Join us this fall on a cycling/walking tours using Wastescapes APP. Tours will be hosted by Liz Miller (Communication Studies) and MJ Thompson (Art Education) in collaboration with Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and Loyola Sustainability Research Center. We will share the backstory and visit a few sites. Before each tour, you will want to download the Wastescapes App on your Iphone or Android.
Please submit any questions to Liz Miller.
Learn more about the Wastescapes project here.
Date: Saturday September 25, MEMORY AND RECLAMATION (Parc Frédéric Back)
Time: 10am
Meet up: “Anamnese” on App /Coordinates, 45.564104, -73.623671
The sculpture is near the benches at the highest site in the park, center east
This tour explores Parc Frédéric Back, a former dump and quarry that has been transformed into a park. The Park, named after the Québécois film animator and environmentalist, is a compelling example of a large-scale reclamation. Each location in the park tells a story about the past, and about efforts to remedy the damage done.
Date: Friday October 1st LEFTOVERS (Lachine Canal Path)
Time: 10am
Meet up: “Lachine Canal Path” on App
(Across from Atwater Market and in front of Ma Bicyclette.
There are bixi bikes and rentals available nearby.
This tour follows the Route Verte 5 cycling path along the Lachine Canal, through a rapidly gentrifying part of the city. Experience the transformation of a formerly industrial neighbourhood through the story of waste.
Date: Friday October 8th – WASTE VALUES (3-k Reseau-Vert path)
Time: 10am
Meet up: “End Field” on App – corner of Clark and cycling path
Coordinates, 45.52851, -73.606820
Following the three-kilometer Réseau-Vert bike path and meandering through the Mile End neighbourhood, this route explores sites of transformation and repurposing. Here we'll examine industries proposing slower models of consumption, sites in the process of re-wilding, and art made from transformed waste.
Date: October 15th WASTEWATERS (Montreal East)
Time: 2pm
Meet up: “Interceptor Inspection Site” on map
Corner of Joliette & Notre Dame Est, 45.54306, -73.53611
Waste Waters follows the Route Verte 5 cycling path, past Montreal’s port and key industrial sites in the city's infrastructure. This tour highlights the hidden effects of industrial waste on our soils and waters, from underground gas pipelines to buried streams. It also highlights ways in which local artists and activists are trying to bring life to water, waste, and to the city's fallow places.