Who are we?
About us
CITÉ (the Interdisciplinary Coalition for an Ecological Transition, or Coalition interdisciplinaire pour une transition écologique) is a non-profit organization created in 2020 by ESG UQAM students. It was born out of the need to bring together different disciplines to tackle environmental and social thinking in all its complexity.
CITÉ aims to be a laboratory, including at the level of governance, by adopting a sociocratic system that allows for accountability in decision-making.
Vision
In a context where climate change, biodiversity loss and social inequalities are accelerating, CITÉ understands the urgency to act with accountability to current and future generations. At its level, CITÉ aims to raise awareness in the student community and society at large, but also to influence the decision-making process of businesses and governments.
Values
Social and environmental justice
Critical and multidisciplinary approach
Equity and inclusion
Accountability
Vision
In a context where climate change, biodiversity loss and social inequalities are accelerating, CITÉ understands the urgency to act with accountability to current and future generations. At its level, CITÉ aims to raise awareness in the student community and society at large, but also to influence the decision-making process of businesses and governments.
Values
Social and environmental justice
Critical and multidisciplinary approach
Equity and inclusion
Accountability
Mission
To disseminate environmental and social thinking in all of ESG UQAM’s educational activities, particularly through research and knowledge transfer.
To mobilize and bring the student community together by organizing and supporting activities with a social and environmental focus.
Responding to the worldwide youth call for an ecological and social movement and representing ESG UQAM in that movement.
Meet the team
Do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to support our team, collaborate, join in or simply discuss with us! You can also suggest your most ambitious projects; we will be there to support them.
Charles Duprez
Co-Responsible
I am fascinated by Socioeconomics. I see CITÉ as a great meeting place for people who try to understand the world and to transform it.
Élizabeth Duboc
Co-Responsible
For me, CITÉ is a space to discuss environmental and social justice, and to work together to accelerate this transition to a fairer and more sustainable world.
Léa Goldman
Co-Responsible
Being involved in CITÉ is an opportunity for me to discuss various social and environmental issues while contributing to the creation of a better and fairer future.
Cheryl Collerette
Co-Responsible
For me, being part of CITE is part of a citizen mobilization, it is teamwork in action and it is the search for innovative solutions to environmental and social justice, with the goal of a healthier future.
Jérémie Viret
Co-Responsible
Passionate about cycling and aviation, I believe CITÉ is a very good example of how collective intelligence can work.
Zeynep Torun
Co-Responsible
Since I was a child, I was concerned about environmental and social issues. CITÉ has allowed me to find people who share the same values as me, who are curious by nature and who want to participate in the creation of a better world.
What is sociocraty?
Sociocraty at CITÉ
Sociocracy is a form of organization, communication and decision-making that breaks with the notion of hierarchy. It is an exercise that is both very concrete in terms of operations and very personal, and that questions our relationship with others and our reflexes of competition and domination.We at CITÉ all have the same decision-making power: we are free and accountable in our choices. Leadership at meetings is rotational so that no one is left out and no one benefits from instituted authority. Any idea can be suggested and debated at our meetings. If someone commits to follow up on an idea, the project is then integrated into our actions.
“It is not until we eliminate domination in all its forms that we will really create a rational, ecological society.” – Murray Bookchin
Join the team
CITÉ is growing! We are looking for talents to strengthen our team. Do you want to get involved to advance your university and put your ideas into action?