Nicolas Backman of the Selwyn House School wins the first prize of the Writing Peace Contest, which accompanied the production of the play Truth and Treason. First and second runner ups are: Aleksi Campagne, Centennial Regional High School and Marcos Archambault, Selwyn House School. Honorable mention goes to Sarah Amirali, Rijha Bhattacharjee, Soren Senchey and Ronghui Wang – all from the Marymount Academy. Jury member, Ken McDonough commented ‘ Nicholas Backman's essay was exceptional. Nicholas, at sixteen, calls on his very young memory to trace events from 9/11 to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, succinctly describing the emotions and thinking of politicians, the public and the media along the way.’ Read the essays

A reading of Bhopal directed by Arianna Bardesono was held at the Forum Social Quebecoise on October 10th. The cast featured Sounia Bahla, Abdelghafour Elaaziz, Talia Hallmona, Jean-Moïse Martin, Tova Roy, Vasu Seshadri and Emilee Veluz.

Rahul’s presentation at Exeter University, UK last year was chosen for publication in the special issue ‘South Asian Popular Culture’ published by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. Available online ISSN 1474-6689.