A Montreal park will be renamed in honor of Dr Abortion rights advocate Henry Morgentaler died in 2013.
Posted at 3:05 p.m.
Parc de Beaujeu, located on rue Lepailleur in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, will soon bear the name of the famous doctor. This park is located not far from rue Honoré-Beaugrand, where the Dr Morgentaler opened the first clinic offering safe abortions in Canada in 1968, when the practice was illegal.
“In 1983, he opened other, still illegal, abortion clinics in Winnipeg and Toronto. His action was decisive in the decriminalization of abortion in Canada,” recalls a press release from the City of Montreal announcing several new toponyms.
Last May, the opposition at City Hall demanded that the City Council act to honor the memory of Dr.r Morgentaler, giving its name to Beaujeu Park. The doctor’s name was submitted to the criteria of the City of Montreal’s new Recognition Intervention Framework, which promises a more neutral evaluation of nomination suggestions.
Moreover, in the same district, “the hard work of the Dr Francine Léger for the cause of abortion and the recognition of family medicine will also be recognized by the name of a park located near the Maisonneuve market, ”indicates the City. “The involvement of medical secretary and municipal councilor Nicole Larivée-Boudreau will be highlighted by the name of the municipal building located at 7958, rue Hochelaga. »
Serge-Bouchard Library
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Anthropologist, author and host Serge Bouchard
To pay tribute to the anthropologist, author and animator Serge Bouchard, who died in 2021, his name will be given to the library located at 14001, rue Notre-Dame Est, in the Pointe-aux-Trembles district, where he grew up.
Mr. Bouchard, a specialist in Nordicity, Aboriginal peoples, French America and the culture of truckers, hosted the radio program Les chemins de travers on Radio-Canada for 16 years. He has published some twenty books and twice received the Governor General’s Award.
In the Saint-Michel district, Saint-Damase Park will henceforth honor Gary-Longhi, Paralympic cycling champion born in Montreal in 1964. Silver medalist in Barcelona in 1992, gold and bronze medalist in Atlanta in 1996, he also received the Queen’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal to recognize his significant contribution to Canadian society. The first Paralympic athlete to be inducted into the Quebec Cycling Hall of Fame in 2004, Mr. Longhi has lived near this park throughout his life.
The park located on the north side of Avenue des Pins Ouest, west of the intersection with Rue Redpath-Crescent, in the borough of Ville-Marie will pay tribute to Quebec journalist Gretta Chambers, who died in 2017. In particular, she published columns for many years in the daily The Montreal Gazette. After several years of involvement in the administration of McGill University, she became its first female chancellor from 1991 to 1999.
The library of the Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord, located at 12004, boulevard Rolland, will henceforth pay tribute to Julio-Jean-Pierre, novelist, poet, journalist, teacher and author of a dozen collections of poetry and novels. , died in 2017. Born in 1940 in Saint-Marc, Haiti, he immigrated to Quebec in 1971. He worked for a long time in the community sector, notably at the Maison des jeunes L’Ouverture. He was the founding member of the journals Queen Conch and The Goalin addition to having collaborated with the newspaper Presence.
Finally, the new square located in the redeveloped part of Ottawa Street, between Prince and Queen streets, in the Griffintown district, will be called “Place du Sable-Gris”. “Anchored in the history of the sector, the toponym appeals to the intangible heritage and industrial history of Old Montreal. It refers to a so-called “grey sand” technique for casting metal parts, developed at the Darling foundry, which allows the casting of metal elements of machines and parts intended for the construction industry,” the statement said. of the City of Montreal.