The Word That Gives Birth to Art

Alisha Ruiss

Montreal actor, singer and writer Alisha Ruiss reflects on the way a collaborative event she long dreamed of creating was given flesh by musical theatre artists at the city’s Segal Centre this past spring.

My visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Nate Leipciger

A Holocaust survivor shares tears with Prime Minister Trudeau at the place he came closest to death, and reflects on his past suffering.

Diamonds of Faith

Galyna Paliychuk

"I was 21, full of dreams and ambitions, but this sudden change in my body, this horrible diagnosis ruined everything." In her Golden Thread submission, Galyna Paliychuk shares about the year she met God.