Nathali Bondil is director and chief curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. In 2008, she became a chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of her curatorial work on the exhibition ¡Cuba! Art and History from 1868 to Today. She was awarded the insignia of merit from the University of Montreal’s Faculty of Arts and Science and the Samuel de Champlain Prize from the France-Canada Institute; she is a knight of the Ordre national du Québec; and she holds an honorary doctorate from McGill University. Nathalie was appointed vice-chair of the Canada Council for the Arts for a four-year term, effective March 31, 2014.
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I have been devouring The Walrus's Summer Reading issue and remarking on the quality of all of the contributions from our former and current Fellows. It reminds me that every issue of The Walrus is a culmination of the efforts (including lengthy fact-checking) of the editorial team, the emerging journalists they train, and the generous supporters who make all of this happen.Through The Walrus Editorial Fellowship Program, we have the privilege of training the next generation of professionals who are passionate about the integrity of journalism. In the Summer Reading issue, 2021 Cannonbury Fellow Connor Garel wrote a piece on Frankie Perez and the art of breaking. Tajja Isen contributed an excerpt from her first book, Some of My Best Friends. Isen, who also began her career at The Walrus as a Cannonbury Fellow, is currently Editor-in-Chief at Catapult magazine.
Our 2022 Chawkers Fellow, Mashal Butt, was instrumental in making sure we got the facts straight in our Summer Reading issue, having fact-checked six features, including Sarah Totton’s short story “The Click.” And in our September/October issue, you can read a cover story on housing affordability by our 2022 Justice Fund Writer in Residence, Julia-Simone Rutgers. (Rutgers is now a climate reporter for The Narwhal.)
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Jennifer Hollett
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