Exploring Montreal communities, both new and old

Montreal Together is a series that explores how Montrealers come together in unusual and surprising ways.

It a collaboration between the Department of Journalism at Concordia University and CBC Montreal.

Undergraduate students and graduate-diploma students in a multimedia course found and produced original stories about different Montreal communities.

Working in small teams, they spent the winter semester developing their stories in text, audio, video, photography, infographics and maps. 

Explore their work below:

The popular church in the heart of Montreal's Gay Village

Safia Ahmad, Michael Boriero, Pat Cahill, Aislinn May 

Yves Côté overcame a difficult past to help breathe new life into a 165-year-old church in the heart of Montreal's Gay Village.

Where Montreal's deaf community comes to listen to each other

Solène Jonveaux, Eléonore Riffe, Noé Sainderichin, Gethraa Shan

Step inside the 116-year-old institution that serves as a second home to many members of Montreal's deaf community. 

Montreal's spaces of reconciliation

Oscar Ocelotl Aguirre, Nahka Bertrand, Agathe Tournoux

This handy guide introduces you to exploring the city through an Indigenous perspective.

Surfing in Montreal becomes a year-round affair

Etienne Briere, Coco Caron-Delas, Stephane Lavoie, Kacim Azouz Steets 

Think surfing is just a summer thing in Montreal? Think again. The city's surfing community continues to grown and is now active year-round.