Abstract
Despite all their actions, social activism in nursing care is far from the norm. However, many of us, and in increasing numbers around the world, are choosing to ‘stick our noses out’, to make connections with those who are engaged in this struggle and who denounce with scorn the way in which governments treat their populations. Sophie Vallée-Desbiens, Les femmes changent la lutte. Au cœur du printemps québécois, p. 151.
Esther Bourdages interviews mental health nurse Karine Philibert, a co-author of the text “Femmes au front: les infirmières dans la lutte”, included in the book Les femmes changent la lutte. Au cœur du printemps québécois published by éditions de remue-ménage. A member of the collective of nurses opposed to tuition increases, Karine Philibert tells us the story of her civic implication and participation during the events surrounding the student strike of spring 2012.
Les femmes changent la lutte. Au cœur du printemps québécois, Montréal, éditions du remue-ménage, 2013, 330 p., ill. http://www.editions-rm.ca/table_matiere.php?id=1507
Esther Bourdages works in the visual arts field as a writer and curator. She holds an MA in Art History from Université de Montréal, where she wrote about the Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely and the relationship between sculpture in the broad sense (in situ art, installation) and sound and digital art. Performing under the name Esther B., she plays toy turntables to manipulate vinyl records and audio samples of field recordings to create new sounds. Her practice as a musician centres around improvisation - to create a raw, non-linear music, punctuated by abstract sounds such as those produced by altering the record (sanding, cutting, etc.). She is part of the turntablist trio Vinyl Interventions with Carrie Gates (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) and Marinko Jareb (St Catherines, Ontario). Together they developed the workshop series Vinyl Interventions, where she presents Echo of the Vinyl Record, Between the Sound and the Visual, Between the Past and the Present. Since 2002 Esther has organized A Microphone in a Noize Storm, a concert series dedicated to new music. She is actively involved in artist-run-centres and independent structures for many years, such as Quartier Ephemere (since 1996), Agence Topo, Eastern Bloc and CKUT radio.