Our projects
Our projects are an opportunity to explore and take action on feminist issues that are considered priorities by our member organisations, which work directly with women in the region.
For safe party spaces is a pilot project designed to help festive venues in the region implement effective prevention measures for sexual assault or involuntary intoxication. It’s important to remember that these crimes can be exacerbated in festive contexts.
The Table de concertation féministe Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine and its partners have combined their expertise to set up the Festif & Safe pilot project for summer 2023.
This project is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Fonds régions et ruralité of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
L’égalité, une responsabilité à partager is a capacity-building initiative funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada. It aims to develop effective and harmonious collaboration and partnerships, both with members of the Table and with external organisations in the area, so we can combine our efforts to achieve equality.
Between 2019 and 2023, thanks to the funding granted, we carried out a process to strengthen our associative and democratic life, drew up a knowledge transfer and organisational memory maintenance plan, redesigned our main website, organised the Regional Forum on the Status of Women, and drew up a 2023-2026 strategic plan.
This project is made possible by the financial support of Women and Gender Equality Canada.
In 2016, two regional bodies working on student retention, Réseau réussite Montréal and Complice – Persévérance scolaire Gaspésie-Les Îles, initiated a project in partnership with the Table de concertation féministe Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine. The aim of the project, Persévérer dans l’égalité (Egalitarian perseverance), was to draw up an inventory of knowledge relating to the school perseverance of girls and boys and to propose the implementation of planning tools, intervention practices and actions that take into account equality between women and men in the school context. The project sought to prevent the formation and internalisation of sexual stereotypes, to promote the educational success of both girls and boys using an approach adapted to their different social realities, to foster egalitarian relationships and to target disadvantaged areas where parents have less schooling and young people, both girls and boys, have high drop-out rates. This project led to the production and testing of the Egalitarian perseverance guide.
Subsequently, The Table wanted to improve the approach to enable practitioners to genuinely integrate these findings into their educational practices and develop courses of action adapted to the realities of different educational settings, from early childhood to college. To this end, the Teaching equality website was created. It brings together tools and ideas for action specific to each school level. The tools are adapted to the various contexts encountered in Gaspésie and on the Magdalen Islands, namely those of the Francophone, Anglophone and Mi’gmaq communities.
Between 2019 and 2023, dozens of schools in Gaspésie and on the Magdalen Islands received training and support, in French and English, so that their staff can begin to put into practice certain approaches to deconstructing gender stereotypes, both in their teaching practices and with their pupils.
This project was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Gouvernement du Québec and the Fondation Solstice.
The aim of the situation report is to document the major issues of concern to the Table de concertation féministe Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine and to provide partners and stakeholders with an information base from which to plan actions to improve the living conditions of women in the region and move towards genuine equality for all. The document contains qualitative and quantitative data presented under five main headings and suggests a number of courses of action for each. These issues are the presence of women in politics, violence, economic autonomy, health and education.
It highlights persistent inequalities and socio-economic gaps between women and men, points to a number of specific problems and reminds us of the importance of using analysis processes that take into account the distinct effects of policies, programs and measures on all citizens, to ensure that no one is excluded from actions aimed at regional development.
This project was made possible thanks to the financial participation of the Gouvernement du Québec.
Situation report on the status of women (fr – available soon in english) See the LGBTQ+ infography (fr)Visit the Zero places website (fr)
Festif & Safe est un projet qui vise à accompagner des festivals et espaces festifs dans la mise en place de mesures de prévention efficaces et non culpabilisantes pour les victimes d’agressions à caractère sexuel ou d’intoxication involontaire.
Devant le constat que ces crimes peuvent être plus souvent commis dans les contextes festifs, la Table de concertation féministe Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (TCFGÎM) et ses partenaires, le CALACS La Bôme-Gaspésie, le CALACS l’espoir des Îles, l’organisme Mi-Chemin et la Direction régionale de la Santé publique GÎM, ont combiné leurs expertises pour mettre en place le projet Festif & Safe. Afin d’assurer une présence lors des événements, la TCFGÎM s’est aussi alliée à d’autres partenaires locaux comme les travailleur·euse·s de milieu de la Gaspésie, Aire Ouverte, ainsi que des maisons d’aide et d’hébergement pour les femmes en situation de violence conjugale.
Le projet Festif & Safe propose différents types d’accompagnements en fonction des besoins des festivals et espaces festifs. Parmi les mesures mises sur pieds, on compte:
• Création d’un espace sûr (safe space) pour les personnes qui en ressentent le besoin
• Présence d’intervenant·e·s qualifié·e·s pour informer, sensibiliser et intervenir lors des événements
• Matériel de communications pour affichage sur le site du festival ou de l’espace festif
• Trousse de communications pour les réseaux sociaux
• Formation destinée aux bénévoles et aux équipes de festivals ou des espaces festifs
Toutes ces mesures visent à afficher un message clair de non-tolérance à l’égard des agressions.
D’abord lancé comme projet-pilote auprès de 6 festivals et espaces festifs en 2023, Festif & Safe : Tout le monde y veille est déployé tous les étés depuis.
Le projet Festif & Safe est réalisé grâce à l’aide financière et le soutien des partenaires de l’Entente sectorielle de développement en matière d’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes dans la région de Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 2024-2027, soit : la ministre responsable de la Condition féminine, la ministre des Affaires municipales, la ministre de l’Emploi, la Direction régionale de santé publique de la Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, la Communauté maritime des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, la MRC du Rocher-Percé, la MRC de la Côte-de-Gaspé, la MRC de la Haute-Gaspésie, la MRC de Bonaventure, la MRC Avignon, le Réseau des partenaires en développement social des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, la Table des préfets de MRC de la Gaspésie et la Table de concertation féministe de la Gaspésie et des Îles-de-la-Madeleine.