{"id":1458,"date":"2026-09-15T15:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/?page_id=1458"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:55:32","slug":"mission-vision-valeurs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/mission-vision-valeurs\/","title":{"rendered":"mission, vision, values"},"content":{"rendered":"
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mission, vision, values<\/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
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Expressing the Invisible is a social innovation initiative led by people with lived experience expertise and supported by a network of allies.<\/p>

Expressing the Invisible aims to create spaces where people with lived experience expertise can share their voices, exercise their leadership, and put their expertise at the heart of artistic and participatory projects.<\/p>

Expressing the Invisible transforms art into a space for connection, expression, and dialogue, where lived experiences, worldviews, and aspirations can take their place in the public sphere. Through creativity and collaboration, the initiative helps recognize and value lived experience expertise, strengthen the agency of those directly concerned, and build bridges between communities, practice and research settings, institutions, and the broader public. It also contributes to the development of a network of people with lived experience expertise by creating opportunities for them to apply their knowledge and leadership across a wide range of projects.<\/p>

Through this mission, Expressing the Invisible contributes to reducing stigma, transforming practices, and fostering a more just and inclusive society, rooted in the lived realities of the people most directly concerned.<\/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

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We envision a society where people with lived and living experience related to substance use, homelessness, mental health challenges, criminalization, or sex work are recognized for the value of the knowledge and insight gained through their lived experiences. A society where their voices, expertise, and contributions are fully acknowledged, where they participate in decisions that affect them, and where they play an active role in transforming communities, practices, and spaces for dialogue.<\/p>

We believe that artistic expression, collective creativity, and participatory approaches are powerful catalysts for promoting well-being, strengthening personal and collective agency, reducing stigma, advancing social justice, and fostering civic engagement.<\/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

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Expressing the Invisible affirms the value of lived experience expertise and recognizes it as a distinct and essential form of expertise.<\/p>

Our experiences, perspectives, knowledge, and creativity contribute to a deeper understanding of lived realities and to the transformation of practices and society. This expertise deserves to be recognized, valued, and fairly compensated.<\/p>

By bringing visibility to voices, realities, and expertise that are too often overlooked, marginalized, or discredited, Expressing the Invisible helps challenge prejudice, reduce stigma, and foster more inclusive and equitable representation of those directly concerned in spaces of participation and decision-making.<\/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

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SELF-DETERMINATION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Expressing the Invisible is rooted in our right to speak for ourselves, define our own priorities, and take on meaningful leadership in the projects and initiatives that concern us.<\/p>

We play an active role in decisions and in every stage of an initiative, from conception and implementation to evaluation and knowledge sharing. Our lived experience expertise, perspectives, and aspirations guide projects and help shape the priorities and actions of Expressing the Invisible.<\/p>

This self-determination strengthens our individual and collective agency and enables the development of projects that are truly grounded in the realities, needs, and aspirations of those directly concerned. It also helps build self-confidence, a sense of legitimacy, and the ability to claim one's place, make informed choices, and exercise greater control over one's own life. In doing so, it can open the door to new opportunities for engagement, participation, and leadership, both within these projects and beyond them.<\/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

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TRANSFORMATION\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Expressing the Invisible sees art, collective creation, and the power of speaking out as catalysts for personal growth, community engagement, and social change.<\/p>

Through creativity, we can express our realities, share our expertise, challenge dominant narratives, and bring different experiences and perspectives into conversation. Art becomes a space for connection, collective action, well-being, and reclaiming the power to shape our own lives and communities.<\/p>

By creating connections among people with lived and living experience, communities, practitioners, researchers, institutions, and the wider public, we strive to shift perspectives, rethink approaches, and challenge power structures to help build a more just and inclusive society.<\/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

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By us, with you!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

mission, vision, valeurs Mission Exprimer l’invisible est une initiative d’innovation sociale d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e par des personnes ayant des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels, avec le soutien d’alli\u00e9\u00b7es. Exprimer l\u2019invisible a pour mission de cr\u00e9er des espaces o\u00f9 les personnes ayant des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels peuvent s\u2019exprimer, exercer leur leadership et mettre leur expertise au service de projets artistiques et participatifs. L\u2019initiative fait de l\u2019art un espace de rencontre, d\u2019expression et de dialogue o\u00f9 les v\u00e9cus, les visions du monde et les espoirs peuvent prendre place dans l\u2019espace public. Par la cr\u00e9ation et la collaboration, elle contribue \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre et \u00e0 valoriser les savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels, \u00e0 renforcer le pouvoir d\u2019agir des personnes concern\u00e9es et \u00e0 cr\u00e9er des ponts entre les communaut\u00e9s, les milieux de pratique et de recherche, les institutions et le grand public. Elle contribue \u00e9galement au d\u00e9veloppement d’un r\u00e9seau de personnes avec savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels en cr\u00e9ant des opportunit\u00e9s leur permettant de mettre leur expertise au service de divers projets. \u00c0 travers cette mission, Exprimer l\u2019invisible contribue \u00e0 r\u00e9duire la stigmatisation, \u00e0 faire \u00e9voluer les pratiques et \u00e0 soutenir une transformation sociale plus juste, inclusive et ancr\u00e9e dans les r\u00e9alit\u00e9s des personnes concern\u00e9es. Vision Nous imaginons une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 o\u00f9 les personnes ayant des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels (PSE) li\u00e9s \u00e0 la d\u00e9pendance, \u00e0 l\u2019itin\u00e9rance, aux enjeux de sant\u00e9 mentale, \u00e0 la judiciarisation ou au travail du sexe sont reconnues pour la valeur de leur expertise issue de leurs exp\u00e9riences v\u00e9cues. Une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 o\u00f9 leurs voix, leurs savoirs et leurs contributions sont pleinement reconnus, o\u00f9 elles participent aux d\u00e9cisions qui les concernent et contribuent activement \u00e0 transformer les communaut\u00e9s, les pratiques et les espaces de dialogue. Nous croyons que l’expression artistique, la cr\u00e9ation collective et les approches participatives sont de puissants leviers pour favoriser le mieux-\u00eatre, le pouvoir d’agir, la r\u00e9duction de la stigmatisation, la justice sociale et la participation citoyenne. Valeurs RECONNAISSANCE Exprimer l\u2019invisible affirme la valeur des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels et les reconna\u00eet comme une expertise \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re. Nos exp\u00e9riences, nos perspectives, nos savoirs et notre cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 contribuent \u00e0 la compr\u00e9hension des r\u00e9alit\u00e9s v\u00e9cues ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 la transformation des pratiques et de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Cette expertise m\u00e9rite d\u2019\u00eatre reconnue, valoris\u00e9e et r\u00e9mun\u00e9r\u00e9e de mani\u00e8re juste et \u00e9quitable. En faisant une place r\u00e9elle \u00e0 des voix, des r\u00e9alit\u00e9s et des savoirs trop souvent invisibilis\u00e9s, marginalis\u00e9s ou discr\u00e9dit\u00e9s, Exprimer l\u2019invisible contribue \u00e0 remettre en question les pr\u00e9jug\u00e9s, \u00e0 r\u00e9duire la stigmatisation et \u00e0 favoriser une repr\u00e9sentation plus juste des personnes concern\u00e9es dans les espaces de d\u00e9cision et de participation. AUTOD\u00c9TERMINATION Exprimer l\u2019invisible repose sur notre capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 prendre la parole en notre propre nom, \u00e0 d\u00e9finir nos priorit\u00e9s et \u00e0 exercer un leadership r\u00e9el dans les projets qui nous concernent. Nous participons pleinement aux d\u00e9cisions et aux diff\u00e9rentes \u00e9tapes des initiatives, de leur conception \u00e0 leur r\u00e9alisation, leur \u00e9valuation et leur diffusion. Nos savoirs, nos perspectives et nos aspirations orientent les projets et contribuent \u00e0 d\u00e9finir les actions d\u2019Exprimer l\u2019invisible. Cette autod\u00e9termination soutient notre pouvoir d\u2019agir, individuel et collectif, et permet de d\u00e9velopper des projets v\u00e9ritablement ancr\u00e9s dans les r\u00e9alit\u00e9s, les besoins et les aspirations des personnes concern\u00e9es. Elle contribue aussi \u00e0 renforcer la confiance en soi, le sentiment de l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 et la capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 prendre sa place, \u00e0 faire des choix et \u00e0 exercer davantage de pouvoir sur sa propre vie. Elle peut ainsi ouvrir la voie \u00e0 de nouvelles possibilit\u00e9s d\u2019engagement, de participation et de leadership, dans les projets, autant qu\u2019au-del\u00e0 de ceux-ci. TRANSFORMATION Exprimer l\u2019invisible fait de l\u2019art, de la cr\u00e9ation collective et de la prise de parole des leviers de transformation individuelle et sociale. \u00c0 travers la cr\u00e9ation, nous pouvons exprimer nos r\u00e9alit\u00e9s, partager nos savoirs, questionner les r\u00e9cits dominants et mettre en dialogue diff\u00e9rentes exp\u00e9riences et visions du monde. L\u2019art devient ainsi un espace de rencontre, de mobilisation, de mieux-\u00eatre et de reprise du pouvoir d\u2019agir. En cr\u00e9ant des ponts entre les personnes concern\u00e9es, les communaut\u00e9s, les milieux de pratique et de recherche, les institutions et le grand public, nous cherchons \u00e0 faire \u00e9voluer les regards, les approches et les rapports de pouvoir vers une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 plus juste et inclusive. Par nous, avec vous!<\/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-1458","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1458","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=1458"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1643,"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1458\/revisions\/1643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}