Cabot Square

The Cabot Square PhotoVoice Collective was formed in the first year of the Ethnography Lab’s existence, as one of the student-led research group. It was born out of the collaboration of Graduate students associated with the Concordia Ethnography Lab at Speculative Life and McGill’s Participatory Cultures Lab, and in consultation and collaboration with Indigenous Students and community members.

As part of the first project, members were invited to a 2-day Photovoice workshop, at the end of May 2017. As the creation of the group happened in relation to the “375th anniversary” of Montreal, our group originally sought to highlight the long-standing presence of Indigenous Peoples in the city and specifically in Cabot Square as a local gathering site. While we recognize Montreal exists on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, we seek to highlight how diverse Indigenous peoples have long been a part of Montreal’s urban spaces, and that Cabot Square is one of these rich sites.