Actif depuis plus de 25 ans, et comptant à ce jour près de 80 groupes et coalitions membres, le RQGE est un outil de réseautage pour les organismes intéressés à la protection de l'environnement et à l'émergence d'une société écologique.

Créateur d'espaces de discussion et d'action, le RQGE revendique une reconnaissance concrète du mouvement environnemental pour ses apports à la protection du patrimoine naturel, la santé publique et au mieux-être de la société québécoise.

Description du projet:

L'émergence d'une société écologique ne peut se faire sans modifications profondes des plusieurs sphères notamment la sphère économique.

Les questions de développement économique régional et de création d'emploi sont constamment placées en opposition aux soucis environnementaux. Est-ce irréconciliable? Qui tire son épingle du jeu dans cette opposition ? Y-a-t-il sur-simplification ? Y-a-t-il des cas où les enjeux en cause se sont configurés autrement? L'analyse est-elle la même à courte et à longue échéance ? Quelles ont été les stratégies déployées pour tenter de rompre avec cette dynamique ? Ont-elles fonctionné ? Pourquoi ?

Nous espérons qu'une analyse à caveur sociologique contribue à la réflexion à ce propos et aident les groupes à ajuster leurs discours et stratégies s'il y a lieu.

Project description: This project will consist of a qualitative and quantitative systemic examination of the Montreal shelter system to determine the state of access for transsexual, transgender and gender-variant people in need of shelter and housing (with a possible specific focus on women`s shelters). Furthermore, the research will look at other cities which have successfully adapted their shelter system (such as Toronto and New York City) to improve access for trans people. The final research will be used in the context of the Trans Health Network`s Shelter Access campaign (to be launched in Fall 2009).

Final product: The final product will be a15-20 evaluation report, with a 2-3 page summary report (to be used for media and public awareness), summarizing the status of the Montreal shelter system, and compiling resources and making recommendations based on the successes of trans activists in other cities in implementing policy regarding trans access.

Project description: For the last several years, Pinay has been leading a campaign in Quebec to have domestic workers (many of whom are of Filipino origin) covered under the provincial CSST program (worker's compensation). Up until now, they have not been included under the CSST program because the Quebec government does not consider domestic workers to be actual workers. In order to push forward with this campaign, Pinay is looking for research which would prove that domestic work does in fact have impacts on the worker's health.

The student doing this research project will examine the health impacts and hazards of domestic work. Research should be conducted via primary (interviews with domestic workers – to be facilitated via Pinay) and secondary sources. Particular attention should be paid to cancer rates among domestic workers, chemical cleaner use, muscle injury, and stress factors.

The Jobra Centre is a migrant-run anti-poverty organization based in the Parc-Ex neighborhood of Montreal. They are working on starting up a cooperative laundry mat on Birnam Street under the principles of Community Economic Development (CED) with the goal of empowering migrants, especially women, living in Parc-Ex.

The Jobra Centre is seeking research on the possibilities for CED projects in Parc-Ex, as well as research looking at past examples of such projects.