{"id":22,"date":"2026-04-13T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:47:08","slug":"accueil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Accueil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nothing about us without us.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This initiative, designed and led by people with lived and living experience, aims to recognize the expertise gained through their lived experience. The content, events, and activities are co-created by an organizing committee made up of people with lived and living experience and allies. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Would you like to put your lived and living experience to work?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Why 'Expressing the Invisible'?\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Expressing the Invisible\" brings attention to the people, experiences, and realities that often go unseen or unheard. By creating space for these stories to be shared, it encourages understanding, recognition, and meaningful dialogue.<\/p>\n

To express<\/b>,<\/strong> is to recognize art as a powerful means of self-expression, empowerment, connection, and social change.<\/p>\n

The invisible<\/b>,<\/strong> refers to the people and experiences that society tends to make invisible or marginalize, as well as the knowledge and expertise that emerge from these experiences and too often remain unrecognized or excluded from decision-making spaces. <\/b>By creating spaces led by the people directly concerned, the initiative helps bring these voices forward, recognize their value, and foster dialogue that challenges prejudice and power dynamics.<\/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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Our approach<\/h2>\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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Leading Through Lived Experience \u2014 By us, with you!\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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People with lived experience expertise are at the heart of these projects and provide their leadership. They define the vision, priorities, and direction, and take an active role in governance, design, implementation, evaluation, and knowledge sharing. Grounded in lived experience, these projects are developed by those directly concerned while engaging and benefiting society as a whole.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Allies Working Toward a Shared Vision\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Allies and partners contribute to these projects through their expertise, resources, and networks, while respecting the leadership and direction defined by people with lived experience expertise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Art and Self-Expression as Catalysts\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Exprimer l\u2019invisible<\/span><\/i> contribue \u00e0 un changement social positif en faisant de l\u2019art et de la cr\u00e9ation collective des leviers d\u2019expression, de mieux-\u00eatre, de mobilisation, de dialogue et d\u2019innovation sociale. \u00c0 travers des activit\u00e9s, des projets et des \u00e9v\u00e9nements bienveillants, stimulants et s\u00e9curitaires, l\u2019initiative cr\u00e9e des espaces propices \u00e0 la rencontre, \u00e0 la collaboration et \u00e0 la transformation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Recognition of Lived Experience Expertise\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Lived and living experience is recognized as a form of expertise in its own right and as an essential contribution to transforming practices and services. The time, work, and expertise of people with lived and living experience are recognized, valued, and fairly and equitably compensated.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Accessible and Inclusive Participation\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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These initiatives aim to reduce barriers to participation and create conditions that foster meaningful, safe, and accessible involvement of people with lived and living experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A Documented Approach\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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All initiatives are either documented or include a research component aimed at generating transferable knowledge and advancing best practices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\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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Celebrating the Art and Lived Experience Expertise of Marginalized Communities.<\/h2>\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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Rien sur nous sans nous. Cette initiative, con\u00e7ue et men\u00e9e par des personnes avec savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels, vise \u00e0 valoriser l’expertise de leur v\u00e9cu. Le contenu, les \u00e9v\u00e8nements et les activit\u00e9s sont co-construites par un comit\u00e9 organisateur de personnes concern\u00e9es et alli\u00e9es.  Vous souhaitez mettre vos savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels \u00e0 contribution? rejoignez notre r\u00e9seau de personnes avec savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels Pourquoi \u00ab\u00a0Exprimer l’Invisible\u00a0\u00bb? Exprimer l’invisible est une initiative qui met en lumi\u00e8re les personnes, les v\u00e9cus et les r\u00e9alit\u00e9s qui ont tendance \u00e0 \u00eatre invisibilis\u00e9s, discrimin\u00e9s ou discr\u00e9dit\u00e9s dans notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Exprimer, c’est reconna\u00eetre l’art comme un puissant moyen d’expression, de reprise du pouvoir d’agir, de cr\u00e9ation de liens et de transformation sociale. L’invisible, ce sont les personnes et les exp\u00e9riences que la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 tend \u00e0 invisibiliser ou \u00e0 marginaliser, mais aussi les savoirs et les expertises qui se construisent \u00e0 travers ces exp\u00e9riences et qui demeurent trop souvent peu reconnus ou \u00e9cart\u00e9s des espaces de d\u00e9cision. En cr\u00e9ant des espaces port\u00e9s par les personnes concern\u00e9es, l’initiative contribue \u00e0 faire \u00e9merger ces voix, \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre leur valeur et \u00e0 favoriser un dialogue qui remet en question les pr\u00e9jug\u00e9s et les rapports de pouvoir. Notre approche Leadership des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels \u2014 Par nous, avec vous! Les personnes ayant des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels sont \u00e0 l\u2019origine des projets et en assurent le leadership. Elles d\u00e9finissent la vision, les priorit\u00e9s et les orientations, et participent pleinement \u00e0 leur gouvernance, leur conception, leur r\u00e9alisation, leur \u00e9valuation et leur diffusion. Ancr\u00e9s dans les savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels, les projets sont d\u00e9velopp\u00e9s par les personnes concern\u00e9es, tout en s\u2019adressant \u00e0 l\u2019ensemble de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Des alli\u00e9\u00b7es au service d’une vision commune Les personnes alli\u00e9es et partenaires contribuent aux projets par leurs expertises, leurs ressources et leurs r\u00e9seaux, dans le respect du leadership et des orientations d\u00e9finies par les personnes ayant des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels.\u00a0 L’art et la prise de parole comme catalyseurs Exprimer l\u2019invisible contribue \u00e0 un changement social positif en faisant de l\u2019art et de la cr\u00e9ation collective des leviers d\u2019expression, de mieux-\u00eatre, de mobilisation, de dialogue et d\u2019innovation sociale. \u00c0 travers des activit\u00e9s, des projets et des \u00e9v\u00e9nements bienveillants, stimulants et s\u00e9curitaires, l\u2019initiative cr\u00e9e des espaces propices \u00e0 la rencontre, \u00e0 la collaboration et \u00e0 la transformation.\u00a0 Reconnaissance des savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels Les savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels sont reconnus comme une expertise \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re et comme une contribution essentielle \u00e0 la transformation des pratiques et des services. Le temps, le travail et l\u2019expertise des personnes concern\u00e9es sont reconnus, valoris\u00e9s et r\u00e9mun\u00e9r\u00e9s de mani\u00e8re juste et \u00e9quitable. Une participation accessible et inclusive Les initiatives cherchent \u00e0 r\u00e9duire les barri\u00e8res \u00e0 la participation et \u00e0 cr\u00e9er des conditions favorisant une implication significative, s\u00e9curitaire et accessible des personnes concern\u00e9es.\u00a0 Une d\u00e9marche document\u00e9e Toutes les initiatives sont soit document\u00e9es ou accompagn\u00e9es d\u2019un volet de recherche afin de produire des connaissances transf\u00e9rables et d’am\u00e9liorer les pratiques.\u00a0 C\u00e9l\u00e9brer l\u2019art et les savoirs exp\u00e9rientiels des populations marginalis\u00e9es. Partenaires principaux<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":163,"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1761,"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/1761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exprimerlinvisible.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}