Vent Over Tea
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Meet with one of volunteers at a nearby coffee shop to vent over a cup of tea. Our name says it all – we are here to listen. Vent over Tea is a Montreal-based, volunteer-run listening service aiming to provide a casual, confidential and non-judgmental outlet for stressed members of our community. The program is based on the proven benefits of sharing your personal problems with a compassionate lis
In the spirit of Mental Health Week’s “Come Together” theme, Vent Over Tea is hosting three gatherings, a morning café centering those doing care-centered and community-rooted work, a meditative journaling workshop, and a spring photo walk, each nurturing connection, reflection, and shared care. Through these offerings, we’re creating space to slow down, be in community, and strengthen the relationships that support our mental wellbeing. We’d love to see you throughout the week:
✩ Tuesday, May 5 (10am-12pm): Community Care Café
✩ Wednesday, May 6 (6-8pm): Connections Through Writing: A Meditative Journalling Workshop
✩ Sunday, May 10 (11am-1pm): In Bloom: A Spring Photo Walk
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Vent Over Tea is excited to be collaborating with photographer and community organizer, Saria and photographer and visual storyteller Zak, to bring you along on our bi-annual photo walk taking place in the Verdun neighborhood. 🌷
This photo walk invites you to take in the beginnings of spring as you meet new people and get creative together!
We’re looking forward to walking through the Verdun neighborhood with you and ending our walk at a cafe where we can all continue to connect.
This event is open to ALL, you do not need to be a photographer!
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🗓️ Sunday May 10 2026
📍 Verdun Metro
🕚 11am - 1pm
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Things to consider bringing to the photo walk:
💦 Water
👟🧢 Comfortable shoes/weather-appropriate attire
📷 📱 Device to take photos
🧍 A friend
🎟️ RSVP at https://inbloomphotowalk.eventbrite.com
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Saria (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and community organizer based in Montreal. Her work explores culture, identity, mental health, and what it means to be human. She also works with Vent Over Tea, where she puts her passion for mental wellness into practice by helping create spaces for others to show up for themselves, while meeting like-minded people along the way.
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Zakaria (he/him) is a passionate photographer and visual storyteller with roots in the vibrant city of Casablanca and a creative home base in Montreal. He specializes in capturing the essence of everyday moments, blending emotion, atmosphere, and detail to create images that speak beyond the frame.
04/21/2026
In the spirit of Mental Health Week’s “Come Together” theme, Vent Over Tea is hosting three gatherings, a morning café centering those doing care-centered and community-rooted work, a meditative journaling workshop, and a spring photo walk, each nurturing connection, reflection, and shared care. Through these offerings, we’re creating space to slow down, be in community, and strengthen the relationships that support our mental wellbeing. We’d love to see you throughout the week:
✩ Tuesday, May 5 (10am-12pm): Community Care Café
✩ Wednesday, May 6 (6-8pm): Connections Through Writing: A Meditative Journalling Workshop
✩ Sunday, May 10 (11am-1pm): In Bloom: A Spring Photo Walk
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Through Writing, a meditative journaling workshop to explore the connection between mindfulness and creative expression. During this workshop, we will learn how writing can be a surprising tool for introspection, as well as an accessible skill to cope with stress.
Through gentle prompts, guided meditations, and periods of free writing, participants are encouraged to let go of perfection and simply observe what arises on the page. No prior writing experience is needed. Together, we will cultivate a practice of writing that is less about crafting and more about listening to thoughts and to feelings.
Join us:
🗓️ Wednesday May 6 2026
🕕 6:00 - 8:00pm
📍Virtual (Link will be sent to you by email!)
✍️Bring something you would feel comfortable to write with, pen, notebook, computer, and maybe even a nice cup of tea
🎟️ This event is free! RSVP now (https://connectionsthroughwriting.eventbrite.com)
Although led primarily in English, this event is open to French speakers as well as our facilitator is bilingual.
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About your facilitator 📝
Nikita Chigoho (she/they/elle) is a writer & community organizer born and raised in Montréal. Her experience in the arts and non profit sector inspires her to give back to the BIPOC and Q***r communities by facilitating and creating inclusive spaces to foster wellness and community through writing. She currently runs the Blackout Productions’ writers circle and has been published in the Pit Periodical. She mainly writes poetry and non-fiction.
04/21/2026
In the spirit of Mental Health Week’s “Come Together” theme, Vent Over Tea is hosting three gatherings, a morning café centering those doing care-centered and community-rooted work, a meditative journaling workshop, and a spring photo walk, each nurturing connection, reflection, and shared care. Through these offerings, we’re creating space to slow down, be in community, and strengthen the relationships that support our mental wellbeing.
We’d love to see you throughout the week:
✩ Tuesday, May 5 (10am-12pm): Community Care Café
✩ Wednesday, May 6 (6-8pm): Connections Through Writing: A Meditative Journalling Workshop
✩ Sunday, May 10 (11am-1pm): In Bloom: A Spring Photo Walk
🎟️ All events are free! Register at the link in our bio.
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Montreal, QC
Opening Hours
| Monday | 9am - 8pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 8pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 8pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 8pm |
| Friday | 9am - 8pm |
| Saturday | 10am - 5pm |
| Sunday | 9am - 5pm |
