Barry Lazar is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and non-fiction writer. He’s written for many publications and was a columnist for The Montreal Gazette. His writing is often about Montreal’s communities and neighbourhoods. Books include The Guide to Ethnic Montreal, Barry Lazar’s Taste of Montreal, and Montreal – City Guide. In 2010, he was selected, as one of three writers, to work with young students for the book Treats from the Terroir, published by the Blue Metropolis Foundation, and was also a mentor in book-length non-fiction for Emploi Quebec’s Jeunes Volontaires program. He has taught in the Journalism Department at Concordia University for over 25 years. In CEGEP workshops he wants to work closely with students as they develop short non-fiction pieces and documentary proposals, supporting the teacher’s needs and interests. He uses his writing and films and the work of others to explore how students can tell their stories, with minimal lecturing. This is an interactive process as students spend a day creating original work. Barry’s recent writing is at www.theseniortimes.com/category/food. For his documentaries, go to www.reframe-films.com.