West Island
- 235,000 people
- 3rd step in process
- $721,503 invested
About West Island
COLLECTIVE EFFECTIVENESS TO TACKLE HIDDEN POVERTY
With 12 communities and over 235,000 inhabitants over a vast territory that occupies a third of the island of Montreal, the West Island conceals vulnerable environments and major social problems. Active transportation, food security, housing, and service accessibility issues are some of its core concerns. The West Island is often thought of as an affluent territory, but many people don’t realize that 85% of the population lives in a food desert and that one in ten people have to turn to food assistance.
Brought together under unifying leadership, all stakeholders in the territory have pooled their energy and resources to generate innovative solutions to this hidden poverty. In this very large and complex territory, local partners are maximizing their effectiveness by working together and sharing the lessons they learn.
Discover the West Island’s innovative projects
Timeline
5 tools to promote food security in Montreal’s west end
The Table de Quartier Sud de l’Ouest-de-l’Île has launched its new food security toolbox, which is the result of many years of collective and collaborative efforts.
The 5 tools include “Hidden Hunger,” a short film that raises awareness about food issues in the neighbourhood.
March 2022 Consult the toolboxFood security lab
In the West Island, two laboratories have launched to lay solid foundations to help the neighbourhood work better together. The first lab on food security, whose aim is to raise awareness about the territory’s food security issues, mobilized partners during the CIP’s first three years. The second will focus on housing and build on the practices and lessons learned from the first lab.
Hiver 2020 Read moreHidden Hunger in the West Island
The first collective action “lab experiment” in the West Island has been a campaign to raise awareness about food insecurity. The campaign includes a video of powerful testimonials from all sorts of people who have struggled to put food on the table.
Winter 2019 See the videoPoverty and Food Security in the West Island
December 2017Awareness campaign for food security
Two ways to take action
- Learning to work together
- Creating developmental projects
How will the CIP take shape in the West Island?
The neighbourhood's target project: “Interconnected Community Development”
The goal of this project is to improve collaboration between the two neighbourhood roundtables and the agencies throughout the West Island’s vast territory. The goal of this first “lab experiment” is to improve food security for residents who are experiencing poverty and social exclusion.
February 2017The West Island is chosen
The West Island is chosen to receive moderate CIP support to implement a specific project from its neighbourhood plan. This project will produce concrete results to reduce poverty and social exclusion.
March 2016Discover what your neighbourhoods are doing
Food security lab
In the West Island, two laboratories have launched to lay solid foundations to help the neighbourhood work better together.
Discover this projectHidden Hunger in the West Island
The West Island's first collective action “lab experiment” has been a campaign to raise awareness about food insecurity. The campaign includes a video of powerful testimonials.
Discover this project