Last Wednesday, I was asked by the RAESSUM to photograph the 10th Annual Symposium. This Symposium hosted by a group of students from the University of Montreal,  focused on talking about Aids and other STDs.  For more information on it, please click here.  A large number of guest speakers were invited: Dr. Robert Rousseau, Dr. Anne Charbonneau, Me Christine Vezina, Dr. Martin Guimond, Dr. Yves Robert, Dr. Victor Mari Ortego, Dr. Rejean Thomas.

For this event, 300 students from various universities showed up to participate and traveled between various rooms that hosted different speakers. The event concluded with a "banquet" of pasta and wine during which prizes were given out through fortune cookies.

All in all, a great event!

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Benjamin Wong
http://iintrigue.com
Montreal Based Photographer

Please click on the photo above or HERE to view the entire album
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Last Tuesday, I covered another event for the Young Chamber of Commerce of Montreal.This time, the meeting invited two speakers: Anne-Marie Hubert and Pascal Paradis to talk about time management and priority management in your life. To get the official details of the event (french), please click here.

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For those of you who don't know, I've recently decided to cover all Young Chamber of Commerce events for a total cost of zero dollars - not because I'm working for free, but because I'm being paid in knowledge and opportunities instead of little green bills.

The best part?

The government doesn't tax the amount of knowledge gained each year.

—
Benjamin Wong
http://iintrigue.com
Montreal Based Photographer

Click on the photo above or HERE to view the entire album

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Wednesday I had the chance of going to the Parliament of Quebec  to cover the opening ceremony of the 100th anniversary of the Federation of Quebec's Chambers of Commerce (FCCQ). The evening was organized by a communications team called Atypic who hired myself and a videographer named Bruno (who's website I seem to have lost) to cover the event.

Lots of big names showed up such as Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec , Francoise Bertrand, President and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce , Pauline Marois, Leader of the Quebec Party, Régis Labeaume, Mayor of Quebec, and many more.

Everything went extremely smoothly and guests were kept so happily stocked with food and drink that no one seemed to want to leave until they were slowly moved out by Parliament security.

Personally, I had a great time covering the event and barely saw the 6 hours pass me by. Hope you enjoy the shots.

—
Benjamin Wong
http://iintrigue.com
Montreal Based Photographer

Click here or on the photo above to see all shots of the event.

Thursday evening, I had the opportunity to cover another RAESSUM event .  The event was focused on talking about how different domains had to work with each other in order to help patients get treated. In this case, an oncologist, pharmacist, nurse, dentist, nutritionist, orthophonist (Sp?) , social worker and psychologist.

As icing on the cake, a cancer patient Denis Caspar (name?) came up and gave us a little presentation on his experience as a cancer patient and how things were from his point of view.

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~ to see all photos from the "Besnard Lakes" performance, click the photo above or HERE

"With harmonies reminiscent of the Beach Boys, a Roy Orbison-style orchestra and reverbs, Pink Floyd pacing and Freddy Mercury falsetto, The Besnard Lakes invite us on a fascinating foray into sound and music.

The band’s members have shown that they are masters of a finely honed experimental pop that conjures up the eerie atmosphere typical of the songs written by David Lynch for his frequent collaborator Julee Cruise. "

To read more on my perspective on my photos and the event please click here

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