Born in Montreal but raised on Laval's Green Island, Evelyn defected back to Montreal by her mid-teens and swapped mother tongues at least twice.
Experience:
From nightclub and live show reviews to film critiques, career counseling resources to where to go in Montreal to volunteer overseas, Evelyn has been covering Montreal happenings and writing local how-to's since her first article in The Concordian in 1997. She went on to get published several times in Montreal's popular weekly The Mirror, won a Canada Arts Council grant and was shortlisted for a Quebec Writer's Federation nonfiction competition in late 2006. With production credits in National Film Board documentary films including Au Pays des Colons, nominated for Best Documentary Film at the 2008 Jutra Awards, she also worked in executive coaching, corporate personality assessment and public policy research.
Education:
D.E.C. in Commerce.
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
From Evelyn Reid:
There is no place like Montreal anywhere else in the world. From our bilingual and multicultural landscape -- honestly, where else can you speak Frenglish -- to our vibrant communities, there is so much to know and do in Montreal, it's exhilarating! It's also exhausting just keeping track of the whats, whens and wheres, so let me take care of that for you.
For residents, for people relocating, for anyone and for everyone with a soft spot for the most European city in North America, welcome to your guide to Montreal!