Media & Publications
This page features media coverage, articles, interviews, videos, and publications related to the NDG Community Council and its work in the community. Explore how local initiatives, partnerships, and resident-led projects are making a difference in NDG.
This page highlights how the work of the NDG Community Council is reflected and recognized in the media. By sharing articles, interviews, and publications, we aim to increase transparency, celebrate community initiatives, and amplify the voices of residents and partners. It also helps build awareness of local issues and showcases the collective impact of our work in NDG.
We are always open to collaborating with media and sharing stories that reflect the realities and strengths of our community.
2026
Des dizaines de locataires vulnérables vivent dans des conditions déplorables dans l’ouest de Montréal. Leur édifice est infesté de souris, de punaises de lit et de coquerelles. L’organisme à but non lucratif qui en est propriétaire est dépassé par les événements.
MNA McGraw presents medals to community members
By Dan Laxer The Suburban Apr 15, 2026 Updated Apr 17, 2026
Desiree McGraw, the Liberal MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, hosted her second annual MNA’s Medal Award Ceremony on April 10, honouring 10 members of the community. Opening the ceremony, McGraw highlighted what she says is her favourite job as MNA, “representing my community and advocating for the citizens and organizations that make NDG so unique.”...
After a welcoming address by Villa Maria Director General Christian Corno, McGraw presented medals to renowned soprano and actress Natalie Choquette, former MNA and borough mayor Russell Copeman, journalist Patrice Roy, MUHC president and executive director Dr. Lucie Opatrny, along with community advocates and activists Tasha Lackman, Margaret Lambton, Miranda Potts, Simeon Pompey, Sharon Sweeney, and Jennifer Welsh.
2023-2015
Momen Hassan founded the group Papa et Moi in Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood.
- Weil honours three NDG women with Assembly Awards (The Suburban)
By Joel Ceausu The Suburban Jul 4, 2022
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce MNA for Kathleen Weil has awarded her final three National Assembly medals, choosing to honour three women who have had a profound impact on the community through their service and dedication, as her mandate comes to an end. Recipients of this important recognition are Sheri McLeod, Lisa Mintz and Halah Al-Ubaidi.
Update: “All our Sunday shows will take place on Saturday or Monday on account of rain.”
TheSuburbun Feb.2018 The Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Community Council, in collaboration with the Chinese and Korean residents, is putting on a Lunar New Year celebration and everybody is invited. The organizer of the event, Jing Bai, has been reaching out to merchants in Monkland Village and on Sherbrooke St. W. Ten Thousand Villages, Super Dollar, and Iris Florist are among those that have offered their support to this neighborhood event. At the same time, Bai has been busy coordinating volunteers and community workers as this event wouldn't be possible without so many people willing to help. “In organizing this event with my colleagues, it has been a pleasure to see how multicultural, diverse and welcoming the NDG community is.” said Bai, a community outreach worker for the council.
Montreal Gazette "Public consultations in the works for Turcot Dalle-Parc project" (January 22, 2018)
Public consultations in the works for Turcot Dalle-Parc project
Proposed bridge would span Highway 20, linking N.D.G. and LaSalle
An artist's rendition of a proposed green bridge spanning the Turcot Yards project, Highway 20 and CN train tracks.
In 2010, Transport Quebec said it would build it as part of the Turcot reconstruction project. (courtesy of Transport Quebec / Montreal Gazette)
“It’s no longer about whether or not it’s going to be built — we’ve settled that question — I think that’s a done deal,” said Lisa Mintz, founder of the Sauvons la falaise environmental group dedicated to preserving the forested St-Jacques escarpment bordering Highway 20. “It’s about what it’s going to look like.”
The Suburban "NDG ‘Quality of Life’ conference helps define community priorities" (May 17, 2017)
NDG ‘Quality of Life’ conference helps define community priorities
By P.A. Sevigny The Suburban May 17, 2017
Organized by the NDG Community Council, the Saturday conference included a packed agenda and a lot of discussion as activists combined applied research with the qualitative (and quantitative) statistics that are necessary in order to draw a coherent community portrait. As both an organizer and a moderator, NDG Marlo Turner Ritchie told The Suburban how it was interesting to see how a community event could create “…a lot of small communities” as people began to join different discussion groups in order to define assorted community priorities.
N.D.G. Community Council forms strategic plan in the face of change.
The strategic plan looks at what matters to the people who live in a neighbourhood that is constantly changing
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is evolving faster than ever, and a local non-profit organization is paving the way into the future with a strategic plan that addresses the many social issues residents face every day.
“The portrait of the neighbourhood is changing so fast, and we need to cope with that,” said Halah Al-Ubaidi, executive director of the N.D.G. Community Council, which is now in its 75th year of operations. “There are big changes in N.D.G.”
The vibrant and multicultural borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (CDN-NDG) has long been one of Montreal’s most sought-after communities by everyone from students to young professionals, families and seniors.
By Susan Schwartz December 23, 2021
Community organizations spread holiday cheer to less fortunate Montrealers
Another pandemic Christmas can't stop good-hearted staff, volunteers, donors and collaborators from providing scrumptious meals for clients.
In 2020, the pandemic cancelled the dinner, like so much else. But the N.D.G. Community Council found a workaround: Meals were ordered from local restaurants and delivered by volunteers to more than 600 residents. “Our idea was to support the local community,” explained N.D.G. Community Council director Halah Al-Ubaidi. The initiative supported local businesses and, while delivering the meals, volunteers had the opportunity to check in on vulnerable and isolated residents. “People loved it and said, ‘Let’s do it again,’ ” Al-Ubaidi said.
