Association
(3) Mokko Studio
Congratulations! The winner of the January 22nd giveaway (Beyond the Rack swag bag) was Riza Esmeralda
January 21, 2011
(1) This week on Focus Montreal we speak with Denyse Lecat, a nurse with “Acti-Menu”, about a web-based stop-smoking initiative.
(2) We also speak with Montreal impresario Sheldon Kagan about the 31st edition of the Bridal Show.
(3) Finally we speak with Lori Krebs, PR Manager with “Beyond the Rack”, a Montreal-based shopping website that prepared and distributed swag bags for the Golden Globes.
Focus Montreal is also happy to announce last week’s winner of the auto show tickets, Peter Wong.
January 15, 2011
(1) Dr Matthew Oughton, Microbiologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at McGill University, on proper hand washing and the importance of hand washing in preventing the spread of disease.
(2) Bertrand Godin, former race car driver and spokesman, speaks about the highlights of the 43rd Montreal International Auto Show, on now until January 23rd at le Palais des Congres. Go to http://www.montrealautoshow.com.
(3) Randi Katz and Tony Picciuto, co-leaders of “The Directors Showband”, talk about what it was like to appear in the film “Barney’s Version”. Go to http://www.thedirectors.ca.
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