2025 Gathering
Our Cultures in Motion
📍 Estérel Resort – 39 Boul Fridolin-Simard, Estérel QC J0T 1E0
đź“… 17 au 19 Septembre 2025
TUESDAY, September 16
- From 4 p.m.– Participants arrive at the EstĂ©rel Resort – Emotion Reception
- 5:30 p.m. – DINNER ON YOUR OWN
WEDNESDAY, September 17 AM
7h to 8h30
Breakfast
Le Voilier Restaurant
8h30 to 9h30
Welcome and opening prayer
Fridolin Room
9h30 to 10h30
Icebreaker activity
Fridolin Room
10h30 to 10h45
BREAK
Fridolin Hall
10h45 to 12h
Our Cultures in Motion
(Introduction to the theme)
Collective work by La Tortue
Fridolin Room
WEDNESDAY, September 17 PM
13h30 to 15h
Cultural safety:
towards a shared vision within the Movement
Quebec Native Friendship Centers
Fridolin Room
15h to 15h30
BREAK
Fridolin Hall
15h30 to 17h
Various cultural venues
Fridolin Hall
17h to 19h
5 to 7 around the fire
Pointe Émotion (outdoor site)
THURSDAY, September 18 AM
8h45 to 10h30
Strategic table of the Movement’s leadership
Salle Des Hauteurs
9h to 9h15
Home / Introduction to the day
Fridolin Room
9h15 to 10h30
Access to and occupation of urban territories through the senses
Fridolin Room
10h30 to 10h45
BREAK
Fridolin Hall
10h45 to 12h
Defining a cultural strategy for
the Quebec Native Friendship Center Movement
Fridolin Room
THURSDAY, September 18 PM
13h30 to 15h
Cultural anchoring in urban Indigenous governance
Fridolin Room
15h to 15h15
BREAK
Fridolin Hall
15h15 to 16h45
Continuation of the reflection on cultures for the collective artwork – Block 2
Fridolin Room
18h
BBQ DINNER
Fridolin Room
FRIDAY, September 19
6h30 to 7h30
Morning cultural education
Dupuis Room
7h to 9h
Breakfast
Le Voilier Restaurant
9h to 10h
Continuing work on the cultural strategy for the Movement
Fridolin Room
10h30 to 11h30
Presentation of the collective artwork – Block 3
Fridolin Room
11h30 to 12h
Conclusion of the event
Closing ceremony
Dinner on your own and departure
Fridolin Room
« More than just a gathering of actors and actresses from the Native Friendship Centers Movement, it is a meeting of visions, stories, and generations that will carry our cultures into the future. »
Tanya Sirois
Directrice générale, RCAAQ
