A conversation between some of the members of the 1990s Tiohtia:ke/Montreal-based, South Asian-focused LGBTQ+ group the Saathis. As many of the Saathis are artists, performers and activists, they are also invited to reflect on their creative journeys as racialized queer people in Montreal.

Dr. Luis Sotelo Castro and PhD candidate Sara Lucas from the Acts of Listening Lab and The Listening Choir will discuss how musical interventions, particularly community choral music, can catalyze dialogue in communities that have experienced collective trauma.

The workshop will invite you to engage deeply with a videotaped interview of a Rwandan genocide survivor recorded as part of the Montreal Life Stories project.

Simone Cambridge, curator of "It comes from the head: A Straw Heritage", currently on view at the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas (NAGB), will provide a virtual tour of the exhibition followed by a short Q&A.