{"id":1453,"date":"2026-09-15T15:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/?page_id=1453"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:52:41","slug":"le-comite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/le-comite\/","title":{"rendered":"committee and allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1453\" class=\"elementor elementor-1453\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0b5bf e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c0b5bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff58dd1 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ff58dd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c27eb46 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c27eb46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aeaa1cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7aeaa1cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1950\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banniere_2-e1776711437984.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-162\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banniere_2-e1776711437984.png 1950w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banniere_2-e1776711437984-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banniere_2-e1776711437984-1024x84.png 1024w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banniere_2-e1776711437984-768x63.png 768w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banniere_2-e1776711437984-1536x126.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1950px) 100vw, 1950px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21e1ed12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21e1ed12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">committee and allies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9194f4 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b9194f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-239af418 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"239af418\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Expressing the Invisible organizing committee brings together people with lived and living experience expertise and allies committed to collaboration, recognition, and social transformation. Guided by the principle \u201cNothing About Us Without Us,\u201d the committee leads the design, development, and implementation of the initiative\u2019s projects and activities. Together, its members bring their experiences, expertise, and creativity to projects that promote expression, dialogue, participation, and the recognition and visibility of lived experience expertise.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15ffd7af e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"15ffd7af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18e61118 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18e61118\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image3-e1776190374325.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-126\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image3-e1776190374325.png 2000w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image3-e1776190374325-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image3-e1776190374325-1024x222.png 1024w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image3-e1776190374325-768x166.png 768w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image3-e1776190374325-1536x333.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abdd09b e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"abdd09b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7fe7f6 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7fe7f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf30d39 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf30d39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b00ff1 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b00ff1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-499dc86 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"499dc86\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c63ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a2c63ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Photo-2025-1-scaled-rs4k53uvz7q6zxocq4twtgrnwd93nd5qwrsesh0m4w.jpg\" title=\"Photo 2025 (1)\" alt=\"Photo 2025 (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d27189 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d27189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Isabelle Boisvert<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45abff4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45abff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">She\/Her<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbd9b09 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fbd9b09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b1b47c elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-unfold\" data-id=\"9b1b47c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-unfold.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-wrapper\" data-config=\"{&quot;expand_text&quot;:&quot;lire plus&quot;,&quot;collapse_text&quot;:&quot;lire moins&quot;,&quot;collapse_height&quot;:190,&quot;transition_duration&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-content\"><p>Isabelle Boisvert is a person with lived experience related to substance use, opioid agonist treatment, hepatitis C, mental health challenges, homelessness, sex work, and criminalization. She is the Partnerships Lead at the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters and a co-investigator with the Femmes+ Cohort and \u00c9quipe de recherche sur le genre et l\u2019intervention en d\u00e9pendance. Drawing on both professional and lived expertise, she develops research, knowledge mobilization, and peer-led engagement approaches aimed at strengthening the participation and decision-making power of people with lived and living experience. She presents her work across Canada and internationally and collaborates with various community organizations, institutions, and government bodies.\nIsabelle is the founder and coordinator of Expressing the Invisible. Working closely with the committee, she oversees the development of the initiative\u2019s vision, coordinates its various projects, and ensures their alignment with its mission and objectives. She plays a central role in developing partnerships and research activities, setting priorities, increasing the initiative\u2019s visibility and ensuring its long-term sustainability, as well as securing funding and managing resources and budgets. She also supports the continued development of Expressing the Invisible while ensuring that its evolution remains grounded in the knowledge, priorities, and leadership of people directly affected.<\/p><p>Isabelle est l\u2019initiatrice et coordonnatrice d\u2019<i>Exprimer l\u2019invisible<\/i>. En \u00e9troite collaboration avec le comit\u00e9, elle veille au d\u00e9veloppement de la vision, \u00e0 la coordination des diff\u00e9rents projets et \u00e0 leur coh\u00e9rence avec la mission et les objectifs de l\u2019initiative. Elle joue un r\u00f4le central dans le d\u00e9veloppement des partenariats et des volets de recherche, l\u2019\u00e9tablissement des priorit\u00e9s, le rayonnement et la p\u00e9rennit\u00e9 de l\u2019initiative, ainsi que dans la recherche de financement et la gestion des ressources et des budgets. Son r\u00f4le consiste \u00e9galement \u00e0 soutenir le d\u00e9veloppement d\u2019<i>Exprimer l\u2019invisible<\/i> tout en veillant \u00e0 ce que son \u00e9volution demeure ancr\u00e9e dans les savoirs, les priorit\u00e9s et le leadership des personnes directement concern\u00e9es.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<button class=\"wpr-unfold-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tread more\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccb4e13 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ccb4e13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12d56b6 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"12d56b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf8db6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cf8db6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1213\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photomelo-1213x1536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-1084\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photomelo-1213x1536.jpg 1213w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photomelo-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photomelo-809x1024.jpg 809w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photomelo-768x972.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photomelo-1618x2048.jpg 1618w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photomelo-scaled.jpg 2022w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1213px) 100vw, 1213px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf83ef elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebf83ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">M\u00e9lodie Talbot<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d56f7f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d56f7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">She\/Her<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7bc13d e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7bc13d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ebeb94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-unfold\" data-id=\"2ebeb94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-unfold.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-wrapper\" data-config=\"{&quot;expand_text&quot;:&quot;lire plus&quot;,&quot;collapse_text&quot;:&quot;lire moins&quot;,&quot;collapse_height&quot;:190,&quot;transition_duration&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-content\"><p>M\u00e9lodie Talbot is a community organizer and person with lived experience. For more than 14 years, she has been involved in advocacy and the defense of the rights of people who use drugs. At AQPSUD, she works at the intersection of harm reduction, health promotion, and social justice, with a strong focus on valuing lived experience, collective empowerment, and participatory approaches. Her personal journey, marked by losses related to the war on drugs and the overdose crisis, has led her to create spaces for dialogue and expression around grief and solidarity.<\/p><p>As a co-organizer of Expressing the Invisible, she contributed to the design and implementation of the initiative, highlighting the potential of art within harm reduction. Through her ability to mobilize and bring together people from diverse backgrounds, she helps create participatory spaces where lived experience is recognized and valued. Her contributions include the co-development and facilitation of panels and discussion groups that bring together diverse perspectives and initiatives, the co-facilitation of collective art workshops, and participation in documenting the project\u2019s impacts.\nHer involvement is grounded in the belief that art is a powerful tool for amplifying voices, recognizing lived experiences, and creating spaces where everyone can express themselves freely and without judgment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<button class=\"wpr-unfold-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tread more\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7819ee1 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7819ee1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7adcc4 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7adcc4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3862ae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3862ae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Jeannine-RQ-RDM-rs4z2amdsn3i59dpxc48swp5ltiso3rarls6fciu4w.jpg\" title=\"Jeannine RQ-RDM\" alt=\"Jeannine RQ-RDM\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e9f7bd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e9f7bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jeannine Foisy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de7c7d4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de7c7d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">She\/Her<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd0244 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3cd0244\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee011be elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-unfold\" data-id=\"ee011be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-unfold.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-wrapper\" data-config=\"{&quot;expand_text&quot;:&quot;lire plus&quot;,&quot;collapse_text&quot;:&quot;lire moins&quot;,&quot;collapse_height&quot;:190,&quot;transition_duration&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-content\"><p>After struggling with substance use for several decades, I was able to regain control over my life. I now contribute to society by collaborating on various projects aimed at improving practices and services related to substance use.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Responsibilities:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">\u25aa I am a member of the organizing committee<br>\u25aa <span lang=\"EN\">Room set-up the day before the event<br>\u25aa <\/span><span lang=\"EN\">Responsible for and involved in preparing the welcome and registration area on the day of the event<br>\u25aa <\/span><span lang=\"EN\">Responsible for planning and coordinating the <i>safe space<\/i> throughout the day<br>\u25aa <\/span><span lang=\"EN\">Connected the two communications cooperatives <i>(L\u2019Argot and WebTV)<\/i> to provide English translation of the conferences.<br>\u25aa <\/span><span lang=\"EN\">Participated in the meetings of the <i>Exprimer l\u2019invisible<\/i> research committee, where we were responsible for documenting the processes used throughout the organization in a methodology document for the analysis of the results.<br>\u25aa <\/span><span lang=\"EN\">Contacted and invited the two community organizations <i>(Anonyme and the GRIP)<\/i> to provide their minibuses free of charge during the event, offering drug checking services and a consumption space.<br>\u25aa <\/span><span lang=\"EN\">Took part in dismantling the rooms at the end of the day<br>\u25aa <\/span><span lang=\"EN\">Participated in the research interview with L\u00e9onie<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have to admit that my involvement grew increasingly over time because I wanted to do things well, and I felt fortunate to be working for AIDQ, which gave me the opportunity to take on these responsibilities\u2014something that was not the case for everyone on the organizing committee. My involvement ultimately grew to a level I could never have imagined, but it was well worth it, given all the positive feedback we received about the event. Looking back, I realized that the experience was absolutely worth it, and I would not hesitate to do it again if needed. It was a valuable experience that taught me a lot about myself and my management skills, and showed me that peers are capable of achieving so much when we are trusted and well supported.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<button class=\"wpr-unfold-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tread more\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d00b821 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d00b821\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ba944a e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0ba944a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e7fb4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e7fb4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Genevieve-Fortin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-1039\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Genevieve-Fortin.jpg 586w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Genevieve-Fortin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Genevieve-Fortin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ae0642 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ae0642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Genevi\u00e8ve Fortin<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341b6b9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"341b6b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">She\/Her<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0fc450 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a0fc450\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-613ef23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-unfold\" data-id=\"613ef23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-unfold.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-wrapper\" data-config=\"{&quot;expand_text&quot;:&quot;lire plus&quot;,&quot;collapse_text&quot;:&quot;lire moins&quot;,&quot;collapse_height&quot;:190,&quot;transition_duration&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Genevi\u00e8ve Fortin is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and performer whose practice draws on lived experience, resistance, and solidarity. A social work graduate and Communications Officer at the Institut universitaire sur les d\u00e9pendances, she combines her artistic practice with her involvement in research and intervention settings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">From incarceration to personal rebuilding, her journey informs a practice in which art becomes a means of speaking out. As co-founder and Vice-President of the collective \u201cArt Entr\u2019Elles,\u201d she advocates for the recognition of the voices of criminalized women in artistic and social spaces. Her work has been exhibited, performed, and published, notably in the book\u00a0<em>Des deux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de la prison<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\" class=\"translation-block\">As part of <em>Exprimer l\u2019invisible<\/em>, Genevi\u00e8ve Fortin contributes to the event\u2019s conception and promotion, particularly through the development of communication tools, the structuring of content, and support for outreach and dissemination. Her involvement aims to support a platform for people with lived experience to speak for themselves, with experiential knowledge guiding the messages, content, and spaces for dialogue.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<button class=\"wpr-unfold-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tread more\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-427ae53 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"427ae53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b74aa4f e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b74aa4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c63a284 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c63a284\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1154\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20250831_165005623-1154x1536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-1107\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20250831_165005623-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20250831_165005623-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20250831_165005623-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20250831_165005623-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20250831_165005623-1538x2048.jpg 1538w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20250831_165005623-scaled.jpg 1923w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1154px) 100vw, 1154px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8783a56 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8783a56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Barbara Rivard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc009a7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc009a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">She\/Her<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edd335b e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"edd335b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b5d398 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-unfold\" data-id=\"9b5d398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-unfold.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-wrapper\" data-config=\"{&quot;expand_text&quot;:&quot;lire plus&quot;,&quot;collapse_text&quot;:&quot;lire moins&quot;,&quot;collapse_height&quot;:190,&quot;transition_duration&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-content\"><p class=\"translation-block\">Barbara Rivard is a community worker with lived and living experience related to opioid use. Having been involved in the harm reduction field for several years, she works at M\u00e9ta d\u2019\u00c2me and regularly collaborates with Escodi, AIDQ, IUD, and Profan. She is also a speaker and advocate for humane and pragmatic approaches to substance use, and participates in overdose prevention and anti-stigma initiatives.\n\nHer participation in the organizing committee of the <i>Exprimer l\u2019invisible<\/i> event, as well as her role as master of ceremonies and opening speaker, are a natural extension of her own recovery journey. Her passage from darkness\u2014marked by shame, guilt, and silence\u2014to light, reclaiming her voice, and transforming her personal story resonates deeply with her commitment: to create spaces where stories that are too often rendered invisible can be heard, recognized, and carried collectively.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<button class=\"wpr-unfold-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tread more\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91ca973 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"91ca973\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34ac712 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34ac712\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e7b0fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e7b0fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Haig_Thomas_photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1020\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Haig_Thomas_photo.jpg 529w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Haig_Thomas_photo-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c9688d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c9688d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thomas Haig<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8759da0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8759da0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">He\/Him<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92eb215 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"92eb215\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2bc543 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-unfold\" data-id=\"a2bc543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-unfold.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-wrapper\" data-config=\"{&quot;expand_text&quot;:&quot;lire plus&quot;,&quot;collapse_text&quot;:&quot;lire moins&quot;,&quot;collapse_height&quot;:190,&quot;transition_duration&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-content\"><p class=\"translation-block\">Thomas Haig is a research professional in the Department of Community Health at the Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke\u2019s Longueuil campus, where he coordinates research projects aimed at developing inclusive, accessible, and tailored substance use interventions and services for diverse populations, including women and members of 2SLGBTQI+ communities. He previously worked in the HIV\/AIDS movement and in sexual health promotion within the community sector. For the past 30 years, his passion has been facilitating innovative projects that draw on both scientific and experiential knowledge to improve community well-being and reduce health inequities. As part of Exprimer l\u2019invisible, he contributed to the project\u2019s development, with a particular focus on managing budgets and participatory research activities.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<button class=\"wpr-unfold-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tread more\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab4a392 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab4a392\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea39c36 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea39c36\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-974ecfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"974ecfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/484ac5df-739f-4f4a-81bf-9bcccba24a49-rtgxtyft0sgox56zsx61r4hrwoqvm76ot5vantubyo.jpeg\" title=\"484ac5df-739f-4f4a-81bf-9bcccba24a49\" alt=\"484ac5df-739f-4f4a-81bf-9bcccba24a49\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd9640 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fd9640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marie-Eve Simard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9943bfa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9943bfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">She\/Her<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38e7924 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38e7924\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8f09da elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-unfold\" data-id=\"f8f09da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-unfold.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-wrapper\" data-config=\"{&quot;expand_text&quot;:&quot;lire plus&quot;,&quot;collapse_text&quot;:&quot;lire moins&quot;,&quot;collapse_height&quot;:190,&quot;transition_duration&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-data-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-unfold-content\"><p>As a feminist community worker, Master\u2019s student in sociology, and holder of lived and experiential knowledge related to substance use and psychiatric diagnosis, Marie-\u00c8ve Simard takes a critical look at institutional violence, health inequalities, and the power dynamics that shape the experiences of women who have received a mental health diagnosis. She is also interested in the forms of resistance and agency that emerge within these constraints. She works with people who use drugs through a harm reduction approach and advocates for alternative practices that place self-determination at the heart of intervention, challenging punitive, coercive, and carceral approaches. <br \/><br \/>Son implication dans le projet <em>Exprimer l'Invisible<\/em> s\u2019inscrit dans la continuit\u00e9 de ses engagements envers la valorisation des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels, la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019espaces inclusifs, s\u00e9curitaires et cr\u00e9atifs, l\u2019aide mutuelle et la justice sociale. Ce projet est particuli\u00e8rement significatif pour elle, car la peinture abstraite et expressive a constitu\u00e9 dans sa trajectoire un espace de cr\u00e9ation lui permettant de lib\u00e9rer ses \u00e9motions et de se reconnecter \u00e0 elle-m\u00eame. Elle voit dans l\u2019art un espace radical de reprise de pouvoir et de r\u00e9sistance, \u00e0 partir duquel il devient possible de transformer les r\u00e9cits personnels en puissants leviers de changement et de solidarit\u00e9 collective.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<button class=\"wpr-unfold-btn\">\n\t\t\t\tread more\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a28c329 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a28c329\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6d5728 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d6d5728\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64ca586 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64ca586\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Messenger_creation_A77A07D5-2B66-42A7-A259-4AFEA1E56084-1152x1536.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-1109\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Messenger_creation_A77A07D5-2B66-42A7-A259-4AFEA1E56084-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Messenger_creation_A77A07D5-2B66-42A7-A259-4AFEA1E56084-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Messenger_creation_A77A07D5-2B66-42A7-A259-4AFEA1E56084-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Messenger_creation_A77A07D5-2B66-42A7-A259-4AFEA1E56084.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5a28e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c5a28e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flo Martel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1abc20f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1abc20f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">He\/Him<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0709002 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0709002\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fdd3a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fdd3a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\">Flo Martel (he\/him), 27 years old.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">I am a person with lived and living experience who was involved in developing the panel discussion for the <em>Exprimer l\u2019invisible<\/em> event. As a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community with a history of substance use, I was responsible, alongside M\u00e9lodie, for selecting the panel participants and developing the discussion. I was able to bring an inclusive perspective to the various issues addressed and draw on my personal experience to put my knowledge into practice.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-325b001 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"325b001\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f998594 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f998594\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abc21b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"abc21b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1629\" height=\"1619\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-work-cercle-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1367\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-work-cercle-1.png 1629w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-work-cercle-1-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-work-cercle-1-1024x1018.png 1024w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-work-cercle-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-work-cercle-1-768x763.png 768w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-work-cercle-1-1536x1527.png 1536w, https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-work-cercle-1-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1629px) 100vw, 1629px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9934625 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9934625\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vincent de Maisonneuve<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08f8677 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08f8677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">He\/Him<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08234ae e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"08234ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2206a01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2206a01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Vincent de Maisonneuve has been involved in the harm reduction field since 2017, working primarily with the Association qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise pour la promotion de la sant\u00e9 des personnes utilisatrices de drogue (AQPSUD). There, he develops prevention tools and delivers training from the perspective of a person with lived experience. He is also an advocate for ending the prohibition of psychoactive substances.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a66ade5 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a66ade5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0982f2 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0982f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fdc07f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3fdc07f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Myriam_106-1-scaled-rruk1g4t1fgemq44e0rjyass6jh7ifby8m7usgd34g.jpg\" title=\"Myriam_106 (1)\" alt=\"Myriam_106 (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc7223b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc7223b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Myriam Le Lan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f445919 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f445919\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">She\/Them<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb438ee e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb438ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0bc65b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0bc65b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gmail_default\">As a life model, Programming Coordinator at Folie\/Culture, facilitator, and discussion moderator, Myriam Le Lan has been active in the arts community for over a decade. Originally from Montreal and now based in Quebec City, she is interested in spaces for dialogue, care, and connection, guided by the principles of holistic health, social justice, and her deep love for all living things.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>comit\u00e9 et alli\u00e9(e)s Le comit\u00e9 organisateur d\u2019Exprimer l\u2019invisible rassemble des personnes ayant des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels et des alli\u00e9\u00b7es engag\u00e9\u00b7es dans une d\u00e9marche de collaboration, de reconnaissance et de transformation sociale. Guid\u00e9 par le principe \u00ab Rien sur nous, sans nous \u00bb, il assure la conception, le d\u00e9veloppement et la r\u00e9alisation des initiatives de l\u2019organisme. Ensemble, ses membres mettent leurs exp\u00e9riences, leurs expertises et leur cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 au service de projets qui favorisent l\u2019expression, le dialogue, la participation et le rayonnement des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels. Isabelle Boisvert Elle\/Elle Isabelle Boisvert est une personne \u00e0 savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels li\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019usage de substances, au traitement par agonistes opio\u00efdes, \u00e0 l\u2019h\u00e9patite C, aux enjeux de sant\u00e9 mentale, \u00e0 l\u2019itin\u00e9rance, au travail du sexe et \u00e0 la judiciarisation. Elle est responsable des partenariats \u00e0 l\u2019Initiative canadienne de recherche sur les impacts des substances psychoactives et Co-chercheure pour la Cohorte Femmes+ et pour l\u2019\u00c9quipe de recherche sur le genre et l\u2019intervention en d\u00e9pendance. Alliant expertise professionnelle et exp\u00e9rientielle, elle d\u00e9veloppe des approches de recherche, de mobilisation des connaissances et d\u2019engagement par les pair\u00b7es visant \u00e0 renforcer la participation et le pouvoir d\u00e9cisionnel des personnes directement concern\u00e9es. Elle pr\u00e9sente ses travaux au Canada et \u00e0 l\u2019international et collabore avec diff\u00e9rents organismes, institutions et instances gouvernementales. Isabelle est l\u2019initiatrice et coordonnatrice d\u2019Exprimer l\u2019invisible. En \u00e9troite collaboration avec le comit\u00e9, elle veille au d\u00e9veloppement de la vision, \u00e0 la coordination des diff\u00e9rents projets et \u00e0 leur coh\u00e9rence avec la mission et les objectifs de l\u2019initiative. Elle joue un r\u00f4le central dans le d\u00e9veloppement des partenariats et des volets de recherche, l\u2019\u00e9tablissement des priorit\u00e9s, le rayonnement et la p\u00e9rennit\u00e9 de l\u2019initiative, ainsi que dans la recherche de financement et la gestion des ressources et des budgets. Son r\u00f4le consiste \u00e9galement \u00e0 soutenir le d\u00e9veloppement d\u2019Exprimer l\u2019invisible tout en veillant \u00e0 ce que son \u00e9volution demeure ancr\u00e9e dans les savoirs, les priorit\u00e9s et le leadership des personnes directement concern\u00e9es. lire plus M\u00e9lodie Talbot Elle\/Elle M\u00e9lodie Talbot est organisatrice communautaire et d\u00e9tentrice d\u2019un savoir exp\u00e9rientiel. Depuis plus de 14 ans, elle s\u2019engage dans la repr\u00e9sentation et la d\u00e9fense des droits des personnes qui utilisent des drogues. \u00c0 l\u2019AQPSUD, elle \u0153uvre \u00e0 l\u2019intersection de la r\u00e9duction des m\u00e9faits, de la promotion de la sant\u00e9 et de la justice sociale, en valorisant les savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels, l\u2019empowerment collectif et les approches participatives. Son parcours personnel, marqu\u00e9 par des deuils li\u00e9s \u00e0 la guerre \u00e0 la drogue et \u00e0 la crise des surdoses, l\u2019a amen\u00e9e \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper des espaces de discussion et d\u2019expression autour du deuil et de la solidarit\u00e9. Co-organisatrice du projet Exprimer l\u2019invisible, elle a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la conception et \u00e0 la r\u00e9alisation de l&rsquo;initiative mettant en lumi\u00e8re le potentiel de l\u2019art en r\u00e9duction des m\u00e9faits. Par sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 mobiliser et \u00e0 rassembler une diversit\u00e9 de personnes, elle favorise la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019espaces participatifs o\u00f9 les savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels sont reconnus et valoris\u00e9s. Elle se distingue notamment par la coconstruction et animation de panels et groupes de discussions r\u00e9unissant diff\u00e9rentes perspectives et initiatives, coaniment des ateliers d\u2019art collectifs et participe \u00e0 la documentation des retomb\u00e9es du projet. Son implication repose sur la conviction que l\u2019art est un puissant levier pour faire entendre les voix, reconna\u00eetre les exp\u00e9riences et cr\u00e9er des espaces o\u00f9 chacun.e peut s\u2019exprimer librement, sans jugement. lire plus Jeannine Foisy Elle\/Elle Apr\u00e8s avoir souffert de d\u00e9pendances pendant plusieurs d\u00e9cennies,\u00a0j\u2019ai r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 reprendre le pouvoir sur ma vie.\u00a0Je contribue \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 en collaborant sur divers projets visant l\u2019am\u00e9lioration des pratiques et les services en d\u00e9pendance. Responsabilit\u00e9s : \u25aa Je suis membre du comit\u00e9 organisateur\u25aa La veille, le montage des salles\u25aa Responsable et pr\u00e9paration de l&rsquo;accueil le jour de l&rsquo;\u00e9v\u00e9nement\u25aa Responsable et planification du safe space\u00a0pendant la journ\u00e9e\u25aa De mettre en lien les 2 coop\u00e9ratives de communications (l&rsquo;Argot et WebTV)\u00a0pour offrir la traduction des conf\u00e9rences en version anglaise.\u25aa J&rsquo;ai particip\u00e9 aux rencontres du comit\u00e9 recherche d&rsquo;exprimer l&rsquo;invisible o\u00f9 nous avions la responsabilit\u00e9 d&rsquo;inscrire les processus que nous menions pour l&rsquo;organisation dans un document de m\u00e9thodologie pour l&rsquo;analyse des r\u00e9sultats.\u25aa J&rsquo;ai contact\u00e9 et invit\u00e9 les 2 organismes communautaires (Anonyme et le GRIP)\u00a0pour avoir la pr\u00e9sence de leur minibus b\u00e9n\u00e9volement pendant la journ\u00e9e (test de substance et bus de conso)\u25aa De faire le d\u00e9montage des salles \u00e0 la fin de la journ\u00e9e\u25aa Et l&rsquo;entrevue de recherche avec L\u00e9onie Je vous avoue que mon implication s&rsquo;est faite de plus en plus grande parce que je voulais bien faire les choses et que j&rsquo;estimais que j&rsquo;avais la chance de travailler pour l&rsquo;AIDQ qui m&rsquo;a permis ces implications, ce qui n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas le cas de toutes et tous du comit\u00e9 organisateur. Celles-ci ont pris une proportion que j&rsquo;\u00e9tais loin d&rsquo;imaginer, mais qui ont valu la peine vu tous les commentaires positifs de la journ\u00e9e. Apr\u00e8s coup, je me suis dit que l&rsquo;exp\u00e9rience en valait la chandelle et que je n&rsquo;h\u00e9siterais pas \u00e0 le refaire au besoin. Une belle exp\u00e9rience qui m&rsquo;a appris sur moi-m\u00eame, mes capacit\u00e9s de gestion et que les pair\u00b7e\u00b7s sont capable de beaucoup de choses si l&rsquo;on nous fait confiance et que nous sommes bien entour\u00e9\u00b7e\u00b7s. lire plus Genevi\u00e8ve Fortin Elle\/Elle Genevi\u00e8ve Fortin est une artiste multidisciplinaire, autrice et performeuse dont la pratique puise dans l\u2019exp\u00e9rience v\u00e9cue, la r\u00e9volte et la solidarit\u00e9. Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e en travail social et responsable des communications \u00e0 l\u2019Institut universitaire sur les d\u00e9pendances, elle conjugue engagement artistique et implication dans les milieux de la recherche et de l\u2019intervention. De l\u2019exp\u00e9rience carc\u00e9rale \u00e0 la reconstruction personnelle, son parcours nourrit une pratique o\u00f9 l\u2019art devient prise de parole. Cofondatrice et vice-pr\u00e9sidente du collectif \u00ab Art Entr\u2019Elles \u00bb, elle milite pour la reconnaissance de la parole des femmes judiciaris\u00e9es dans les espaces artistiques et sociaux. Son travail a \u00e9t\u00e9 expos\u00e9, perform\u00e9 et publi\u00e9, notamment dans l\u2019ouvrage\u00a0Des deux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de la prison. Dans le cadre d\u2019Exprimer l\u2019invisible, Genevi\u00e8ve Fortin contribue \u00e0 la conception et \u00e0 la mise en valeur de l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement, notamment par le d\u00e9veloppement des outils de communication, la structuration des contenus et le soutien \u00e0 la diffusion. Son implication vise \u00e0 soutenir une prise de parole<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1731,"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1453\/revisions\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}