Annie Pootoogook earned her place at McMichael gallery

For the better part of the past 20 years, I have lived within walking distance of Atwater Ave. and Ste-Catherine St., in between two former city landmarks, the Montreal Forum and the Children’s Hospital. Close by, there is a former hospital, now a highrise residence operated under the auspices of the YMCA, that welcomes and supports refugees, asylum seekers, citizens and Inuit from fly-in communities in Northern Quebec.
Some of the Inuit residents come to be with family members who have be