Annuel Report 2014

ANNUAL
REPORT
2014
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CONTENTS
2 Editorial
4 Mission and Philosophy
10 Respecting Expertise
12 The Team…
14 ... and the Volunteers
16 Our Achievements in 2014
17 What the Future Holds
18 Intellectual Mediation
20 Trickster
22 idAction
24 idAction Mobile
26 Projects
30 Partners
32 Financial Statement
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“No need is eternal, nor is it universal.
Historically, a need has always been a
sign of a lack of something that has to
be addressed and that calls for a break
in continuity. There are needs, natural
needs, which have to be continuously
fulfilled; the manner in which we react
to these needs is not natural, it is historic
and social. Not everyone addresses
hunger in the same way. Today, the
need to think is a unique example: it is
a response to empowerment; universal,
given that domination exists in all
spheres of this thing we have the habit of
calling life. Recognizing the universality
of the need to think is recognizing the
urgency of the blatant lack of freedom
that both nature and our societies are
subject to.”
william ross, philosophy graduate student.
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OUR STARTING POINT
The presumption of intellectual equality: provoking
equality by presuming it exists! We are convinced
that everyone has the need, right and ability to
think, create and react as a citizen in order to rebuild
tomorrow’s society.
WHY?
NEED
RIGHT
ABILITY
“Today, the need to think
is a unique example: it is a
response to empowerment;
universal, given that
domination exists in all spheres
of this thing we have the habit
of calling life. Recognizing the
universality of the need to
think is recognizing the urgency
of the blatant lack of freedom
that both nature and our
societies are subject to.”
Article 26.1 and 2
“Submitting or fighting was
not about knowing or not
knowing, it was about trusting
in individuals and in people
as a whole’s ability to build
another world. The starting
point of social emancipation,
[…] confirmation, here and now,
of an equal ability [to think and
react].”
William Ross,
Philosophy Graduate Student.
“Everyone has the right to
education.
Education shall be directed to
the full development of the
human personality and to the
strengthening of respect for
human rights and fundamental
freedoms.”
Article 27
“Everyone has the right freely
to participate in the cultural life
of the community, to enjoy the
arts and to share in scientific
advancement and its benefits.”
Jacques Rancière,
in an interview with the Journal
des Grandes Écoles, 2012.
The Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, 1948.
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MISSION
In order to build an inclusive, creative and thoughtful community
Exeko uses creativity as a driver for social transformation; both
creativity of the mind, through philosophy and critical thinking,
and creative actions, such as art and culture. We use cultural and
intellectual mediation every day and in everything we do for at
risk, homeless and marginalized people to promote intellectual
emancipation and social inclusion.
EMANCIPATION
INCLUSION
“Intellectual emancipation is, in other
words, the ability to learn by oneself and
without a master explicator.”
“Critical thinking is the capacity to weigh
pros and cons, to form opinions
and arguments, to analyse, to progress,
and not to be afraid…”
Jacques Rancière, Philosopher.
idAction Program Participant.
WHAT IS INTELLECTUAL
EMANCIPATION?
Self-thinking, empowering ones
thoughts, breaking away from intellectual
tutelage (especially the kind of speech
manipulation we see every day in adverts)
and developing critical thinking.
Pushing oneself to the limits, putting
things into perspective, analysing society
and developing ones potential.
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We have to re-standardize society so
that it reflects everyone’s vision, rather
than adapting driving forces to fit some
people’s vision.
ACCESSIBILITY AND
CO-CREATION PROJECTS…
FROM
DEMOCRATIZATION…
TO INTELLECTUAL
AND CULTURAL
DEMOCRACY…
= Making culture (installations, films,
hands-on activities, paintings, etc.)
and intellect (conferences, books, etc.)
accessible.
= Co-creating knowledge, a bidirectional
approach to mutual participation,
co-creating knowledge that we did
not have before.
… UNLIKELY MEETINGS
BROUGHT ABOUT BY INTELLECTUAL
MEDIATION
“Intellectual mediation is an educational and philosophical
practice, which consists of creating egalitarian situations for
collective thinking and the sharing of knowledge.
These situations define a framework for the co-creation
of social analysis and critical thinking in adverse conditions.
This approach presumes equal intellect and addresses
the universal need to think and to be recognized
as a thinker.”
© Exeko
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RESPECTING EXPERTISE
“Social emergencies and social challenges should not be society’s cross to bear alone.
We work with experts from three different sectors, which, we believe, provides Exeko
with the expertise needed for intellectual emancipation and social inclusion.”
Nadia Duguay, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Exeko.
YO
Health
Centres
Rehabilitation
Centres
Youth
Centres
CU
LT
UR
Mutuality
H
UT
ABORIGINAL PEO
PLE
E
Shelters and
Day Centres
Libraries
Reintegration
Centres
Employability
Centres
Equality
Shelters
Community
Centres
Exchanging
Good
Practices
SOCIAL
SECTOR
Detention
Centres
CREATIVE
SECTOR
Creative
Workshops
Band
Councils
Summer
Camps
KNOWLEDGE
Co-Creating
Knowledge
CSSS (Health
and Social
Services
Centres)
Youth
Organizations
Universities
Schools
Skills
Transfer
Listening
Community
Services
Museums
Openness
and
Discussion
Creating
Ties
New
PerspectiveS
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Shelters
Research
Groups and
Chairs, Local
Community
Services
Artists’
Centres
Transparency
H O M E L ES S N ES S
Ministries
Trusting
Environment
“Dealing with raw incoherence on a daily basis influences
my life choices. Identifying an action is such a fragile thing
to do. This morning, to put it simply, we got into each
other’s heads, that’s how comfortable everyone was, we
were shocked by how much we enjoyed ourselves. This
morning Exeko warmed our hearts. In this small room
hundreds of doors were opened. In short… I admire the
work you do and how you make listening and having your
say an integral part of the workshop, I think that is why it
works so well.”
Mélanie Charbonneau, an Accueil Bonneau facilitator, talking about an idAction workshop.
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THE TEAM…
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Simon Bertrand ∙ Catherine Cardinal ∙ Nadia Duguay ∙ Tatiania Fraser ∙ Gabriel Marchand ∙
Francois-Xavier Michaux ∙ Danielle Poulin ∙ Antoine Roy-Larouche ∙ Christian Sénéchale /// CO-FOUNDERS AND
CO-DIRECTORS Nadia Duguay & François-Xavier Michaux /// PROJECTS, PROGRAMS Project Manager: Dorothée
de Collasson, Melanie Lumsden, Sandrine Le Tacon / Project Officer: Mathieu Schoendoerffer ∙ Maxime Belliard ∙
Vinciane Anthonioz ∙ Flore Gamet ∙ Marie Nowak ∙ Maloup Bory /// FUNDING ∙ Marine Rivoire ∙ Pascal Grenier ∙
Mathilde Barrault ∙ Yves Agouri /// COMMUNICATION Mailis Burgaud ∙ Sylvain Marseguerra ∙ Basile Groussin ///
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Émilie Chabot ∙ Agnès Lorgueilleux ∙ Maxime Goulet-Langlois /// RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Clärli Honegger ∙ Marie Jean /// INTELLECTUAL MEDIATION RESEARCH
COMMITTEE William Jacomo-Beauchemin ∙ Daniel Blémur ∙ Maxime Goulet-Langlois ∙ Agnès Lorgueilleux ∙ Nadia
Duguay /// ADMINISTRATION ∙ Geneviève Morais /// ADMINISTRATION OFFICER Maxime Lepage ∙ Patricia
Latulippe ∙ Karine Arseneault ∙ Sebastien Joseph /// MEDIATORS Claude Chapleau-Champagne ∙ Alexandra
Pronovost ∙ Jani Greffe-Bélanger ∙ Cyril Assathiany ∙ Youssef Shoufan ∙ Kena Molina ∙ Daniel Blémur ∙ Marie-Pierre
Gadoua ∙ Marie-Paule Grimaldi ∙ William Jacomo-Beauchemin ∙ Frédéric Péloquin ∙ Bruno Gagnon ∙ Mathieu Riel ∙
Alessia De Salis ∙ Simon Chalifoux ∙ James Galwey ∙ Bianca Laliberté ∙ Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier ∙ Maxime Lee Larose ∙
Emmanuel Cyr ∙ Marie-Christine Simoneau ∙ Isabelle Michon-Campbell ∙ Éliane Bonin ∙ Anne Brulotte-Légaré
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TEAM
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
150 VOLUNTEERS
MORE THAN
50 OF THEM
ARE NEW
1,700 HOURS OF
VOLUNTEERING
In 2014, “Communities
of Practice” was launched;
our volunteers exchange
their views and talk about
their experiences!
… AND THE
VOLUNTEERS,
WE COULDN’T WORK WITHOUT THEM
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Adrien Barret ∙ Alana Boileau ∙ Alexandru Beg ∙ Alexia Renard ∙ Alice Albertini ∙ Alice Braye ∙ Amanda Garcia Salom ∙
Ana Laura Alvarez ∙ Andrea Barbieri ∙ Angela Amorocho ∙ Anique Vered ∙ Anne Brulotte-Légaré ∙ Anne Chenot ∙
Anne-Marie Duclos ∙ Anthony Carzedda ∙ antoine chignier ∙ Anya Hayman ∙ Ashley Maria Mancini ∙ Audrey Larivière ∙
Aurelie Bernier ∙ Aurelie Tenzer ∙ Aurélien Chartendrault ∙ Camille Rouleau ∙ Camille Vézy ∙ Carl Archambault ∙ Carolina
Garcia Amatos ∙ Catherine Diggs ∙ Cécile Audren ∙ Cécile Estienne ∙ Charla Patterson ∙ Charlène Goulinet ∙ Charlie
Duret Jodoin ∙ Charlotte Galvao ∙ Claire Citeau ∙ Claire Curutchet ∙ Clara Tourneur ∙ Claudia Torregrosa ∙ Clémence
Allard ∙ Clemence Auger ∙ Clément Willer ∙ Cliver Perrez Rojas ∙ Danielle Aznavourian ∙ Dannick Bouchard ∙ Delphine
Bailly ∙ Demers Vincent ∙ Diane Collignon ∙ Diego Cruz Lora ∙ Dimitri Zanatta ∙ Mehdi Amoucha ∙ Éliane Abdellahi ∙
Elisa Bruni ∙ Elisabeth Ward ∙ Elise Jacquemart ∙ Elise Tack ∙ Elizabeth Baca ∙ Elyse Stewart ∙ Émilie Smith-Lauzon ∙
Emma Tilquin ∙ Emmanuelle Le Borgne ∙ Erdocia Iker ∙ Eric Armet ∙ Estelle Pigearias ∙ Evangéline De Pas ∙ Flavie
Jourdain ∙ Florian Genot ∙ Florine Gall ∙ Francis Giguère ∙ François le terrien ∙ Gabriel-Antoine Bisaillon ∙ Gaetan
Nerincx ∙ Geneviève Dupuis ∙ Geneviève Savard ∙ Gil Shlomo Zilberstein ∙ Grégory Brossat ∙ Guy Mongrain ∙ Hani
Dagher ∙ Ingrid Murret-Labarthe ∙ Ipek Epikmen ∙ Isabel Vitale ∙ Isabelle Pronovost ∙ Jean leclair ∙ Jennifer Banks ∙
Jérémie Albert ∙ Jerome Arowas ∙ Jrene Rahm ∙ Julia Fraysse ∙ Julian Ballester ∙ Julian Vrac ∙ Julie Augeul ∙ Julie Ledoux ∙
Julie Poulain ∙ Julie Thibodeau-Bélair ∙ Karine Pinol ∙ Karl Boulanger ∙ Kristel De Knibber ∙ Laura Espiau Guarner ∙ Lilith
Guillot ∙ Lin Fei Kang ∙ Loïc Breuzin ∙ Louise Delisle ∙ Louis-Philippe Labelle ∙ Mahnaz Sadegh moghadam abaspour ∙
Manjon Elena ∙ Manon Vandenbroucke ∙ Marc-Antoine Arel ∙ Marianne Jacquin ∙ Marie D. Martel ∙ Marie Tack ∙
Marie-Eve Provencher ∙ Marie-noelle doublet ∙ Marie-Odile Melançon ∙ Marilize Donini ∙ Marine Lestrade ∙ Martin
Beaulieu ∙ Martin Chabbert ∙ Maureen Jouglain ∙ Mauricio Garzon ∙ Maxime Cuchet ∙ Maxine Bouchard-Verdi ∙ Mehdi
Chermitti ∙ Mélanie Labelle-Royal ∙ Mélanie Perroux ∙ Meriem Mortaji ∙ Michel Duguay ∙ Michèle Séguin-Letendre ∙
Mirna Boyadjian ∙ Monique Richard-Lopez ∙ Mouna Imad-Eddine ∙ Muriel Kearney ∙ Mylène Théroux ∙ Myriam Landry ∙
Nancy Saunders ∙ Nina Bouchard ∙ Nora Perina ∙ Noura Bensaid ∙ Ode Belzile ∙ Olivier Delbos ∙ Orion Szydel ∙ Otoniel
Vazquez ∙ Patricia Black ∙ Paula Molina ∙ Pierre Bruneau ∙ Raquel Rodriguez ∙ Rebecca Robertson ∙ Rita Carlos ∙ Roger
Toupin ∙ Ronald Barakett ∙ Rosario Solis ∙ Samia Cader ∙ Samuel Rosat ∙ Sara Breitkreutz ∙ Sara-Claude Lépine ∙ Sarah
Bengle ∙ Sébastien Melancon ∙ Serge Yvan Bourque ∙ Simon Labonté ∙ Simon-Louis Pelletier ∙ Sonia Guillon ∙ Sophie
Grouev ∙ St Louis keena ∙ Stéphanie Boulais ∙ Thomas Dupin ∙ Valentin Bonheur ∙ Valérie Menguy ∙ Valérie Millette ∙
Vazquez Otoniel ∙ Vincent Audet-Nadeau ∙ Virginie Boivin ∙ Virginie Riopel ∙ Withney St-Onge Boulay ∙ Yanick Binet
“Something which really sticks in my mind: talking about
capitalism, the four of us sitting at an entrance/exit to the
Metro, looking at the passers-by, them looking at us. It made
me imagine two worlds; the one of the people on the ground,
static, the ‘lower’ world, and the other world where people
move around really quickly, the ‘upper’ world, really high
up! Our discussion was so true, so well thought out, that all I
wanted to do was to stop the passers-by and get them to join
our bubble. To take five minutes out of their lives to talk to this
man who had such a clear picture of our society. So, when’s the
next Metro discussion group?”
Clara Tourneur, idAction Mobile Volunteer.
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OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
IN 2014
50+
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Projects completed with
1,600+ participants and
150+ partners and
collaborators in 10 Quebec
regions and 3 Canadian
provinces
Financial partners, 18 of
whom are long-standing
partners
3
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New pilot projects: Shared
Stories, Artistic Residencies
and Libre-library
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Symposiums,
conferences and
presentations
Member and Signatory: RQIS, FRIJ, Montreal Urban Aboriginal
Community Strategy NETWORK, ACFAS, RAPSIM, Cultural
Mediation Research Group (GRMC)
Symposiums,
conferences and
presentations
UQAM Development of Innovative
Art, Culture and Wellbeing Practices
Research Chair, Déclaration Montréal
engagée pour la culture (Agenda
21), Plaidoyer pour la participation
citoyenne (INM).
CHANGES TO THE SCALE OF OPERATIONS
AND INCREASED IMPACT
Working towards
rolling the project
out across Canada
2015-2018
Co-design process
Co-design meetings with partners
and third-parties (35 meetings)
over a six month period.
Who with?
Ashoka, Mars,
social entrepreneurs,
universities, etc.
Developing
tools, wiki, etc.
THE HEART OF OUR PROJECTS
AND EXPANSION
1
st
scientific symposium
on intellectual
mediation (IM)
@ ACFAS
Homeless and Aboriginal person
committee members (Montreal
Urban Aboriginal Community
Strategy NETWORK, Grand
Plateau’s homeless committee,
the Homeless Night…)
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IM codification
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Long-standing research partners
with Laboratoire d’Analyse
Cognitive de l’Information (LANCI)
and Groupe de Recherche en
Objectivité(s) Sociale(s) (GROS).
Drumming up interest
Dozens of local partners (political,
institutions, universities, social)
together in public spaces improving
public safety
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
GOVERNANCE AND LEARNING ORGANISATION
New recruits
in Canada
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Permanent committee
dedicated to
organisational capacity
Brown Bag Lunches
Organisational
model redesign
New innovation,
research and development
department
Politique
du bénévolat
New IT plan
HR policy
Introduction of
a new governance
task force
New training
plan so we can
welcome a
new cohort of
mediators
Think tank every
four months
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS…
An increased focus on experimentation, collaboration, community, research and skills transfer…
We promote intellectual mediation as an autonomous, supplementary and cross-sectorial practice
and are working on understanding the role reflection and creativity play in inclusive, creative and
well thought out social development.
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MEDIATION
idACTION
Critical thinking,
social analysis and
citizen participation
TRICKSTER
Reading for all
Artistic
residencies
and social
mixing
Stories
First Nations
Leadership
Camps
Making
eye care
accessible
idACTION MOBILE
TRICKSTER
Creative activities for
Aboriginal youth
8 500
Philosophic
and cultural
caravan
PARTICIPANTS
SHARED
STORIES
D’un œil
différent
Bidirectional
exchange
Tandem
Créatif
PROJETS
SPÉCIAUX
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ÉVÉNEMENTS ET FORMATIONS PROFESSIONNELLES
EN MÉDIATION INTELLECTUELLE ET PRÉSOMPTION
D’ÉGALITÉ DES INTELLIGENCES
LANDS OF
BIBLIO-LIBRE
“I learned that I’ve been using
critical thinking all along, I just
didn’t know it was called that.”
Philosopher Participant
@La Tuque
“We are just as intelligent as
each other. We all start with the
same intelligence and we have a
bigger or smaller chance of developing
it. A piece of paper can’t say that you’re
more intelligent than someone else.”
Philosopher Participant
@Maison tangente
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TRICKSTER
ESTABLISHED 2009
MEETING AND CO-CREATION
SPACES, FOR YOUNG AND OLD,
INSPIRED BY ABORIGINAL
STORIES AND KNOWLEDGE
“You changed her life.
This is the first time I’ve seen
her diligently attending class.
For a week she could act like
the child she is.”
Island Lake Teacher.
“The summer I spent at the
KSCS Drama Camp/Trickster was awesome.
Like with all summer camps there
were ups and downs, the participants
were sometimes difficult, but over time
everyone became like family to me.”
Rain, Wahsontano:ron
McGregor-Yuan, Trickster Team Member
and Summer Studen @Kahnawake
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OUR PROJECTS…
2 Week-long intensive community
projects and weekly workshops
Summer
camps
Leadership camps
Pilot projects for the transfer of
skills and practices
… AND THEIR TAILOR-MADE CONTENT
Aboriginal stories and
knowledge
Intergenerational
meetings
Theatre, circus,
dancing, staging
IN ONE YEAR
youth
545 Aboriginal
participants
Philosophy and
intellectual mediation
with children
13+ Projects 10+ Communities
25+ Weeks of workshops 13,406 km Travelled
camps with the
provinces
2 Leaderships
4 Canadian
Breakfast Club Canada
(Quebec, Manitoba,
Cultural
mediation
Appreciation for
Aboriginal languages
8+ Nations 3,665+ Spectators
Quebec regions (Mauricie, Nord-du-Québec,
7 7Côte-Nord,
Outaouais, Montérégie, Montréal,
Abitibi Témiscamingue)
Alberta and Ontario)
PROJECTS THAT TOOK ROOT THIS YEAR
Lands of Trickster: 1,000 copies of stories in
7 languages published by Possibles Éditions and
released at the Festival International de Littérature
(FIL)
The inaugural First Nations, Métis and Inuit
Leadership Camp with Aboriginal youth and 16
Quebec communities
IMPACTS
STUDENT
RETENTION
CITIZEN AND
CULTURAL
PARTICIPATION
IDENTITY
STRENGTHENING
CRIME
PREVENTION
SUCIDE
PREVENTION
EMPLOYABILITY
2015-2016 OBJECTIVES
Continue to roll out this program to more than
300 Aboriginal youth in Quebec and Canada through more
than 25 weeks of projects.
Strengthen our relationship with communities and ensure
that our approach has longer lasting impacts and that the
program is more widely accepted.
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idACTION
ESTABLISHED 2006
REFLECTION AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS
PROGRAM AIMING TO, COLLECTIVELY
OR INDIVIDUALLY:
· DEVELOP ONES CRITICAL THINKING
· ANALYSE SOCIETY
· REACT POSITIVELY
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“Education will be the
next revolution!”
Participant
@Accueil Bonneau
“Just by being there
and talking about these
challenges, I felt like
a citizen.”
Normand, Participant
@Accueil Bonneau
STRONG POINTS: FROM IDEAS TO ACTION
and adult participants
1,130+Youth
in Montreal, Gaspésie, Abitibi-
13 Groups
136 Youths
238 Aboriginal
People
757 Homeless people
of
500+ Hours
workshops
Témiscamingue, Mauricie,
Outaouais and Matagami.
Homeless shelter partnership
with Maison du Père and
Accueil Bonneau:
550 Participants
96 Workshops
of
288 Hours
workshops
Multiple concepts
2 Leadership camps
in partnership with
Breakfast Club Canada
1 Lac Simon
1 Kaneshatake
1 Listiguj
1 La Tuque
1 Matagami
1 Maison du Père
1 Accueil Bonneau
1 Detention Centre
1 Plein Milieu
1 Maison Tangente
1 Initial collaboration with
the Northern Quebec
Module
PROJECTS THAT TOOK ROOT THIS YEAR
idAction Mobile
Established 3 years ago
Collen Lashuk and Suzanne
Doucet’s the “Ideal Home”:
participants dream up,
draw and create models
of their ideal home.
Professional training in
intellectual mediation
and the presumption of
intellectual equality
IMPACT
CITIZEN AND
IDENTITY
CULTURAL
STRENGTHENING
PARTICIPATION
STUDENT
RETENTION
CRIME
STRENGTHENING
EMPLOYABILITY SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY
PREVENTION
OF CREATIVE AND
REASONING CAPACITIES
2015-2016 OBJECTIVES
Continue and grow our partnerships, develop new opportunities for young, Aboriginal and homeless people, create
partnerships that are even more creative and complementary, expand skills transfer activities, try projects in new areas,
empower.
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idACTION
THINKING ON THE MOVE
idACTION MOBILE
ESTABLISHED 2012
PHILOSOPHICAL AND CULTURAL
CARAVAN FOR YOUNG
– PARTICULARLY ABORIGINAL –
HOMELESS PEOPLE
IN MONTREAL
“How
can we create a
social mix of Aboriginal
people and people from
different backgrounds?
Through friendship.
How?
By doing what we’re doing right
now [talking].”
“Don’t look the
messenger, listen
the message”
J., Participant philosophe
idAction Mobile
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Anonymous, Philosopher
Participant @ idAction
Mobile
7 Events attended
800+ People reached
460 Creativity kits
460 Hours of mediation
850 Books distributed
of
48 Hours
mediation
730 Books distributed
Daily presence on
Montreal’s streets
On-board workshops about social mixing, critical
thinking, creativity, citizen expression, social analysis
PROJECTS THAT TOOK ROOT THIS YEAR
5 Artistic Residencies
9 Artistic Residencies
Eye care service
IMPACT
CITIZEN AND
CULTURAL
PARTICIPATION
INTERRECOGNITION
HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTION
CRIME
PREVENTION
EMPLOYABILITY
IDENTITY
STRENGTHENING
2015-2016 OBJECTIVES
Create mixed creation and thinking
spaces based on intellectual
mediation.
Push for citizen initiative and artistic
development, strengthen ties with
existing partners.
Explore partnerships in other big
Canadian cities.
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PROJECTS
ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES
“The only really private
place, where no-one can
go unless invited,
is inside your heart.”
Co-creative Participant
@Espace Public, Espace Privé
[Public space, Private space]
ESTABLISHED 2014
COLLABORATIVE CREATIONS
WITH IDACTION MOBILE
PARTICIPANTS AND CITIZENS
TAKE PLACE ON-BOARD IDACTION
MOBILE: 4 RESIDENCIES IN 2014
Frédéric Péloquin’s Random Ways: 400 people
sketched and painted using remote-controlled cars
equipped with markers.
Kena Molina’s idAction Invisible: 100 people
participated in this dramatized hunger strike which got
citizens talking.
Marie-Pierre Gadoua and Mathieu Riel’s Shared
Stories: a mobile museum where 110 people
discovered the McCord Museum’s collection of
artefacts.
Emily Laliberté’s Public Space, Private Space:
70 participants voiced their personal opinions on their
perception of space.
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“When you
read a book, you
want to reach out
to people more the
following day.”
Reader,
idAction Mobile
ESTABLISHED 2013
NETWORK OF FIXED AND
MOBILE MINI-LIBRARIES THAT
PROMOTE THE ACCESSIBILITY
AND CO-CREATION OF
KNOWLEDGE, IN SHELTERS
AND DAY CENTRES
LIBRE LIBRARY
7 Community partners in Montreal:
Acceuil Bonneau, Maison du Père, PAS de la Rue,
Old Brewery Mission, Projets Autochtones du
Québec, Native Friendship Centre of Montreal,
in 11 main places so far.
“There are people
who would have never
spoken to me if I didn’t
have a book… Having a book
is advantageous.”
Participant,
Plein Milieu
10,000+ books in free circulation and 5,000 books
added to the collection this year
Best picks, signings!
Dozens of cultural topics
indexed and suggested
Activities in the form of topic and literary critic
workshops, reading clubs, writing workshops,
reasoning
The Libre Library space has been improved through
social design lead by reader-participants and in
collaboration with UdeM.
SUPPORTED BY THE VILLE DE MONTRÉAL AND THE MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE ET DES COMMUNICATIONS
(MCC) IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF MONTREAL
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TANDEM CRÉATIF
ESTABLISHED 2011
CULTURAL MEDIATION
PROJECT FOR THE RECOGNITION
OF ARTISTS WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS
5 Professional and emerging artist duos
35 Co-creation meetings
2 Cultural outings
20 Works exhibited
2 Exhibitions @D’Un Oeil Différent @Articule
2,100+ Visitors
Creative and participative meetings with the public
Reflective co-creation workshop as part of an Art
Sociology class at UQAM
IMPACT
INTERRECOGNITION
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IDENTITY
STRENGTHENING
AS AN ARTIST
PROFESSIONNALISATION
CITIZEN AND
CULTURAL
PARTICIPATION
IDENTITY
STRENGTHENING EN
TANT QU’ARTISTE
INCLUSIVE CULTURE
“It inspired me; I was
stuck in an artistic rut.
I feel complete,
I want to live.”
Muséomix Participant
ESTABLISHED 2014
OUTINGS WHERE YOU CAN
EXPERIMENT WITH CULTURAL
ACTION AS A MEANS OF
CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT
47 Participants
6 Outings and 6 different artistic disciplines
Dozens of bidirectional mediation exchanges (artists/
participants)
Thought workshops focussed on artistic practices and art
Partners involved in Montreal culture:
Festival TransAmériques (FTA)
Montréal Complètement Cirque
Péristyle Nomade
Muséomix at Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM)
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
IMPACT
CITIZEN
PARTICIPATION
THROUGH
CULTURE
FIGHTING THE FEELING OF IGNORANCE,
AND EXCLUDING/PREVENTING THE LOSS
OF SOCIAL SITES AND (RE)ESTABLISHING
SOCIAL TIES THROUGH EXCHANGES
FIGHTING THE FEELING OF
IGNORANCE, AND EXCLUDING/
PREVENTING THE LOSS OF
SOCIAL SITES AND (RE)
ESTABLISHING SOCIAL TIES
THROUGH EXCHANGES
TRANSFORMING EVENT
PARTICIPATION OPTIONS
TO MAKE THEM MORE
INCLUSIVE
SUPPORTED BY THE VILLE DE MONTRÉAL AND THE MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE ET DES COMMUNICATIONS
(MCC) IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF MONTREAL
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HAND
IN
HAND...
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PARTNERS
VISIONARY
INCLUSIVE
COMMITTED
ENTHUSIASTIC
VOLUNTARY
Plateau Mont-Royal-MESS
CDEC Plateau Mont Royal/Centre Sud
Canadian Tire Jumpstart Foundation
Caisse d’économie solidaire Desjardins
Foundation of Greater Montreal
Enterprise Foundation
RBA Foundation
Le Support Foundation
THANK YOU TO ALL
OUR GENEROUS
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
< 1 %
Donations from
Individuals
14 %
Donations of goods
and services
24 %
Government grants
14 %
Income from services
and partnerships
48 %
Income from services
and partnerships
15 %
Operating costs
6 %
Human Resources
DÉVELOPPEMENT
ET OPÉRATIONS DES
PROGRAMMES
GENERAL
EXPENSES
12 %
Frais
67 %
Human Resources
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