ENSEMBLE pour le respect de la diversité started with the name La Fondation de la tolérance, a name it held for 17 years, and the aim to raise awareness about anti-Semitism. Born during the United Nations Year for Tolerance in 1995, the organization was incorporated in 1996 as a non-partisan NPO.
The founders’ goal of bringing communities together beyond their differences expressed itself over the years through various projects, including making plays and educational tools.
However, the organization has mainly made itself known through awareness workshops called the Caravans of Tolerance, which have earned it its reputation.
Since its beginnings in 1995, the organization has evolved to become an enlightened leader in diversity education from one end of the province to the other. Strong from the arrival of new members, the board of directors decided that the time had come to aim higher than tolerance to now also talk about acceptance and respect.
In 2012, the organization decided to get a new name and image; it was then that ENSEMBLE pour le respect de la diversité was born. These words, which translate to “Together for the respect of diversity” and speak for themselves, better express our mandate, it seems to us. Today, we have the chance to raise public awareness about diversity in the broad sense of the term.
The existence and development of ENSEMBLE’s activities have been possible thanks to the involvement of people from diverse backgrounds who have our ideal of respect and equality at heart.
Inspired by the philosophy of human rights, our organization defends the universal and inalienable values of freedom, equality and justice.
Our mission is to act hand in hand with youth to promote respect for differences and engage in dialogue to build an environment free of discrimination and intimidation. Each year, we reach nearly 30,000 people in French and English primary and secondary schools and colleges from public and private sectors throughout Quebec and Canada. We also offer workshops for school staff and parents.
Our work to educate and raise awareness helps people realize their responsibility in the face of all kinds of discrimination in their environment (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, bullying, etc.).
Each year:
– We meet nearly 36 000 people.
– Our team runs more than 1 200 workshops.
– Our Imprints Project actively involves more than 250 students.
– 95% of youth say that, during our workshop, they acquired knowledge about the concepts of prejudice, discrimination and human rights.
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2023-2024
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Assistant to the Dean, Law Faculty of Université de Montréal
Company Owner and Certified Real Estate Broker for Sutton Performer Inc.
Senator of Canada
Partner-Director, PSB Boisjoli
Lawyer, DE GRANDPRÉ CHAIT S.E.N.C.R.L./LLP
Portfolio Manager, Fiera Capital
Président-director and founder International Black economic forum
President, Morin Relations publiques
Director, Public Affairs & Government Relations, TACT
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Lire la suiteIn 2009, we created the Diversity Award to acknowledge and highlight a person’s contribution promoting humanist values, tolerance, reconciliation and the fight against discrimination. This award is named after Paul Gérin-Lajoie, a lawyer and Oxford graduate. He was Quebec’s first Minister of Education (in 1964) and the architect of several important transformations that still shape Quebec society today. He is also a known figure of international rapprochement and an extraordinary model of openness and tolerance. The Paul Gérin-Lajoie Diversity Award aims to reward exemplary and exceptional actions each year to encourage similar initiatives in favour of spreading the spirit of tolerance.
Dr Joanne Liu:
pediatric emergency physician and professor at the School of Population & Global Health from McGill University
Nakuset:
Executive Director of Foyer pour Femmes Autochtones de Montréal
Fabrice Vil:
lawyer and social entrepreneur, founder of Pour 3 Points
Special distinction for Coalition asiatique pour une relève émancipatrice (CARE)
Marjorie Villefranche:
Director of Maison d’Haïti
The Honourable Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré, retired judge
Alanis Obomsawin:
documentarian
Léon Celemencki:
lecturer and Holocaust survivor
The Honourable Chantal Petitclerc:
Senator and paralympic champion
Me Marc-André Fabien:
President of the Paralympic Committee and lawyer
Nathalie Bondil:
Director and Chief Curator of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Rima Elkouri:
author and columnist in La Presse
Samian:
rapper and artist
Olivier Jones:
jazz musician
Louise Gauthier:
spiritual life and community engagement facilitator
Kim Thùy:
author
Dany Turcotte:
facilitator
Maxime Collard and Isabelle Marchand:
a mother and her son committed to the fight against bullying in secondary schools
Father Emmett “Pops” Johns:
a father who devoted 40 years of his life to helping and fighting for the inclusion of poor young people
Dr Gilles Julien:
a pediatrician who fights child neglect and abuse
PRIX ENSEMBLE CONTRE L’INTIMIDATION – Finalist
Gouvernement du Québec, 2015
PRIX DROITS ET LIBERTÉS
de la Commission des droits de la personne et de la jeunesse, 2010
PEACE MEDAL
YMCA du Québec, 2010
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE – Honourable mention
Canadian Race Relations Foundation, 2005
ANNE GREENUP SOLIDARITY PRIZE
Ministère de l’Immigration et des communautés culturelles, 2005
THEATRE AWARD for Masque des Enfants terribles
2004
PRIX INTERNATIONAL CONDORCET-ARON
2004
PRIX VIRAGE IBM CANADA POUR L’INNOVATION SOCIALE
2002
PRIX JACQUES-COUTURE
Ministère de l’Immigration et des communautés culturelles, 1997
