Since 2006, we have been using creativity (art and philosophy) for the social inclusion of people who experience(d) or are at risk of exclusion. We acknowledge above all everyone’s potential to think, analyze, act, create and be a stakeholder of society: we presume equality of intelligences.
We use both practical approaches of intellectual and cultural mediation, and systemic approaches inspired from social innovation, as motors of social transformation, to act positively on society, individually and collectively: intellectual emancipation, prevention of exclusion (homelessness, crime, suicide, drug addiction), citizen and cultural participation, inter-recognition, identity reinforcement, etc.
You can consult the Exeko's Ethical Code.
We are member of:
- ACFAS, Association francophone pour le savoir (Francophone Association for the Advancement of Knowledge)
- ArtBridges
- ASRSQ, Association des services de réhabilitation du Québec (Association of Rehabilitation Services of Quebec)
- Chaire de recherche pour le développement de pratiques innovantes en art, culture et mieux-être (UQAM)
- CELAT, Centre interuniversitaire d'études sur les lettres, les arts et les traditions
- Citizen Network for a world where everyone matters
- Coopérative de solidarité Temps Libre (Solidarity cooperative Temps Libre)
- CRIEM (Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires sur Montréal - Concordia)
- CRITSS (Élisabeth-Bruyère School of Social Innovation)
- GROS (Groupe de recherche en objectivité(s) sociale(s))
- FJÎM, Forum jeunesse de l'île de Montréal (Montreal Island Youth Forum)
- Ligue des droits et libertés ( League of rights and freedom)
- OMEC, Observatoire des médiations culturelles à l’INRS [co-direction] (Research Group on Intellectual Mediation)
- RAPSIM, Réseau d'aide aux personnes seules et itinérantes de Montréal (Montreal Homeless Person’s Aid Network)
- RQIS, Réseau québécois en innovation sociale (Quebec Network for Social Innovation)
And a signatory of:
- Montréal engagée pour la culture (Ville de Montréal)
Our projects have earned us:
- Ashoka Lifelong Fellowship
- 2016: Prix Inspiration by Fondation Québec Jeunes
A dynamic team turned
to the same goal: social transformation
— General Coordination
William-J. Beauchemin
— Programs and projects
Anne Loranger-King Program Manager - First nations and Inuit
Emily Laliberté Program Manager - Ville inclusive
Jose Fuca Program Manager - First nations and Inuit
Tiphaine Barrailler Program Manager - Ville inclusive
— Social Innovation Lab / Social R&D
Ducakis Desinat Coordination of laboratories and research
— Partnerships
Simon Paradis
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Sophie Girondin
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— Communications
Elise Poirey, Communications and project officer
— Administration
Nathalie Vendruscolo
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Tammy Laroche Méthot, Human Resource and Logistic Agente
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— Facilitators in the field
... and our volunteers! |
Board of Directors
Lourdes Rodriguez del Barrio • President
Professor - École de Travail social de l’Université de Montréal
Jeanne-Marie Rugira • Co-President
Professor - Département de Psychosociologie et Travail Social, UQAM
Sara Lyons • Treasurer
Vice-President, Strategic initiatives - Community Foundations of Canada
François-Xavier Michaux • Secretary
General coordinator, Transition en Commun
Danielle Poulin • Administror
Expert-Advisor in Philanthropic Management - Caméo Consultation
Maitée Labrecques Saganash • Administrator
Research assistant & Communication - Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay
Columnist - The Nation Magazin + Métro Montreal Newspaper |
Mélanie Valcin • Administrator
Regional Director - Quebec, Nunavut and Atlantic Canada - Frontier College
Nadia Duguay • Administrator
Co-founder - Exeko
Ricardo Lamour • Administrator
Founder - Bout du Monde Territorial partnerships advisor - Montréal City, Bureau d'intégration des nouveaux arrivants à Montréal Emrica
Tonia Di Guglielmo • Administrator
Yann Allard-Tremblay • Administrator |
Audit Committee Lourdes Rodriguez del Barrio Sara Lyons |
Governance and Ethics Committee François-Xavier Michaux Danielle Poulin Lourdes Rodriguez del Barrio |
Resonance et development Committee
Lourdes Rodriguez Del Barrio
Nadia Duguay
Maitée Labrecques Saganash
Mélanie Valcin
Sara Lyons
Ricardo Lamour
Other informations
Privacy Officer
William-J. Beauchemin, General Coordination