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
Team
A young and dynamic team turned
to the same goal: social transformation
François-Xavier Michaux
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Nadia Duguay
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— Programs and projects
Dorothée de Collasson
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Jani Greffe Bélanger
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Emma Tilquin
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Tiphaine Barailler Project manager • #112
Maude Blanchet-Léger
— Social Innovation Lab / Social R&D
William-J. Beauchemin
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— Partnerships
Tiffanie Guffroy
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Naima Kristel Phillips
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Sophie Girondin
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— Communications
Mailis Burgaud
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— Administration
Marc-André Simard
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— Facilitators in the field
... and our 130 volunteers! |
Board of Directors
Biography | |
Lourdes Rodriguez del Barrio • President
Professor - École de Travail social de l’Université de Montréal
Danielle Poulin • Co-President
Expert-Advisor in Philanthropic Management - Caméo Consultation
François-Xavier Michaux • Secretary
Co-founder - Exeko Executive Director - Exeko
Antoine Roy-Larouche • Treasurer
Producer - Thinkwell Studio Montréal
Christian Sénéchal • Administrator
Executive Director - Réseau Les Arts et la Ville
Jeanne-Marie Rugira • Administror
Professor - Département de Psychosociologie et Travail Social, UQAM
Maitee 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
Nadia Duguay • Administrator
Co-founder - Exeko
Fellow - Ashoka
Fellow - CKX
Member of the Executive Committee at CCUNESCO
Nadine St-Louis • Administrator
Founder - Les Productions Feux Sacrés & Espace Culturel Ashukan
Ricardo Lamour • Administrator
Founder - Bout du Monde Territorial partnerships advisor - Montréal City, Bureau d'intégration des nouveaux arrivants à Montréal Emrica
Sara Lyons • Administrator
Yann Allard-Tremblay • Administrator |
Audit François-Xavier Michaux Antoine Roy-Larouche Christian Sénéchal |
Governance and Ethics Committee Ricardo Lamour François-Xavier Michaux Danielle Poulin Lourdes Rodriguez del Barrio |