Habib El-Hage
Habib El-Hage was born in Lebanon. He lived through civil war between the ages of eight and twenty-three. Habib studied law but abandoned his studies due to the war. His neighbourhood was divided and dangerous, often having mines on the roads. Habib fled to Cyprus, where he applied to come to Canada. His two brothers living in Montreal supported his application. The process took three months and he arrived in Canada in 1990. After five years, he returned to university to study the psychosocial aspects of immigration and racism, obtaining a doctorate in 2010. Habib has been a social worker and intercultural advisor at Collège Rosemont for over 15 years and was the vice-president of the Intercultural Council of Montreal from 2006 to 2010. In 2005, he won the Quebec provincial Maurice-Pollack award for citizenship.