No Child Should
Have to Take the Long Way Home is a
grassroot initiative to help children in need of loving care, of a protective
and stable environment to meet their basic needs in a safe house in their own
community. Children, mothers and communities are the object of this
project No Child Should Have to Take the Long Way Home. After all, every child is born with the right to have
a better chance at a life free from abuse and violence.
July 6, 2015
Meeting with Mayor Jacques Demers of Ste Catherine de HatleyFavourable response : the municipality offers a room where I can do conferences and wall space for a photo exhibit.
July 10th, 2015
Invitation of the CIBC Bank in the person of Annie Lemay to give the name of my cause for an implication on their part.July 20th, 2015
Dan Marchisella, Mayor of Elliot Lake, Ontario welcomes me at City Hall for a one-hour conversation about my project for the children of Northern Quebec.
Brian Bigger, Mayor de Sudbury, Ontario welcomes me at City Hall and presents his work team after a tour of his city with Tourism Sudbury.
August 13, 2015
Al McDonald, Mayor of North Bay, Ontario greets me at City Hall for a picture of us.
August 14, 2015
Boyd McBride, president and CEO of SOS Children's Villages Canada offers me the opportunity of exchanging on the capacity to use SOS's child care model.
August 17, 2015
Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario welcomes me at City Hall for a conversation about my project.
He knows people who have experienced the Great North. He commits to make the connection between a walking group of Rivières-du-Loup and this trekker during my passage through his city.
New actions will be possible during the next three months to make this project come to its full realization. Should you know someone who cares to give a hand, give away my nominal details so they can reach me.
Short radio interview with Régean Blais of Radio-Canada.
TV Interview on Radio-Canada with Jean Arel.
News report by Jean-François Gagnon in the Tribune of Sherbrooke.
Conference at Café Rico, 1215 Mont-Royal Avenue, Montreal, Qc.
Interview on CBC Montreal QC All in a weekend with Sonali Karnick.
September 28, 2015
Robert Éthier, mayor of my birth town, welcomes me in his home so that we can talk about my project. He shares his knowledge of First Nations issues with me.October 13, 2015
Lucie Pouliot, director of the Centre des femmes de Memphremagog, welcomes me at the Center to discuss the possibility of a conference on the subject of violence to women in the North and in the South.October 16, 2015
Gaetan Gamache, mayor of Rivière-du-Loup welcomes me in his office to talk about my project.He knows people who have experienced the Great North. He commits to make the connection between a walking group of Rivières-du-Loup and this trekker during my passage through his city.
October 20, 2015
The MP Pierre Reid helps by giving me 250 envelopes and postage stamps.
October 30, 2015
I'm happy to meet the president, Caroline Hervé and an affiliate member, Annie Baron, of the Association of Inuit women, Saturviit, to submit my project. They are very encouraging and promise support.
November 11, 2015
The mayor of Granby Bonin receives me in his office. The meeting, under the sign of friendliness, allows me to understand the functioning of cities. He promises me an article in the Voix de l'Est during my walk through Granby.
November 24, 2015
Photos with mayor Vicki May Hamm in Magog. Unconditional support and lots of encouragement.
November 25, 2015
My presence at Amnistie International assures a continuity of interest in my project No Child Should Have to Take the Long Way Home.November 30, 2015
In the context of actions to address violence against women, I gave a lecture on the lives of women in Nunavik.December 8h, 2015
In the context of oppression experienced by vulnerable women, I met with Aura Freedom International. Their hands-on implication and solutions for women striving to get educated and free from oppression is a road to be explored fully.January 4th, 2016
A telephone meeting to organize a needs assessment visit in one of the Nunavik village. Sponsored funds.January 5th, 2016
Supper-conference on the subject of vulnerable children on Boulevard Primeau in Châteauguay-also, on the obstacles women face to keep their children when separating due to violence. Animated discussion.January 9th, 2016
Conference on Rue Du Moulin in Magog-on the subject of abuse of women and children.
January 12th, 2016
Conference on Rue des Immortelles in Sherbrooke-on the subject of the conditions of the lives of women in Nunavik.
Jannuary 20th, 2016
While in Ogden for a few days, I give a talk to several users of the Standstead library describing the stages of my project.January 27th, 2016
An interview on the community TV regarding my walk project.February 2016
Time to recoup for planning the next big step-an evaluation of needs and existing resources.March 2016
Early morning interview with Susan Campbell of CBC Quebec City AM.Short radio interview with Régean Blais of Radio-Canada.
TV Interview on Radio-Canada with Jean Arel.
News report by Jean-François Gagnon in the Tribune of Sherbrooke.
April 2016
APTN presence.Conference at Café Rico, 1215 Mont-Royal Avenue, Montreal, Qc.
Interview on CBC Montreal QC All in a weekend with Sonali Karnick.
Prince Rupert Library
The employees of the Prince Rupert library agree to the signature of my petition addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Fort Fraser and Vanderhoof, Prince George
Family reunions led to sharing my project and the signature of the petition addressed to Justin Trudeau.
Williams Lake
Meeting with Friendship Society and reporter Monica Lamb-Yorski.
Squamish
Walked over to the reserves and compared how Natives and Non-Natives live in a city where there are two distinct populations.
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