Heart of the community:
Listen - Connect - Support
Our vision
The Montreal Indigenous Community NETWORK envisions an urban setting where the well-being and growth of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities throughout Tiohtià:ke/Montreal are led by Indigenous communities.
The NETWORK contributes to establishing and fostering an environment centered on relationship-building and community connections that ensure safe and abundant access to culturally relevant information, services, and resources. We are working towards an urban setting which honours, respects and celebrates the diversity of Indigenous knowledge, cultures and innovation.
Our mission
As an umbrella organization, the Montreal Indigenous Community NETWORK is in a unique position to connect various segments of urban Indigenous communities by supporting Indigenous and Indigenous-serving organizations working directly with community members in and around Tiohtià:ke/ Montreal.
We accomplish our mission by implementing four main approaches:
We promote the safety, belonging and well-being of urban Indigenous community members by facilitating collaborative spaces for frontline community organizations to share information, identify gaps in services, determine priorities and develop long-term, sustainable solutions as a collective. We invite non-indigenous guests to listen to the needs and solutions developed by community organizations in order to strengthen strategic, action-based partnerships that will directly benefit Indigenous community members.
We influence the allocation of public funding and take on administrative tasks such as funding distribution through community consensus-based decision-making circles. We communicate with public officials to alleviate the bureaucratic burden placed on the Indigenous community sector that directly serves community members.
We provide capacity-building opportunities for community workers, organizers, and existing leaders to develop and refine their leadership skills and practices. With a special eye on the future, we amplify Indigenous youth voices and generate empowerment opportunities through mentorship, skill and confidence-building activities and gatherings designed to promote a sense of belonging and cultural resurgence in urban Tiohtià:ke/Montreal.
We transfer knowledge to the general public through advocacy and awareness-building by collaborating with strategic partners, developing educational tools, publishing NETWORK-initiated research reports, and providing workshops for people working toward meaningful allyship.
Our
Values
Indigenous Led
Led and created by and for urban Indigenous communities.
Community Oriented
Priorities and solutions identified and developed by the community.
Strategic Partnerships
Building and nurturing relationships between the community sector and strong allies.
Collective Heartbeat
Working together for the betterment and empowerment of Indigenous communities.
Our visual identity
When we created our new brand image, we wanted to create a visual language that would appeal to the diversity of Indigenous communities in Tiohtià:ke. This work led us to a narrative universe that resembles us and brings us together.
