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Cultural events in September 2020

In 2020, the circuit Discover my city allowed us to discover many places and cultures both in Quebec and abroad.

What does culture mean?

"Culture, in its broadest sense, is considered to be the set of distinctive features, spiritual and material, intellectual and emotional, which characterize a society or social group. It includes, in addition to the arts and letters, ways of life, fundamental human rights, value systems, traditions and beliefs."
This is a Mexico City Declaration on Cultural Policies. World Conference on Cultural Policies, Mexico City, July 26 - August 6, 1982.

Effects of immigration

Men immigrate either to find work or to be in an environment favorable to their development. They experience daily and repeated discriminations of social class and ethnic origin. The society to which they belong could hold up a distorting mirror of their inability to fit in. Seduced by the mirage of equal opportunities, they integrate humiliations in place of a desire for recognition that remains without echo. Discrimination does not, however, condemn these paths to failure. But social success comes at the price of overcoming them.

What do these cultural encounters bring?

The Rendez-vous culturels offer a variety of activities designed to improve newcomers' knowledge of spoken and written French and to familiarize them with Quebec history and culture. For this edition, many activities are offered in places and cultural institutions in the region. This group of Quebecers of foreign origins that we are, offered hospitality to our brothers and sisters who were entitled to visits and meetings. 

"The Cultural Rendezvous are held in a playful setting, which promotes socialization. Bonds are created with the new community. This facilitates integration," says Robinson Ngametche, Director of Découvrir ma cité.

As activities we had:

  • The third cultural outing in the context of the pandemic. A city tour to discover the main elements of Quebec City's cultural heritage: the Discover my citya special course dedicated to immigrants that focuses on the role and contribution of immigrants to the development and influence of Quebec City.
  • The discovery of the material and immaterial culture of Quebec City. Visitors to this original tour keep saying thank you to the city for its financial support for the development of this project.