Our Mission

Transition In Common is an alliance of groups from various sectors of Montreal’s community (municipal, government, community, citizen, academic, and philanthropic organizations) that aim to work together to ensure that major, rapid solutions are implemented to address the environmental, social, democratic, and economic challenges we face.
We’re rolling up our sleeves to ensure that Montreal-based initiatives have what they need to scale up and that the City achieves its socio-ecological transition goals—goals that cannot be realized without strong engagement from civil society actors.

Our Goals

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Facilitate the creation of spaces for dialogue and the strengthening of a broader culture of collaboration with civil society
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To foster, promote, celebrate, and rally support around a shared vision of the socio-ecological transition
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Collectively equip ourselves with the means to implement the TSE, particularly through new institutional commitments and initiatives that shape the ecosystem

Our 3 Goals

Facilitate the creation of spaces for dialogue and the strengthening of a broader culture of collaboration with civil society

To foster, promote, celebrate, and rally support around a shared vision of the socio-ecological transition

Collectively equip ourselves with the means to implement the TSE, particularly through new institutional commitments and initiatives that shape the ecosystem

Our Vision for Transition

The result of the alliance’s ongoing work since its inception, discover TEC’s vision for the future it envisions for Montreal, built on six thematic pillars

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How does the alliance work?

Transition In Common is based on democratic, inclusive, and agile governance, designed to foster collaboration among its members and collectively accelerate the socio-ecological transition in Montreal.
All the details are outlined in our governance and operational framework.
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Our Vision for the Transition

Neighbourhoods and local life

Citizen participation, democracy and the creation of commons

Environmental Justice

Social economy and social innovation

Culture and the creation of a mobilizing storytelling

Relationship with the Living

Organizations and Their Roles

Steering committee

The Steering Committee was designed to establish the alliance’s broad strategic direction and make key decisions, and to serve as a hub for networks and partners. It is composed of 32 members representing the various groups and pillars of the alliance’s transition vision. Members are selected annually by random drawing. The Steering Committee meets four times a year during dedicated sessions that include visits to neighborhoods.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is appointed by the OC. At least one of the OC’s co-chairs must be a member of the EC and serve as its chair. The EC meets approximately once a month, at the request of the General Coordination (GC) or its chair. Its primary role is to support the General Coordination and to ensure greater agility in decision-making regarding matters entrusted to it by the Steering Committee (e.g., monitoring policy directions, tracking ongoing projects, etc.).

De-motorization

The De-Motorization Working Group is examining issues related to mobility and the role of the automobile in Montreal. Bringing together a variety of key stakeholders from different neighborhoods, academia, and various institutions, the working group develops recommendations and solutions tailored to Montreal’s diverse realities to address over-reliance on cars.

Transitional Housing

The Housing in Transition (LeT) working group aims to create conditions that will accelerate resilience and decarbonization (adaptation to heat waves and cold spells, efficient electrification, etc.) of existing housing in Montreal, from a neighborhood-based perspective rooted in equity, inclusion, and collective action.

LeT advocates for a systemic approach to a just housing transition, one that links the need to decarbonize housing and adapt it to climate-related risks with the challenges of energy insecurity and housing insecurity.

This group is made up of community organizations, citizen groups, researchers, and civil servants from the City of Montreal and the Montreal Public Health Department.

Participatory Democracy and Governance

Since the TSE is committed to being resolutely democratic, the DPG working group is where the alliance focuses on the democratic future of the City of Montreal. Twenty years after the first initiative on this issue, the DPG group is making “Chantier démocratie montréalaise 2.0” a major TeC project for the coming months.

Montreal-Based Collective for Community Climate Resilience

The Collective strengthens mechanisms for consultation and collaboration among institutions, community organizations, and citizens, and supports the creation of new spaces for collaboration. The goal is to empower citizens and communities to build climate resilience and to create the conditions necessary for these initiatives to serve as catalysts for social transformation.

Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI)

The JEDI division ensures that the alliance keeps social justice issues at the center of its deliberations at all times. While the alliance must engage in a process of self-reflection—acknowledging the biases inherent in the traditional environmental movement—it is our duty to make every possible effort to achieve a transition that leaves no one behind.

Knowledge

The Knowledge Hub ensures that civic, professional, activist, academic, and traditional knowledge are all valued in the alliance’s deliberations. The cluster aims to bring these perspectives together, rejecting the authoritative tone of an “expert” stance and offering a multidimensional view of the form that TSE should take.

City Resident

The City’s internal committee serves as a forum where City employees and TeC members discuss how to develop opportunities to share expertise and resources, as well as how to launch promising collaborative projects between the City and civil society.

Stories

The Narratives Division is building a network of storytelling expertise within the TSÉ by leading workshops on narrative approaches at TeC events and the annual meetings of the Culture Montréal commission. This network is also called upon from time to time to contribute to events, projects, or experiments as needed.

Engagement and Outreach

The Mobilization and Outreach Division provides support by identifying and analyzing strategic opportunities in the areas of public communications and advocacy, mobilizing TSE stakeholders, and, more broadly, enhancing the alliance’s overall outreach.

The Neighborhoods Center

Espace Quartiers (EQ) is a place of mutual support, solidarity, and empowerment capacity building and neighborhood advocacy through TeC. It regularly hosts meetings on various topics, andthe “Solutions Space” is also held during these events.

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Steering committee

The Steering Committee was designed to establish the alliance’s broad strategic direction and make key decisions, and to serve as a hub for networks and partners. It is composed of 32 members representing the various groups and pillars of the alliance’s transition vision. Members are selected annually by random drawing. The Steering Committee meets four times a year during dedicated sessions that include visits to neighborhoods.

Executive Committee

The role of the Executive Committee is to provide stable and active support for the overall coordination of the alliance’s day-to-day strategic, policy, and budgetary direction and operations, as well as to foster greater agility in decision-making. Its role is similar to that of the board of directors of a nonprofit organization. The Executive Committee consists of nine members who are either elected at the annual general meeting or co-opted, and it meets monthly.

De-motorization

The Demotorization Working Group aims to foster a deeper understanding of the issue of over-motorization and encourage the alliance’s partners to take action. Bringing together numerous key stakeholders from various neighborhoods, the regional level, academia, and various institutions, the working group develops tools and strategies tailored to Montreal’s diverse realities to prevent and reduce over-motorization.

Transitional Housing

The Housing in Transition Working Group is a dedicated forum for envisioning the future of Montreal’s housing stock through the lens of climate resilience, access to housing, and energy efficiency.

Participatory Democracy and Governance

The Participatory Democracy and Governance (DPG) working group of Transition en commun (TeC) works to strengthen and renew democracy in Montreal in order to support a just, inclusive, and ambitious socio-ecological transition.

By drawing on knowledge from civil society, research, and institutional practices, the group analyzes the state of municipal democracy, identifies conditions conducive to meaningful citizen participation, and develops concrete proposals to improve existing mechanisms and support the creation of new democratic mechanisms.

Montreal-Based Collective for Community Climate Resilience

The Collective strengthens mechanisms for consultation and collaboration among institutions, community organizations, and citizens, and supports the creation of new spaces for collaboration. The goal is to empower citizens and communities to build climate resilience and to create the conditions necessary for these initiatives to serve as catalysts for social transformation.

Environmental Justice

This initiative aims to strengthen the foundation of environmental justice in Montreal, at the intersection of social justice and the socio-ecological transition. It is structured around three components: a dedicated working group, a clinic for the co-development of concrete actions, and awareness-raising programs. The initiative seeks to highlight existing initiatives, mobilize new stakeholders, and bridge the gaps between the socio-ecological transition (SET) and social justice communities by addressing their needs and struggles.

Food Citizenship

The working group aims to create the conditions necessary to collaboratively develop new mechanisms designed to integrate the concept of food citizenship into all food-related projects; the goal is to democratize citizen involvement in food projects. With a view to managing a “Commun*,” we aim to innovate in the management of food projects.

Transition Financing

In light of the major obstacles stemming from inadequate funding for the TSÉ, this strategic initiative aims to collectively rethink the funding framework in Montreal. This initiative responds to a need expressed by the community: to build a unified voice, secure recognition of the TSÉ as a strategic field, and develop funding mechanisms tailored to local realities. Through collaborative dialogue, this initiative aims to formulate concrete demands, support emerging solutions, and influence funders to ensure a just, ambitious, and fully supported transition.

Economies in Transition

This joint working group explores alternatives to the dominant economic model in the context of transition, particularly through the democratization and decommodification of the economy. Rooted in both local and national perspectives, it aims to foster a diversity of narratives, practices, and tools that can transform the economy toward models that are more solidarity-based, ecological, and grounded in the commons. Jointly led by Transition en Commun and Multitudes, the group serves as a space for strategic reflection, networking, and support for existing and emerging alternative economic practices in Montreal and Quebec.

The Neighborhoods Center

Espace Quartiers (EQ) is a place of mutual support, solidarity, and empowerment capacity building and neighborhood advocacy through TeC. It regularly hosts meetings on various topics, andthe “Solutions Space” is also held during these events.

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