Montreal through Them
Project presentation
Montréal à travers Elles – Digital Cultures and Inclusion is a collective project that showcases the voices and stories of 22 young women from Montreal's culturally diverse communities. Through this program, we aim to create inclusive spaces where participants explore their identities, share their experiences, and learn new forms of digital expression.
The project is intended to be a training, creative, and outreach program. Participants benefit from practical workshops, meetings with professionals from the cultural and digital sectors, as well as personalized support to develop their own artistic projects. Whether it involves videos, photos, sound creations, texts, or digital installations, each participant will be able to create a work that reflects their unique perspective on the city and their experiences.
In addition to supporting individual expression, Montréal à travers Elles aims to create a collective memory of Montreal's diverse women. The stories produced will contribute to enriching cultural representations, encouraging inclusion, and strengthening ties between different communities.
Duration: from June 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026
Project value: $120,000
Funding agency:
Project activities
The project is being rolled out in three main phases:
Phase 1: Training and exploration
- 4 workshops to discover your identity and share your culture in person.in person.
- 10 online discussion circles with influential and inspiring women from diverse cultural communities, who will share their experiences and offer personalized advice on creation, community engagement, and highlighting intercultural stories.
- 3 in-person training workshops on creating virtual content.
Phase 2: Creation and production
- Supported by mentors and trainers, each participant will create a video or photographic project that will be integrated into the interactive map hosted on the Sayaspora website and shared on its social media.
- As part of the project, collaboration with CIBL radio and other community media will amplify the participants’ voices and raise awareness about the realities of integration and intercultural dialogue among a wide audience, with a goal of reaching 50,000 people.
Phase 3: Diffusion and Summit
- The project will culminate in a summit bringing together 120 people, designed as a space for intercultural dialogue and reflection on digital creation.
- The creations will be highlighted through this closing summit and various online and offline dissemination activities, such as an interactive map to share the richness and diversity of the stories produced.
This program is for you if...
Are you a young woman from the African or Caribbean diaspora in Montreal? Are you between 18 and 35 years old?
Do you want to strengthen your sense of belonging, share your story and create meaningful connections while discovering the intercultural richness of Montreal?
Join the exclusive cohort of 22 participants in the "Montreal through Them" project! A unique journey that combines mentoring and the production of intercultural stories, to offer you concrete tools to better anchor yourself in Montreal society.
This project is managed by Sayaspora and funded by the City of Montreal.
Registration deadline: Sunday, September 21, 2025
