Huffington Post (Canada) - Dreaming of "My Winnipeg"

(Will Straw, Director of McGill Institute for the Study of Canada)

"One of this summer's best art exhibits in Paris, France (where I spent my vacation) was the show "My Winnipeg", held at the Maison Rouge gallery just off the Place de la Bastille. With over 200 works by 70 plus artists, and the heavy involvement of Canadian institutions at all levels, the "My Winnipeg" show felt like a powerful showcase for art from this most culturally vibrant of Canadian cities.

As you enter the gallery, you are invited to enter a draw, sponsored by Air Canada, for a "free trip to Canada." I politely declined, though it was unclear whether winners were required to go to Winnipeg or would, instead, join the thousands of Parisians now wandering around Montreal in search of work or pleasure…"