Concerned with questions around social justice, pretty much everything Veronica Mockler does is collaborative and often with people who are not artists. Her motivation is to use art to contribute to how we can all do better at living with our differences, starting with ours right here in Quebec society.

Atif Siddiqi, a gender-bending performer and singer known as Tranie Tronic, was one of the first South Asian queer performers in Montreal frequenting the city's ballroom and drag scenes of the mid-90s. Their most recent work, a full-length album and documentary film, are very personal projects, focused around a sexual assault that Atif survived in 2018. Although the perpetrator was never charged by Montreal police, Atif turned to art to find resolution and healing for themselves, and to educate and inspire other survivors.

The ADISQ gala will be awarding artists in the 'French R&B/Soul' category for the first time since its creation, this year. One of the key voices in making that happen is none other than Cornelius Nyungura, better known to music lovers around the world as Corneille. We speak with him about his journey and the significance of this moment for R&B and Black culture in Quebec.