WHAT? Roundtable discussion on the Latin Quarter
WHEN? 5pm, Monday, November 19th
WHERE? L’Amère à boire, 2049 St. Denis (near Sherbrooke)
The Latin Quarter is something of an enigma. Since its development in the mid-nineteenth century as the home of the city’s French-Canadian intelligentsia, it has morphed into a neighbourhood of contrasts, a sometimes-seedy succession of bars and cheap hotels that doubles as a francophone cultural hub and tourist destination.
It’s the kind of place that can spur a lot of interesting discussion, which is exactly what the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada is hoping for this Monday when it hosts a roundtable discussion on the Latin Quarter at L’Amère à boire, a brewpub on St. Denis. Robert Schwartzwald and Micheline Cambron from the Université de Montréal will join Ceri Morgan from MISC and Keele University in talking about this important neighbourhood.