Vivien Leung

  • Special Issue

    Renewing Heritage Buildings

    It’s easy to sneer at bars, restaurants and cafes with an “industrial edge.”

  • News

    No Field, No Problem

    You don’t need a field to build a farm. The urban agriculture movement, once considered radical, has been steadily gaining momentum, perhaps for the simple fact that the principles at its core are…

  • Fringe Arts

    Of Academia, DIY and Student Strikes

    Being somewhat of a pessimist may be beneficial—or at least that’s how things happened to work out in Heather Davis’s case.

  • News

    OSMO X VIDEOTRON

    Local start-ups can expect to receive a boost in both funding and recognition, courtesy of a newfound partnership between the OSMO Foundation and Videotron, announced on Jan. 17.

  • News

    A One-Up for Start-Ups

    District3, a new Concordia initiative slated to launch this January, aims to use the university’s multidisciplinary potential and leverage cross-faculty interaction in hopes of giving student start-ups a push to get off the ground.

  • Fringe Arts

    Humanizing the Cityscape

    The 20th century gave rise to myth of the architect hero—someone who swoops in and cures social woes through their buildings.

  • News

    Start It, Grow It, Pitch It, Fund It

    A wide-ranging group of members from Montreal’s start-up community flocked to Monumental National for the third Founder Fuel Demo Day on Nov. 8.

  • News

    Start-Ups Find a Home at Notman House

    From the outside, Notman House appears to be nothing more than a dilapidated building just west of the gas station at the corner of Sherbrooke St. W. and St. Laurent Blvd.

  • Opinions

    Art Gets the Axe

    Stock up on paintbrushes, artists—the way things are going in this country, art supplies might be hard to come by before long.

  • News

    Re-learning to Learn

    A bunch of desks aligned facing a chalkboard under fluorescent lightening isn’t the only environment capable of facilitating learning.

  • Fringe Arts

    Contemporary Milestones

    While Old Montreal is, to many seasoned Montrealers, a cobblestone-covered tourist trap full of dusty souvenir stores and tacky street performers, it also houses DHC/ART.

  • News

    Burritos, Bicycles and Broken Barriers

    The Burrito Project is attempting to break down the barriers between those living on and off the streets—one burrito at a time.

  • Opinions

    Nah’msayin?

    Starbucks’ seasonal Pumpkin Spice Latte cannot possibly live up to its market hype, and I want you to stop talking about it right now.

  • Fringe Arts

    Brooklyn Bridge

    If you think Brooklyn is the contemporary art mecca, you might be surprised by how Brooklynites see lil’ ol’ Montreal.

  • Fringe Arts

    Magnum Librus

    When you go to Concordia, there’s no reason to complain about having nothing to do on a Friday night—or any other day of the week for that matter.

  • Fringe Arts

    Clear-Cut Ambition

    The use of text within architectural exhibitions, says architect Dan Handel, is a fine balance. “On the other side, you have the completely conceptual, more art-like exhibitions, where you have nothing.”

  • Fringe Arts

    A Comedy Picnic for Your Face

    When Halifax-based comedy troupe Picnicface fails, it only makes them want to fail harder.

  • Fringe Arts

    “We Are Performers”

    As fans of burlesque will know, the performance is more about the tease than the sleaze.