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Tag Archives: May 10 2023
Photo courtesy of the Université Laval Sports Department
Football player Arnaud Desjardins and cross-country runner Jessy Lacourse were named the male and female student-athletes of the year at the 72nd Rouge et Or Gala on May 4. Lacourse, Desjardins named top athletes
Photo courtesy of the Quebec Remparts Facebook page
The Remparts’ head coach Patrick Roy (right), receives congratulations from his Gatineau counterpart, Louis Robitaille, after the Remparts eliminated the Olympiques in four straight games. Sellout crowds await Remparts for the QMJHL finals
OBITUARY: Sovita CHANDER (1966-2023)
Sovita Chander passed away on April 22, 2023, at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, after a brief illness. She faced her death with grace, courage and serenity, as can be seen in the blog she kept (braincancerjourney.substack.com) during her few short weeks between diagnosis and decease.
Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1966, Sovita moved with her family in 1977 to Washington, D.C., where she spent her teenage years. She then attended McGill University, where she studied chemistry and history (BA 1989). She met her future husband, Don Fyson, in Montreal in 1986; they were married in 1989 and had two children, Jasper and Sacha. After relocating to Quebec City in 1996, Sovita developed a successful career in technology marketing, working for firms such as EXFO and Cardinal Health, acting as a consultant, and cofounding a health sector startup, Caristix Solutions. At the time of her death, she was working for PROMPT.
She also became involved in the anglophone community volunteer network in Quebec City, serving on the boards of organizations such as the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec (of which she was president from 2012 to 2016) and the Jeffery Hale Foundation.
She leaves behind Don, Jasper (Veronika), Sacha, her father Ramesh, her mother Renuka (née Sodhy), her sister Erina, her brother Suneil, and her entire extended family in Canada, the United States, Malaysia, and beyond.
A memorial ceremony in Sovita’s honour will be held at the Morrin Centre on Sunday, May 28; details are available on her blog. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in her name to Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières ( action.msf.ca ).
Gold in the Yukon, Part 2 – Life in the Klondike
Photo by Shirley Nadeau
Marie-Claude Pratte’s major work Portraits de société is the inspiration for the Us exhibit at the MNBAQ. The stereotyped representations of different people and entities produced by the artist in 50 small caricatures raise questions for discussion. REVIEW: MNBAQ offers ‘Us’ a philosophical voyage through art
Photo by Cassandra Kerwin
In honour of Red Dress Day, empty garments hang on the staircase and railings in the CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence Student Centre.
Elli Anderson addresses the Red Dress movement at SLC
Photo by Cassandra Kerwin
Patrick Primeau, who was a contestant on the Netflix series Blown Away, presents some of his work, like this Unknown. He finds inspiration in traditional Italian glassmaking techniques. Villa Bagatelle exhibit sheds light on glass
Soloists Michael Schade and Karina Gauvin, and the OSQ’s former music director Fabien Gabel were warmly applauded for their magnificent performance at the Palais Montcalm. On the far left is first violin Catherine Dallaire and behind Gabel on the right is first cello Blair Lofgren.
Photo by Shirley Nadeau