BIENVENUE À NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRÂCE
PROJECTS
COMPLETED PROJECTS
This program aimed to collect testimony from victims of discrimination and racism. Le Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion (MIDI) et la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ) associated with non-profit organizations (NPOs) working with racialized people from various regions of Quebec.
Thus, in the fall of 2017, Bienvenue à NDG organized consultations in the neighborhood with people who had experienced discrimination and racism in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighborhood, in order to be able to develop concrete solutions.
REPORT (PDF) – will be uploaded later
As part of the Canadian Heritage Inter-action Program. The Neighbors Talking project took place over a 12-month period from April 2018 to March 2019. The project facilitated a series of intercultural community dialogues in order to produce a model and a checklist for neighborhoods who wish to implement an approach adapted to immigrants within neighborhood life.
More than 100 participants took part in these community dialogues, as well as 800 other participants in four larger community events. All project activities took place locally in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) neighborhood in Montreal; targeting four vulnerable sectors. In total, nearly 900 participants, including local citizens, new immigrants, as well as federal, provincial, municipal and community service providers and local businesses, participated in these activities. A steering group of six diverse participants, called Conversation Starters, participated in meetings to plan and develop the structure, discuss the content and spirit of intercultural dialogues; supervise the summary of exchanges and discussions.
This project was made possible thanks to the support within the framework of the Fonds pour l’éducation et la saine gouvernance Fund, granted by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers. The workshops organized during 2018-2019 allowed more than a hundred newcomers in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce to receive quality information, reliable resources and clear answers to their questions on the field of finance in their new home, Quebec and improve their skills in terms of financial choices; banking system, investments, insurance, budget and fraud. The program aimed to improve the quality of financial literacy support for low-income newcomers during the earliest stages of their settlement.
INFORMATION BOOKLET (PDF) will be uploaded later
The need for information on the Quebec school system is necessary – if not essential – especially for newly arrived families whose children are starting school, especially kindergarten. For several years, thanks to the support of the Table 0-5 Cavendish and in collaboration with the Table de concertation jeunesse NDG, Bienvenue à NDG has been organizing multilingual workshops on the school system and school transition. The material presented is provided free of charge by the TCRI (training and interactive tools).
In 2019, the workshops were given in partnership with the CIUSSS Center-Ouest-de-l’île-de-Montreal school team, Integrated Front Line Services. The first part of the workshop offered by Bienvenue à NDG speakers dealt with the school system and the second, offered by members of the CIUSS school team, presented the important elements in the school transition to kindergarten.
INFORMATION SHEET (PDF) will be uploaded later
In collaboration with the NDG Seniors Council, Bienvenue à NDG organized a series of multilingual discussion groups about health and community services for seniors and their experiences with the health system.
The results of these meetings were shared during the Health Community Forum which was held on October 20, 2019.
The objective of the forum was to address the problems related to access to health; develop greater clarity of the existing health system; and show how users, organizations and institutions can work together to improve access and quality of health and social services. The day included thematic workshops to discuss the elements of the health system, followed by a plenary panel with representatives from front-line services, the Ombudsman’s office, and the Cavendish User Committee to better understand how we can defend our interests and those of others.
The Table 0-5 and Bienvenue à NDG organized a series of multilingual focus groups to better understand the needs of parents and families with children aged 0 to 5 in our neighborhood. The participants discussed the main characteristics of an ideal community for their families and young children and of their personal experience as parents.
The participants discussed issues concerning families throughout the community, in particular those that are their priority: access to quality public and community spaces and infrastructure (community centers, parks, etc.); access to health and social services; access to services to provide support regarding parenting (workshops, tools, etc.); access to the childcare center and other childcare services; sufficient activities for families with young children (family events, sports and culture, etc.); a real community life centered on young children and the family; cultural, linguistic or social services for immigrants / refugees / permanent residents, etc .; a safe environment for young children and families (cycle track, own parks, etc.). The focus groups helped highlight the different challenges faced by families in the neighborhood. Participants were also invited to reflect on a new service or activity for families in NDG.
