Yesterday, an earthquake struck Quebec and Ontario, the Pickering nuclear plant leaked radioactive water, and a toxic cloud from an Ottawa fire started drifting towards Montreal.

Break the day’s fast in community with others and help raise emergency funds for the victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan. Organized by Islamic Relief Canada and hosted by Beit Zatoun, the Iftar is meant to bring together individuals in solidarity and caring for people in flood-ravaged Pakistan.

Islamic Relief is an international relief and development charity which envisages a caring world where people unite to respond to the suffering of others, empowering them to fulfill their potential. We are an independent NGO founded in the UK in 1984 by Dr. Hany El Banna. With over 100 branches worldwide, working in some of the most remote areas of the World, Islamic Relief is striving to end poverty.

Montreal hip-hop ensemble Nomadic Massive has come into focus for many in the city searching for a cultural expression of solidarity with Haitian earthquake victims.

Montreal is home to the largest Haitian diaspora population in Canada. A city-wide wave of artistic solidarity with Haiti was mobilized in the hours after the quake hit; hundreds of artists and cultural workers have taken to stages and to the airwaves appealing for people to support relief efforts.

Among them was Nomadic Massive, who launched Artists for Haiti, aiming to extend the current outpouring of support towards long-term solidarity projects led by artists focused on Haiti.