Félissa Lareau Carpentier
Arrondissement de Montréal-Nord
What if we acknowledged the common roots of social inequality and the climate crisis?
Environmental Justice
Environmental justice places the people and communities most vulnerable to these injustices at the heart of the socio-ecological transition: it affirms their dignity and strengthens their capacity to take action, without imposing new burdens on them. A just transition is collective, based on solidarity, and decolonial, and holds institutions—particularly municipal ones—politically accountable for transforming their policies and practices.
An Ongoing Effort Toward Environmental Justice
Since its inception, Transition en commun has been a space that explores and highlights the connections between social justice and ecology. The Environmental Justice initiative comprises three complementary components aimed at equipping the alliance and local communities to make the socio-ecological transition in Montreal a just and political endeavor.
The 3 components:
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An Environmental Justice Working Group
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A Journey Toward Environmental Justice
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The Environmental Justice Clinic
Part 1 | 2023 to the present
A dedicated working group within the alliance
The current Environmental Justice Working Group is a space rooted in social justice circles that aims to create opportunities for change, foster the convergence of struggles, and collaboratively develop strategies for transformation in Montreal.
Lylou Sehili
Indépendante | Aile jeunesse du Chantier de l'économie sociale
David Kaiser
Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal
Joakim Lemieux
Coalition montréalaises des Tables de quartier (CMTQ)
Sophie Van Neste
Labo Équité Climat, INRS
Janie Houle
Chaire de recherche sur la réduction des inégalités sociales de santé (Chaire RISS), UQAM
Karine Jalbert
SDIS, Ville de Montréal
Léa Illardo
Éclore
Imany Bégin-Paul
Tshuapamitin
Jaouad Laaroussi
HUB de mobilisation pour la justice climatique
Cassandra Exumé
Hoodstock
Akina Matsuo
Multitudes
Amel Zaazaa
Observatoire pour la justice migrante
Ariane Beaudin
Front commun pour la transition énergétique
Alexandra Pierre
UQAM & Ligue des Droits et Libertés
Quentin Lehmann
Front commun pour la transition énergétique
Bochra Manaï
Ville de Montréal - Bureau des commissaires
Geneviève Paul
Centre québécois du droit en environnement
Jade Almaida
Harambec
Jeanne Marie Rugira
UQAR
Jessica Lubino
Conseil interculturel de Montréal
Selma Tannouche Bennani
Conseil interculturel de Montréal
Virginie Frobert
CMTQ
Nakha Bertrand
Espace pour la vie
Jonathan Alarie
Table de quartier Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Laurence Guénette
Ligue des droits et libertés
Maïtée Labrecque Saganash
Indépendante
Marianne-Sarah Saulniers
Observatoire québécois des inégalités
Maty Diop
Ville de Montréal - Commissaire à la lutte contre le racisme et les discriminations systémiques
Mei Chiu
Table ronde du quartier chinois
Nakeyah Giroux-Works
Université d'Ottawa
Sarah Dennene
Maison Turquoise
Nicolas Bourgeois
Solidarité Mercier Est
Philippe Meilleur
Montréal Autochtone
Randy Legault-Rankin
Ville de Montréal - Commissaires aux relations avec les peuples autochtones
Catherine Marcoux
RAPSIM
Stéphanie Mauro
Ville de Montréal - SDIS
Widia Larivière
Mikana
Will Prosper
Indépendant
William Jacomo Beauchemin
INRS
Yann Allard-Tremblay
McGill, Département de sciences politiques
Phase 2 | 2026
An Environmental Justice Program Open to Everyone
Developed in the wake of the Mikana x TEC training programs—which ran for over two years and attracted more than 1,000 registrants—the Environmental Justice Track is a flexible schedule of activities and content that creates opportunities to learn, share knowledge, and address various environmental justice issues. Participatory workshops, conferences, field visits, and sharing of real-life experiences—all organized into four thematic seasons to move beyond common misconceptions about issues linking social and environmental justice.
Part 3 | 2025 to the Present
An environmental justice clinic for continuous learning
Offered to “Transition en commun” groups, the clinics are one-time spaces for applied co-development where, based on concrete actions and with the aim of supporting those actions, participants generate transferable insights and (re)orient collective practices.
2024–2026
<i>Introduction to Indigenous Perspectives and Decolonization:</i> A Training Series for Members
As part of its collaboration with Mikana, Transition en Commun offered more than 300 participants the opportunity to learn more about the histories and perspectives of Indigenous peoples. The rationale? Raising awareness among non-Indigenous people about the realities faced by Indigenous peoples is seen as a way to foster understanding and genuine dialogue. The goal? To gradually dismantle the systemic racism and colonialism that still permeate our institutions and societal projects.
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