Focus Montreal introduces you to people who are shaping our community. We bring their stories into Focus, Saturday’s at 6:30 pm following the Evening News.
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.
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. www.vmc.qc.ca
(2) George Iny, president of the APA , is in to talk about the new 2011 car guide. 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. 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).
(2) An interview with Kathy Simon, a Schwarzkopf Professional, about the latest hair trends being shown at the Allied Beauty Association show.
(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.
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) www.smartshoppingmontreal.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 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 www.thedirectors.ca.
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