WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT Weekly. Vol. 11 No. 6d We are Westmount June 27, 2017 Tree stock renewal jumps from last year Private gardens visited during tour City catches up on tree removal, finds new species
By Laureen Sweeney down about 100 trees a year in order to re - new the tree stock, she said. This is about If it seems that more city trees than 1.5 percent of the city tree inventory. The usual have been removed this spring on total of between 6,000 and 7,000 excludes streets and greenspaces, it’s true: a total of Summit Woods. 137 compared to 85 last year, according to The city now has a tree replacement pro - figures provided last week by Councillor gram in place, following an inventory con - Cynthia Lulham, commissioner of Sus - ducted last year by Nicolas Mory, the city’s tainability and Parks. superintendent of arboriculture and horti - “We’re playing catch-up, as many of our culture, a new position. trees are diseased, attacked by the emerald Of the 137 trees already removed for this ash borer or have reached the end of their year – other than emergency situations – life span. We’re also planting 150 new about 30 or 40 are ash trees attacked by the trees.” This is 66 percent more than 90 ash borer, Mory told the Independent. last year, she said. Most of these are smaller ones planted The Westmount Horticultural Society held its “Secret Garden Tour of Westmount” fundraiser on June The benchmark for the future is to take during a trend in the ’80s 15. Describing the rear grounds at 60 Oakland Ave. on Westmount’s summit, tour organizers called the and ’90s in commercial ar - continued on p. 7 garden “respectful of its location in the shadow of the Oratory.” A pond with a fountain and stone edges Letters p. 8 added to the peaceful setting. More photos, p. 12. Photo: Martin C. Barry Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 17 9 Lives by L. Fowler p. 13 November 5, 2017 municipal election Dav is t o run for councillorship Foot pain? Heel spur? again, wants indoor pool Bunions? Consult By Laureen Sweeney and issues to the attention of the city.” Another reason she’s seeking a second Dr. William Constant Councillor Rosalind Davis announced term, she said, is because “I believe we CARL podiatrist June 20 she would seek re-election Novem - need an indoor pool. I want to help see that 514-439-5112 ber 5 as District 4 representative on West - this project gets off the ground” (see story mount city council. May 23, p. 1). She is currently commis - “I feel it’s fair to tell my constituents be - sioner of Sports and Recreation. Real Estate Broker fore the summer that I would like the hon - She also is a member of the city’s Com - our of representing them for another four munity Events Advisory Committee and 514.726.2077 years,” she explained. “I’ve enjoyed the ex - is the spokesperson for 245 Victoria #525 PROFUSION.GLOBAL perience and tried to bring their concerns the city’s Canada 150 cele - continued on p. 16 Profusion immobilier inc. Real Estate Agency Westmount
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By Martin C. Barry panneur 7 Jours. Catherine St. garage, classified as a Cate - what I’m told by the administration.” According to a promotional brochure, gory 1 building by the city of Westmount, While adding that she was unaware of A commercial property leasing agent the project will have 10,000 square feet of remains uncertain, despite rumours. any recent speculation on the building’s fu - has confirmed to the Independent that a street-level commercial space, 20,000 feet During a recent visit to the site, it was ture, Samiotis said “our city’s concern is developer hopes to build a new 11-storey of office space and at least 120 residential noted that several ground-level windows that no application has been made for re - commercial/office/residential condo pro - condos, taking up an unspecified amount were broken and parts of the concrete fa - placement or otherwise.” ject on the south side of St. Catherine St. of space. cade at street level showed signs of water Samiotis said she felt it was important to near the corner of Atwater Ave. Some of the the merits of the project infiltration. Several merchants with stores note that no demolition would be allowed “The project is a total redevelopment, that Intella is promoting include its close in the building said they had not heard by the city without a plan submitted by so the landlord is going to pull the [old] proximity to Alexis Nihon Plaza, the AMC anything about any future demolition. the owner for a replace - building down and rebuild it entirely,” said Forum, Westmount Square and Dawson Councillor Theodora Samiotis, com - ment. continued on p. 4 Patricia Hirsch, a leasing representative College, as well as the fact it would be missioner of Ur - with Nuns’ Island-based Intella Immo - close to the Atwater Metro station. ban Planning, re - bilier. According to Hirsch, two buildings just sponded to the “We’re looking at end of 2018, early 2019 to the east of the targeted area up to the speculation. delivery,” she added. corner of Atwater Ave., including restau - “I have checked The project at 4014-4022 St. Catherine rants Miso and Imadake, are not part of with the [city] ad - St. will be replacing a dilapidated two- the project. ministration and, storey office and commercial building cur - as of yesterday, we rently on the site. It used to house offices To the west, St. Catherine garage not are not in receipt leased by the Montreal Children’s Hospital slated for demo: Cllr. Samiotis of any application before it relocated to the McGill University With its facade covered by a protective regarding that Health Centre. It currently houses the Dé - curtain, the fate of an old multi-storey St. building,” she said June 16. “We do not have any appli - cation from the owner or other - wise regarding that building from The former Subaru dealership building on St. Catherine between Atwater and Wood, June 15.
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500 Claremont project St. Catherine St. cont’d. from p. 3 She said that a few years back the city’s Urban Planning department asked the Neighbours rally against owner to place a protective sheet over the front of the building “to protect any more apartment development of the facade from falling down. There were pieces that were falling off, and By Laureen Sweeney they might hold the second public meeting they’ve since then been removed and put about it during July and August vacation in storage.” A petition against the proposed re-de - period.” This happened with the timing Westmount’s director of Urban Plan - velopment of 500 Claremont is to be pre - of the initial meeting over a holiday period, ning Tom Flies would neither confirm nor sented at the city council meeting July 4, he explained. deny if the city had received any permit ap - Claremont resident Frank Philpott said The project proposes construction of plication. “Those are confidential infor - last week. “There are now more than 100 “boutique” apartments within the vacant mations,” he said. “I can’t answer to any ru - 1. Carpet Cleaning Since 1929. neighbours against its height and the po - institutional building at the southwest cor - mours. I hope that you do understand that Hand washing of hand made and tential impact on traffic.” ner of Claremont and Windsor, the street I need to treat certain information confi - machine made carpets. Insect dentially. removal, stain removal, odor Because the project has been under con - the building actually fronts on. An exten - sideration since its presentation at a pub - sion is also planned to the south side along “If there is information to share, it will removal, dusting and disinfectant be public,” he added. “For example, [for] a services are available. lic meeting of the Planning Advisory Com - Claremont (see December 6, 2016, p. 16). demolition process, there is obviously pub - 2. Repairs and Restoration – mittee in December (see story January 17, The 1908 building was formerly occu - p. 9), Philpott said “we’re concerned coun - pied by the Congrégation de la Fraternité lic information that is related to that if Specialized carpet repair and there is anything at that level, but that is all restoration services since 1929. cil might be planning to vote on it July 4. Sacerdotale, and before that several other Services include fringe replace - “We’re also concerned that if they do, occupants. I can say.” ment, weaving, binding and cutting. In effort to contact the building owner, listed as Fiducie Familiale Tehrani in prop - 3. Pick-up & Delivery –We pick up and deliver your carpets right to erty evaluation records, at a residential ad - your door. dress in Côte St. Luc, it was found that its voice mailbox was full. 514-271-7750 Electronic Independents available 6681 Av. Du Parc Enjoy the Indie at supper time on Tuesdays! Sign up by writing us: Mon to Sat 9am - 4pm offi[email protected] . www.raymondandheller.com
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Trees cont’d. from p. 1 Inauguration set for second week of July eas such as along Victoria and Sherbrooke and in parking lots. Mory calls them “pit trees” because they were planted in rela - Finishing touches ongoing at Summit Circle tively small street pits in tight places along - By Laureen Sweeney side the road. Other trees removed this year include The new Summit Circle walking path diseased elms, but most are Norway and “naturalization” of the closed northern maples planted in the 1960s. These are section of the road is undergoing finishing now nearing the end of their natural life touches, Councillor Cynthia Lulham said spans all about the same time, he said (see last week. An official inauguration of the story April 18, p. 1). By taking down some project is expected to take place during every year, the city is staggering the num - the second week of July. ber so that all don’t have to come down at Tree pruning is still required at the small one time in five or 10 years, he explained. new “belvedere” to make it a true view - This will allow for new trees to mature point, and the pathway requires compact - and grow into suitable replacements by ing and other work, she said. that time. As a result, some are being Concrete also remains to be poured on planted between the older trees. two slabs needed for the parking of utility vehicles that service Hydro Westmount in - Bacteria hitting Japanese lilac stallations and Montreal’s pumping sta - A new bacteria has reared its head and is tion. One is located at the Oakland end of starting to affect the “Ivory Silk” Japanese the walking path, the other at the opposite lilacs used by the city in recent years, he end to the east. said. “We aren’t planting any more of Also to be completed are stairs leading these.” Those affected tend to be smaller down to Ridgewood as part of the project less established ones, depending on their (see story March 8, 2016, p. 1). New trees seen June 13 are already planted along growing conditions. “At the peak of sum - While the main walking path may ap - the south side of the new walking path. Inset: This mer, you’ll see leaves and some of the pear to be quite wide, Lulham said, it has small stone belvedere at the north-east side of the branches droop. These are dead branches.” to be able to accommodate emergency ve - summit will provide a lookout once vehicles can hicles such as fire trucks. “It will become be brought in to prune trees that now obscure the New elm type, tulip trees overgrown at the edges as the smaller view, seen June 13. Photos: WI Mory said this year the city is diversify - plantings grow,” she explained. ing its planting, choosing six or seven Some of the wild grasses and other seeds species. One new one is the tulip tree, will likely be planted in the fall. which the city has never planted before. A Montreal’s Summit Cresc. work member of the magnolia family, it is found ‘disappointing:’ Lulham along the US border and tolerates hotter Comin’ Up Work by the city of Montreal to incorpo - summers and warmer winters resulting FC@>=G, JFB? 30 as part of Canada’s 150th anniversary, star - rate the dead end of Summit Cresc. (north from climate change, he said. ing at 11 am. Another new type is a hybridized elm of Devon) into Summit Woods, is “disap - “Storywalk” launch of the The Hockey that he calls a “nephew” of the American pointing,” Lulham said. “They were sup - Sweater with author Roch Carrier and il - TF?D>=G, JFAG 4 posed to be following our model to natu - lustrator Sheldon Cohen, 6:30 pm, West - elm developed to be resistant to Dutch elm City council meeting, 8 pm at city hall. disease. ralize the area” (see story June 14, 2016, p. mount Park. PJs/movie night, 7 pm. Reg - 1). ister at Victoria Hall or the children’s desk TF?D>=G, JFAG 11 Instead, she said, curbs have been in - of the Westmount Public Library. Atwater Library lawn book sale, 10 am to Electronic Independents available stalled as well as grass at the sides of what S=EFC>=G, JFAG 1 3 pm. Enjoy the Indie at supper time on was supposed to be a narrowed gravel foot - Tuesdays! Sign up by writing us: path leading to a pedestrian gate to St. Westmount’s Canada Day celebrations, offi[email protected] m . Jose p h’s Ora t ory. GREENE AVENUE
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Why not some new bins now throws away that ends up in landfills. ton. This leaves your successors with the southeast sector must now take into ac - The issue is that after five years of reach - problem of configuring our mountain into count a much larger project than the 10- for parks? ing out repeatedly to the city and request - a suitable Mount Rushmore, but let them storey building planned for St. Catherine As a citizen of Westmount for the past 10 ing it set up proper waste receptors in our worry about that. at Atwater. years, I am grateful to our city for great parks, all my requests have gone unan - The unsung heroine, Kathy, undoubt - The former Montreal Children’s Hospi - parks and for helping change our bad swered. I have to believe that 90 percent of edly deserves her share of the credit. tal site will be developed with six towers habits into good ones by implementing what goes into our 1970-era garbage cans You are too young and energetic to re - from 20 to 32 storeys in a mixed-use pro - residential recycling and composting pro - in the park can be recycled properly and tire. We shall stand by to watch what ject including retail and office space, and grams. I am proud of how little my family not go to landfills. comes next. about 1,200 housing units. I don’t understand the reasoning behind Tony Deutsch, Lansdowne Ave. Though only a small part of the complex a city, which is so conscientious about so – its west and south edges – lies within many things, and how they can be so ne - Add traffic from new Westmount, this mammoth development glectful for so long when it comes to the condo tower at will reach from Atwater to Sussex, and easy task of changing over to the proper from Tupper to René Lévesque. waste receptors in our parks. Children’s to southeast From demolition – starting soon – and Allan Goldberg, Lansdowne Ave. district woes forever after, traffic in Westmount’s south - Further to an article on p. 4 and a letter east and adjacent areas will increase expo - Missed the party, here’s to the editor on p. 6 regarding traffic stud - nentially. Planning must take this dramatic an open tribute to Trent ies in the June 20 issue, planning for the development into account. Lucy Fellowes, Wood Ave. Dear Peter [former Mayor Trent:] Hanna and I regret that we have to celebrate from a distance [on June 20], you and your good Windsor holds annual street party works for Westmount. Not only did you in - spire what one hopes the best mayors do, smoothly functioning and improving ser - vices, as well as what may be the world’s last remaining courteous [officers] at West - mount Public Security. You have also, alas not on horseback and even without a car, Photo courtesy of A. Goldberg fought our battle for independence, thus Westmount Park, June 11. becoming Westmount’s George Washing -
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*Asking price | Independently owned and operated. 12 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 27, 2017 Horticultural society hosts 7th ‘Secret Garden’ tour Twelve gardens were part of this year’s members. Ticket prices included a boxed By Martin C. Barry Westmount Horticultural Society’s Secret lunch and drink from Mouton Noir Café. Garden Tour, which is in its seventh year. It took place June 15. About 140 tickets were sold at a cost of $40 The next event is scheduled for 2020. for WHS members and $5 more for non- See p. 1 for additional photo.
As Erica Bloom, who lives at 94 Sunnyside Ave., readily admits, the large garden behind her home offers ample opportunity during the summer to escape, although she wishes she could do it more often. This was the second time Claire Archambault volunteered her garden at 625 Côte St. Antoine Rd. The The area has stands of birch trees that lead into a leafy garden containing plantings of dogwood, lilac and viburnum. Photos: Martin C. Barry program described the rear yard of he r p roperty as i n cludin g “i n terest ing combinations of trees, shrubs and unusual perennials.” Woman treated for fall Dog wears licence, on speed bump returned home quickly An 85-year-old woman fell outside West - A loose dog wearing a Westmount tag mount Public Library June 1, Public Secu - was found May 27 at 602 Argyle and re - rity officials said. When patrollers an - turned to its home on Westmount Ave. swered a call for assistance from the library before the owner had noticed it missing, at 11:14 am, they located her seated in a car Public Security officials said. The owner trying to stop bleeding from the face. They was tracked down quickly on the spot cleaned cuts to the nose and knee but the through use of the new Emili.com dog reg - woman refused transport to hospital when istration system. It was “a perfect example” Urgences Santé arrived. The resident of of the value of the new system, officials ex - downtown was reported to have tripped plained. on a speed bump.
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WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 27, 2017 – 13 Trent’s ‘grand finale’ King Arthur
By Laureen Sweeney
A farewell party for Peter Trent June 20, 9 Lives in which he became the main source of en - tertainment onstage, could probably be Lysanne Fowler called a “grand finale” to his 24 years on city council, 18 of them as mayor. One of Trent’s great pleasures in life is well known to be playing the guitar, singing and per - Here he is, cuddly Arthur. He is patiently forming. waiting for a family of his own, after being After a short, humorous roasting, Trent found abandoned. He is a big, burly grey teamed up with the event’s emcee – enter - domestic short - tainer and former councillor George hair with mitten Bowser – to entertain the 250 attendees, feet. His happi - ending with a hearty rendition by all of ness is to play. “There’ll Always Be a Westmount” (lyrics Arthur could be a by Trent to the tune of “There’ll Always Be comforting fam - an England,” 1939). ily cat, a home - Among those attending were former body who would mayor Karin Marks, more than a dozen On stage at the Victoria Hall event for Peter greet every per - former councillors spanning the years, cur - Trent June 20 were George Bowser, left, and son as they ar - Trent. Inset: Former city clerk Robert Wilkins, rent and some former staff members, rive. right, presents Trent with a poem he wrote about Arthur is ap - community volunteers, regular council at - him as mayor (see poem June 20, p. 4). tenders and other residents. Among them proximately six was Kathleen Weil, Quebec minister of showing residents how demergers could years old, Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness. be achieved. the staff would be giving him a pair of neutered and inoculated. You can visit him Underscoring a general theme of de - Mayor Christina Smith presented Trent lamp standards to light the way as he had at the Hôpital Vétérinaire Général MB , lo - merger leadership, former St. Lambert with a pair of silver cufflinks bearing the through his leadership. These are the may - cated at 3400 St. Antoine St. or call mayor Sean Finn (2005-2009) thanked Westmount crest. oral lampposts and heads currently in 514.935.1888. place outside his home. Trent “on behalf of the South Shore” for Director g e nera l M ike D eegan t old him You r neig hbour, Lysanne ESTATE & MOVING SALES SONOS Prenez avis que Tamar Vente de succession et déménagement UNEMPLOYED? Dina Amor, dont l’addresse WiFi – HiFi 514 236-4159 ERS Training & de domicile est le 376 Ave. [email protected] | www.rondably.com Development is o.ering SALE Redfern #5, Westmount, RONDA BLY a 22 week program: Quebec H3Z 2G5, Canada B.COM., M.ED., CPPA PRICE! July 2017 presentera au directeur Music •in English de l’etat civil une demande •Keep your bene/ts / get paid while everywhere you train pour changer son nom • Is 1ee of charge / all materials provided • Transportation / Child Care may en celui de Tamara Dina be paid for Pressman. Improve / Update Skills: •Microso2 O0ce Suite •Job Search Techniques / CVs HAIR WOOD FINISHING Tabagie Westmount Square •French Conversation DOORS•FURNITURE•WOODWORK International news agent •Explore career opportunities CUTS •Participate in a 3-week stage ON-SITE SERVICE • British & European newspapers •Stripping and You are eligible if you: FOR MEN • Specializing in fashion & interior Staining •Live on the Island of Montreal & KIDS •Specialty: design • Imported chocolates •Receive EI, Social Assistance, or Entrance Doors • BELL lifestyle natural products are without income • Lottery tickets and maps •Are 18 years and older, and a Canadian •Touch-ups and citizen or permanent resident Repairs Westmount Square •Kitchen Cabinets Please call 514-731-3419 At foot of escalator leading from/to 514.484.5987 •Fine Furniture to schedule an interview! HENRY CORNBLIT, professional craftsman Greene Ave. entrance 4970 Sherbrooke St. W. FREE ESTIMATE 514.369.0295 With nancial assistance provided by (at Claremont Ave.) www.woodfinishingmontreal.com (514) 935-7727 Emploi-Québec Île-de-Montréal 14 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 27, 2017
VENTILATION EXPERTS The Irish helped build Montreal, Concordia ALL TYPES OF ROOFING and prof tells WCCM RENOVATIONS By Martin C. Barry lagher with an axe in Griffintown. “This is one vision of Montreal’s Irish While Montreal has been celebrating its women,” said McGaughey, before point - BELGRAVE 375th anniversary this year, shining a spot - ing to the next projected image as “proba - light mostly on the city’s French founders, bly more familiar to many of you.” It ENTERPRISES according to a preamble given by the showed the 2014 Montreal St. Patrick’s Pa - Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal, per - rade queen and her court. “The two im - • Shingles • Asphalt & Gravel haps not as well known is the role of other ages of womanhood could not be more di - •Slate • Membrane another people who helped build the city – ametrically opposed.” • Brickwork • Tuck Pointing the Irish. According to McGaughey, Montreal is It was with this in mind that the one of four hubs for the Irish diaspora •Chimneys Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal globally. While the historical impact of the •SheetMetalWork (WCCM) invited Jane McGaughey, an as - potato famine has left some people of Irish • Copper • Skylights sistant professor in the School of Irish origin with the impression that Irish im - • Brick Wall & Chimney Studies at Concordia University, to speak migration to America was at its peak dur - Repairs & Rebuilds on the Irish contribution to Montreal’s his - ing this mid-19th century period, the ma - tory during the WCCM’s annual general jority of the Irish in Canada actually came Professional Roof Inspections meeting on May 23 at Victoria Hall. Over before or after, McGaughey added. written reports with photos 100 people attended. “Most people think that their families Jane McGaughey from the School of Irish Studies Ice & Snow Removal McGaughey, who will be teaching a are famine families,” she said. “It’s part of at Concordia University made a presentation on Senior Discount course on the Irish in Montreal at Con - the mythology of the diaspora. However, the history of the Irish in Montreal to the cordia in September, opened with two con - it’s actually only a very small percentage of Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal on May 23. FREE GUARANTEED trasting images of the Irish. all of those Irish who had been on the ground, for the most part they simply dug ESTIMATES WORK The first was of Susan Kennedy, who, move throughout the 19th century. Many Member of APCHQ RBQ # 8261-4496-02 downward to a depth of 28 feet using picks during the late 19th century, was depicted more came before or came afterwards, par - and shovels, wheelbarrows and occasion - www.belgraveroofing.ca by the Montreal Witness newspaper as a ticularly to the States.” ally gunpowder during 14-hour days, earn - 514-932-7772 stereotypi c ally dru nken and violent Irish - Another factor that had a great influ - ing two shillings per day. woman after she murdered Mary Gal - ence on the destiny of the Irish in Montreal During this time, racist depictions of was the construction of the Lachine canal. the Irish flourished in Montreal. A pseu - Make a Di erence in Federral Elections Many who were arriving from Ireland in doscientific illustration from the era that the early 1820s came specifically to help McGaughey showed compared the facial Be a Returning O cer build it. characteristics of English nurse and social It was no accident that the Irish were reformer Florence Nightingale to those of YYourour opportunityy to serve democracy hired in large numbers for this purpose, a thuggish-looking Irishwoman identified McGaughey added. “There was a very in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount in the drawing as “Bridget McBruiser.” strong belief at the time that the Irish were “This was a process by which the Irish The work of a returning o cer is challenging naturally built for hard labour. This is what were denigrated as being less evolved,” and rewarding. If you’ro e a leader with we would now call a very racist attitude, McGaughey commented. “It’s taking what management experieence and knowledge of but it was a very prevalent attitude at the would eventually be a Darwinian type of your community, this may be the job for you. time.” logic and applying it as a reason to control The Irish labourers excavated more than the Irish, to not pay them enough money As a returning o cerr,, you will plan and manage federal elections in eight miles of rock and soil along the your riding during a ten-year appointment. YouYou will represent Elections for their wages, to belittle them, to keep canal’s path, mostly manually. Although them sectioned off from not only the city Canada and be on the front line for electors andd candidates. they s ometimes used plows to br eak the but the running of the empire.” The hours of work vary between elections, but increase significantly in the year leading up to an election. TToo qualify as a returning o cerr,, you must be a CanadianC citizen, at least 18 years old, and live in the federal riding where you’re applying to work. The ability to communicate in both o cial langu uages will be used in the final selection of a candidate. Blinds-made TToo find out more about the role of a returning o cer and how to apply, to measure◃ go to elections.ca and click on Employment or callc 1-800-463-6868. Hunter Douglas Priority Dealer The online application will be available from Ju une 30 to July 21, 2017. ▸Ultrasonic Blind Cleaning 214 A Ronald, Montreal West Please call first
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‘Health literacy’ matters, Healthy City Project Manoir Westmount gathering hears A Project of The Rotary Club of Westmount
By Martin C. Barry
Health care costs are four times higher for people with low literacy, members of the Westmount Healthy City Project (HCP) were told during a lecture at Victo - A great place to live, in a perfect location. ria Hall May 30. In the third and final instalment of the HCP’s joint lecture series organized in conjunction with McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation, Nancy Posel and Dr. David Fleiszer focused on the role of “health literacy” and patient education Very affordable all inclusive rates… in medical practice. All meals Medication distribution Posel is co-director of the McGill-Molson Daily tea 24 hour security Medical Informatics Project and also di - Daily housekeeping 24 hour nurse rector of the Patient Education Office at Personal Laundry Extensive activity programme the MUHC. Fleiszer, an associate-profes - sor of surgery at the McGill University fac - Manoir Westmount Inc. ulty of Medicine, is co-director of the MM - 4646 Sherbrooke Street West MIP and was a founding director of the Nancy Posel and David Fleiszer of the MUHC focused on the role of “health literacy” during their Westmount, QC H3Z 2Z8 Cedars Breast Centre at the MUHC. presentation May 30 at Victoria Hall to members of the Westmount Healthy City Project. “Literacy problems cost the US health For his part, Fleiszer described two op - approach is increasingly visual. “We are ex - For an appointment to view, please call care system between $106 and $238 billion tions a doctor faces when he needs to ex - tremely cognizant of the need to develop annually,” Posel pointed out. “We need to plain a medical situation to a patient. The materials that suit all the patients at the find better ways to address this.” doctor might ask the patient: Do you have MUHC and the need to ensure that the 514.937.3943 According to her, illiteracy has been used hydrosis? “What I could have said is: ‘is medium that we use is appropriate,” she www.manoirwestmount.ca as a weapon in the past to disempower your mouth dry?’” He said the choice in - sFaid. and disenfranchise people and can be used volves “using medical terminology versus in a similar manner against medical pa - using plain language.” tients. He said he likes to tease his francophone To all our Friends As an example, she cited the literacy friends sometimes by telling them that and Clients tests that black citizens of many southern “translating stuff into French is not im - US states were subjected to at one time if portant in what we do. What’s really im - they wanted to vote. The questions on portant is that we translate things from such tests were worded in such a manner medical jargon into plain language. And HAPPY as to confuse them and virtually assure everything we do is in English and French they could not vote. as our two main languages, and we have a “We don’t want to use literacy as a lot of stuff in other languages as well.” Lorri CANADA Joyce weapon,” she said. “We don’t want to use jargon as an area for misunderstanding. Visual aids coming Faughnan Faughnan But what we want to do is focus on under - During a question-and-answer period, DAY! standing.” She defined health literacy as Posel said the MUHC is moving beyond the “ability to obtain, process and under - using only text materials to provide pa - 514.715.6201 514.865.9766 stand basic health information.” [email protected] Agence Immobilière/Real Estate Agency [email protected] tients with medical information, and the courtier immobilier / real estate broker courtier immobilier agréé /chartered real estate broker 16 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – June 27, 2017
Local students showcase artwork on theme of Montreal’s 375 Joel Goldberg is open for business! Continuing on with Mengold Jewellers, the former manufacturing company of Lou Goldberg Jeweller, Joel Goldberg will extend his services to include one- of-a-kind designs, manufacturing, sourcing of precious andsemi-precious gemstones, and appraisal services. Mengold Jewellers has been in business since 1982, and we look forward to continuing to build and maintain our relationship with you for years to come! 4150 Ste. Catherine O., Suite 490, Westmount [email protected] Website coming soon Office Hours: 10:30-3:30 or By Appointment Photo courtesy of Lori Burnett. 514 606-8767 An invitation-only vernissage of MontréalART375, featuring artwork by students aged six to 16 on the theme of Montreal to mark its 375th birthday, took place the afternoon of May 28 in the lobby of the Esplanade Loft Project. It was organized by the Quebec Association of Independent Schools. Several
Westmount schools participated, including ECS, The Study, Selwyn House, St. George’s elementary and high schools and The Priory. The exhibition of over 300 works was on public view until June 2. Faites au Quebec Made in Quebec Recever le Credit de Taxes sur la Renovation Davis cont’d. from p. 1 Colect Tax Credit on Renovation brations. The only other declared councillor can - didate is Cynthia Lulham in District 7 (see Armoires story January 24, p. 1). Nicole Forbes is not running again in District 6. District 5’s seat also has no incumbent since interim Mayor Christina Smith is Prime Kitchens Inc now a mayoral candidate (see story June 1331 Greene Avenue Suite 220 Westmount, QC H3Z 2A5 20, p. 1). 514-223-3101 Awww.primekitchens.com R o salin d D a vis, Ju ne 20.
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plastic. The always-fun sold-out eve was under Social Notes the co-presidency of board chairs local res Hélène Fortin , Loto-Québec, (attending Veronica Redgrave with her husband Denis Larose); Jean Houde, Banque Nationale and Gaz Métro (with wife Jeanne Leclerc); Monique Ler - oux , Investissement Québec (with daugh - A break from Montreal’s record-break - ter Anne-Sophie Forget-Leroux); and ing daily deluge was a welcome respite for Robert Tessier, Caisse de dépôt et place - the annual McCord Museum Ball. The ment du Québec (with wife Denyse gala was held on May 4 – a rare non-rain Tessier ). eve. Arriving guest Montreal mayor Denis Industrious ball committee members Coderre must have had the right connec - were Westmounter Bente Christensen , tions. The magic “Abracadabra” theme (with hubby Gerry Shadeed ), along with brought out man-buns, man-skirts, trailing Bita Cattelan (with hubby Paolo Cattelan), tulle ball gowns and late designer Alexan - Emmanuelle Demers , Jean-Michel Lavoie der McQueen influences, as noted on DJ (with Scott Yetman ), Nathalie Deshaies, Geneviève Borne – cool, as in leather jacket (with Pierre Campeau), Claudia Gervais , cool over a long tartan skirt. Olivier Legault (with Anik Matern ), In fact, leather jackets were worn by Nathalie Lévesque (with Eric Dunberry) many belles of the ball: Style with attitude. and Roberto Reino. Women wore gowns ranging from fash - Event designer extraordinaire Dick ionably floral, slit-thigh-high, ruched, stun - Walsh created the wow-worthy décor on ningly strapless, cunningly cut-out and all- the theme of transparency. A massive clear out pretty. Soft cascading ruffles on a balloon, within which writhed red-clad transparent skirt was worn by Laurence Dante-esqe devils, awed party-goers as Gilbert-Deschenes attending with Pierre- they entered the dining room. The in - Olivier Renaud . credible lightness of the theme was echoed The McCord’s CEO/president Suzanne throughout the cavernous Arsenal space. Sauvage and Osler lawyer Monique Tables were plexiglass, plates were clear Jérôme-Forget, chair board trustee, (there glass and a translucent orb sat atop tall with her husband Claude ) greeted guests water-filled cylinders. (How refreshing not at the red carpet, staffed by black-tie clad to have florals wasting away. Speaking of magicians (11 years old and up!), who per - wasting away, around 9 pm after a cham - formed their shuffling prowess with cards. pagne-fuelled over-two-hour long cocktail Flanking the entry were piles of Jeff Koons- with only slippery oysters like large shiny cushions in gold and black to slurp, one wag was over - continued on p. 18 SALE 50% 70% OFF Offered Exclusively
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Social Notes cont’d. from p. 17
From left: Caroline Drouin, Robert and Denyse Tessier. From left: Hélène Fortin, Michael and Michaela Penner. François Olivier and Isabelle Marcoux. heard to say he was going to order pizza becca Taylor Duclos ; designers Jean- Olivier and his wife, the perennially chic The following eve, the McCord’s annual and eat it in his car.) Claude Poitras and Denis Gagnon (wear - Isabelle Marcoux; Carmen Robinson; Sugar Ball, brought the total amount raised The otherwise flawless night included ing his black tie/tails with shorts, black Alain Simard; Danielle Sauvage; Robert to $1 million (gross), which supports the McCord Foundation board chair Daniel knee socks and red lipstick); Marie Sénécal Poeti and Toronto philanthropist Em - McCord’s mission of protection and diffu - Fournier , CEO Ivanhoé Cambridge, and Tremblay and Bruce McNiven; Manon manuelle Gattuso , radiant in red. sion of cultural heritage. his wife Caroline Drouin; Louise Roy, Blanchette; Jacques Marchand , president Westmounters noted included Michaela chancellor/chair, Université de Montréal; LaSalle College; Nathalie Lévesque, execu - and Michael Penner , board chair Hydro artist Kent Monkman; gallerist Jean- tive director McCord; Belle and Ernie Gri - Québec; Sharon Azrieli and Victor Salvag - François Ouellette; Concordia dean Re - vakis; Transcontinental titans François gio and Julie Couture . LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS
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