AT A GLANCE 2012 Action Plan 2007-2017 - Plan d´action 2007-2017

Montréal: A Cultural City, A Sustainable CityThe end of 2012 brought the end to a major awareness program supported by the 19 boroughs. Bylocal decrees, they all agreed to work toward the recognition by the United Nations of culture asthe fourth pillar of sustainable development. (The other three are the social, environmental andeconomic aspects.) The boroughs thereby affirmed their commitment to identify cultural actionsin their sustainable development planning or adopt cultural policies.Locally, informal discussions were hosted by the partners of the Plan de développement durable dela collectivité montréalaise and webcasted in collaboration with La Vitrine culturelle de Montréal,CIBL 101.5, the Conférence régionale en environnement de Montréal and the Conférence régionaledes élus de Montréal. On the agenda:• Cadrer le réel, by Péristyle Nomade, a cultural mediation project focused on social outreachand the population’s view of the city;• the installation of murals by Mu, for the improvement of neighbourhood living spaces;• the Quartiers disparus exhibition and Centre d’histoire de Montréal “memory clinics” to givecitizens ownership of their history, and its impact on society;• education programs from the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts that promote public inclusionand cultural awareness, particularly among disadvantaged groups;• the Charte de développement durable des musées, written by members of the Société desmusées québécois and inspired by the principles of Agenda 21 for culture;• the radio program Mission Durable CIBL, exploring the relationship between culture and sustainabledevelopment, and concrete examples of it in Montréal.66