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Methinks if Dialogue NB has been reading the CBC Comment
Sections for the past year they would know that they have been ignoring
their original mandate far too long N'esy Pas?
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Facing a divided province, a non-profit strives for 'social cohesion' in New Brunswick
Dialogue NB throws out English-French communication mandate in favour of broader 'social cohesion'
At
a time when New Brunswick seems divided along language lines, a
non-profit group that was established almost 30 years ago to foster
better understanding between anglophones and francophones is trying to
reinvent itself.
Dialogue New Brunswick actually isn't even talking about language anymore.
It still wants to listen, if that's what New Brunswickers want to talk about, but it's "trying to change the conversation," said new CEO Nadine Duguay-Lemay.
The hope is that by expanding its horizons and being even more inclusive, all the barriers New Brunswickers see between each other will eventually come down.
To understand the starting point and how Dialogue is trying to change the game, Duguay-Lemay pointed to a recent community forum she facilitated in Miramichi.
It
was an unseasonably cold evening in late November and about 75 people
had turned out at the Carrefour Beausoleil community centre, compelled
by feelings of division, unease and a common desire to find a path
forward together.
Eight weeks had gone by since a contentious provincial election that saw predominantly francophone northern New Brunswick vote Liberal and predominantly anglophone southern New Brunswick vote Progressive Conservative, plus the rise of the Greens and People's Alliance — a party that wants to change some of the ways official bilingualism is implemented.
"There were people who had some serious comments about how they feel threatened and where they stand. But it was good to hear from both sides," said Guy Richard, a bilingual member of the francophone community in Miramichi who was invited to the event through the Chamber of Commerce.
Richard recalled one woman who spoke out about having fought for her rights as a francophone for a long time, and being frightened by the prospect of a lower level of service.
Then, he said, an English speaker stood up and sympathized with the woman, explaining that in recent years he had found it increasingly difficult to find a job as a person without French language skills. He said he couldn't imagine what it would be like to endure such a situation for 30 or 40 years, as she had, Richard recounted.
Nadine Duguay-Lemay speaks passionately about promoting "social cohesion" in New Brunswick. (Jennifer Sweet/CBC)
"It
was nice for that gentleman to acknowledge that, 'We do have concerns,
but we're acknowledging your concerns as well.' The whole conversation
after that changed."
Duguay-Lemay said that type of acknowledgement goes a long way to make a person feel heard and like they can trust the other person.
"As anywhere right now in the world, people crave having honest and open discussions," said Duguay-Lemay in an interview in late November.
"We're trying to create that safe space where people will feel that Dialogue NB is that voice that will be there, that's neutral, that listens to them."
It's a bit of a "pivot," to borrow her term, from the group's original mandate.
Dialogue NB was established in 1990 by leaders in the public, private and non-profit sectors, including Acadian author Antonine Maillet.
At the time, support was growing for the Confederation of Regions party, which was promising to repeal the Official Languages Act — "which, ironically, is very reflective as to what we're seeing again today," said Duguay-Lemay.
Many
New Brunswickers are feeling divided after the Sept 24 provincial
election. The electoral map shows a distinct divide among southern
anglophone voters and northern francophone voters. (CBC)
The
Higgs government recently announced that bilingual requirements for
paramedics, for example, will be relaxed in several mostly Anglophone
communities, a move which was promoted by the People's Alliance party
during the election campaign. Members of that party also question the
need to have separate school buses for francophone students.
Against
this political backdrop, Dialogue NB is trying to be more relevant to
New Brunswickers and to make this "a province where every person feels
valued, heard and where they belong."
"That's the vision," said Duguay-Lemay.
Some may say they have a long way to go.
Dugay-Lemay agreed there is much work to be done, but she also said it's not as bad as you might think.
When she took over as CEO last February, Duguay-Lemay said her first order of business was to try to get a sense of what people knew about Dialogue NB, if anything.
She did 200 individual consultations with New Brunswickers "from all walks of life."
While many people may remember seeing commercials for Dialogue NB, generally depicting scenes of francophones and anglophones trying to communicate with each other, 95 per cent of the people she interviewed could not identify a single program or initiative that the group offered.
"That speaks a lot about the branding of an organization that's 29 years old," she said.
Two-thirds of the people she talked to thought its mandate was to promote bilingualism.
A scene from a Dialogue NB ad released in 2014 featuring Alex Fancy and Mount Allison's bilingual theatre troupe, Tintamarre. (Dialogue NB)
While
Dialogue NB does accept the existing legal framework of official
bilingualism and minority language rights, Duguay-Lemay said its
original mission was simply to bring the English and French linguistic
communities closer together.
Unfortunately, that binary framework may have actually had an opposite effect.
"What I have found is as soon as you talk about two, what am I inviting people to do? — Is compare."
The original mandate was also problematic because it left a lot of people out of the conversation.
"First Nations, for instance, were saying, 'We feel excluded. What about us?'" she said.
"We can no longer have a discourse in New Brunswick, in the world, in Canada, in the era of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and not be inclusive. Nor can we ignore our newcomers," said Duguay-Lemay.
"New Brunswick is more than just its francophone and anglophone communities. There are ... 15 First Nation communities representative of 30,000 Indigenous people. Newcomers now represent four per cent of our demographics and that's going to keep going upward."
At their annual general meeting in June, Dialogue NB's board of directors agreed to a much broader focus that includes all cultural groups, all ages, all abilities, all sexual orientations.
And the goal they now pursue is social cohesion — a concept measured by things like how connected people feel to society, how much they trust each other, their willingness to collaborate, and having common goals.
At
the 2018 Lieutenant-Governor's Dialogue Awards ceremony, from back
left, Dialogue NB board member Pat O'Brien, Ron Cormier of Shediac Bay
Cruises, Lt-Gov. Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, her husband Ronald Vienneau,
Jean Surette and Veronique Wade of Music NB and Nadine Duguay-Lemay.
Front from left, Denise LeBlanc Cormier of Shediac Bay cruises and
Nicole Ozita Melanson, manager of communications and bilingual services
with the City of Moncton. (Rachelle Richard-Leger/Image Authentik)
"My
simple definition is just the willingness of you and I to collaborate
together to move this province forward," said Duguay-Lemay.
"Nobody argues with that. Nobody."
In these terms, she said, New Brunswick actually looks pretty good.
Across language groups, genders, and ages, New Brunswick is "fairly socially cohesive," compared to other places around the world.
The population segments that do need some attention, however, are those with special needs, the LGBTQ community, people with low incomes and Indigenous communities, she said.
"We know what we need to do. If we have an actual strategy and we can create a space, common spaces, virtual or physical for people to understand one another much better and enlarge it that it's not just our two linguistic communities ... we will move those data points very significantly," she said.
Duguay-Lemay
hopes to eventually put out an annual report card, the way the New
Brunswick Health Council does, so people can see any progress in the
"data points."
"Rather than 10,000 of everything that goes wrong, we can say, 'Well, you know what New Brunswick? This is where we're at and, hence, this is where we should focus,'" she said.
"We're not ignorant and we're not being naive about the statistics, but we won't achieve it by ... pulling each other apart.
"And we won't achieve it by arguing on Facebook platforms."
She could say that with some certainty because she had regularly made a point of reading the often nasty comments under articles that have to do with language and minorities.
One of the ways Dialogue NB is trying to raise the level of civil discourse is through a new youth program. It invited young people with ideas for social cohesion projects to submit them last August.
Valérie Foulem, 26, saw an ad on Facebook and was pleasantly surprised to find out Dialogue NB existed.
Valérie
Foulem, 26, of Nigadoo, is one of seven young people working on 'social
cohesion' projects through a new Dialogue NB youth program. She wants
to start an arts and cultural centre in the Bathurst area. (Marie Quaranta Photographie)
She was one of seven people chosen to participate out of more than 30 applicants.
Foulem's idea is to create an arts and cultural centre in the Bathurst area. It would include a studio space and room for artisans to display and sell what they make.
"There's a lot of beautiful arts and music and culture here, that we don't have as much of a space to explore," Foulem said.
"We have slices of the community can meet in places, but nowhere for everybody to gather."
Foulem said she is on the autism spectrum and works as a social worker and counsellor, and she hopes make it a little easier for "creatives," such as herself, to find their way in the Chaleur region.
"If you're a crafty, nerdy, creative kid, you tend to have a little bit more trouble feeling like you belong," she said. "You kind of feel like you're a little left out because sometimes we think a little bit differently than other people — not in a bad way — just in, like, a fun, eccentric way."
Foulem said she thinks an arts and cultural centre could foster social cohesion on other levels as well.
A
sampling of Valérie Foulem's creations. She says the Bathurst area
needs a place where people can make, display and sell their handicrafts
and where any member of the community would feel welcome. (Submitted by Valérie Foulem)
"There's a really wonderful article I read a long time ago about 'shouldering,'" she said.
"If you work on something next to someone — and it can be as simple as two people doing the dishes together — that keeps the conversation flowing because you're doing something with your hands. You have something to kind of fill the silence, like, 'I'm just going to really concentrate on this.'"
Foulem envisions people from various linguistic and cultural groups and all strata of society getting to know each other a little better as they work on projects in such a maker space.
It might seem far-fetched or overly simplistic to think that New Brunswick could bridge its linguistic divide by doing arts and crafts, but Duguay-Lemay thinks many small efforts along these lines can ultimately make a significant difference.
"Some people call me naive because I'm optimistic. I go through ups and downs every day. But I choose to have hope for this province," she said.
Her passion for the work could explain why she left a "very cushy" and "very comfortable" job in the banking industry to lead a non-profit that's "on very shaky ground," given the province's economic and political situation.
Nadine Duguay-Lemay says she's not naive about the difficulties, but she 'chooses to have hope' for the province. (Rachelle Richard-Leger/Image Authentik)
"When
this came about, everybody in my network discouraged me from applying —
except for my husband. I wanted the challenge of let's take a different
approach, let's change the conversation," she said.
"I care about the future of my province."
Duguay-Lemay describes herself as a "citizen of the world" and a "self-made person." She grew up in Tracadie, where her dad was a carpenter and her mom ran her own hairdressing business.
"She showed me determination."
Duguay-Lemay has lived away and come home again. She speaks three languages fluently — French, English and Spanish — and worked in the non-profit sector for several years before entering the corporate world.
And she has taken some strong corporate principles back with her into the non-profit realm.
She's trying to distance Dialogue NB from government, for example. Moving its office from Fredericton to Moncton was part of that.
She wants to find new sources of revenue — 90 per cent of its budget currently comes from the province — but hasn't quite figured out how to do that yet.
"I'm good, but I'm not that good."
She also has a healthy obsession with data and evidence-based decision making.
To
justify her optimism, for example, she points to the 50,000 views of
Dialogue NB's "Manifesto For Togetherness" video, the doubling of their
social media followers (about 2,700 now on Facebook), and the 50
communities that have pledged to work on social cohesion projects.
Dialogue NB has received some international affirmation as well. It was recently accepted into an accelerator program through +Acumen, an educational organization that works for social change. It will work with other non-profits from around the world during a six-week program starting in January, trying to commercialize and develop the export potential of its communities program.
"People think we're on to something," she said.
"This is bold of us, but we have the vision that New Brunswick can become a champion, a worldwide champion with respect to social cohesion.
"We need vision. We haven't been visionary enough in my opinion in the last decade."
"I'll give it my best. Hopefully, we're being relevant to New Brunswickers."
Dialogue New Brunswick actually isn't even talking about language anymore.
It still wants to listen, if that's what New Brunswickers want to talk about, but it's "trying to change the conversation," said new CEO Nadine Duguay-Lemay.
The hope is that by expanding its horizons and being even more inclusive, all the barriers New Brunswickers see between each other will eventually come down.
To understand the starting point and how Dialogue is trying to change the game, Duguay-Lemay pointed to a recent community forum she facilitated in Miramichi.
Eight weeks had gone by since a contentious provincial election that saw predominantly francophone northern New Brunswick vote Liberal and predominantly anglophone southern New Brunswick vote Progressive Conservative, plus the rise of the Greens and People's Alliance — a party that wants to change some of the ways official bilingualism is implemented.
"There were people who had some serious comments about how they feel threatened and where they stand. But it was good to hear from both sides," said Guy Richard, a bilingual member of the francophone community in Miramichi who was invited to the event through the Chamber of Commerce.
Richard recalled one woman who spoke out about having fought for her rights as a francophone for a long time, and being frightened by the prospect of a lower level of service.
Then, he said, an English speaker stood up and sympathized with the woman, explaining that in recent years he had found it increasingly difficult to find a job as a person without French language skills. He said he couldn't imagine what it would be like to endure such a situation for 30 or 40 years, as she had, Richard recounted.
'Safe space' needed
Duguay-Lemay said that type of acknowledgement goes a long way to make a person feel heard and like they can trust the other person.
"As anywhere right now in the world, people crave having honest and open discussions," said Duguay-Lemay in an interview in late November.
"We're trying to create that safe space where people will feel that Dialogue NB is that voice that will be there, that's neutral, that listens to them."
It's a bit of a "pivot," to borrow her term, from the group's original mandate.
Born out of linguistic division
Dialogue NB was established in 1990 by leaders in the public, private and non-profit sectors, including Acadian author Antonine Maillet.
At the time, support was growing for the Confederation of Regions party, which was promising to repeal the Official Languages Act — "which, ironically, is very reflective as to what we're seeing again today," said Duguay-Lemay.
"That's the vision," said Duguay-Lemay.
Some may say they have a long way to go.
Dugay-Lemay agreed there is much work to be done, but she also said it's not as bad as you might think.
Consultations reveal image problems
When she took over as CEO last February, Duguay-Lemay said her first order of business was to try to get a sense of what people knew about Dialogue NB, if anything.
She did 200 individual consultations with New Brunswickers "from all walks of life."
While many people may remember seeing commercials for Dialogue NB, generally depicting scenes of francophones and anglophones trying to communicate with each other, 95 per cent of the people she interviewed could not identify a single program or initiative that the group offered.
"That speaks a lot about the branding of an organization that's 29 years old," she said.
Two-thirds of the people she talked to thought its mandate was to promote bilingualism.
Unfortunately, that binary framework may have actually had an opposite effect.
"What I have found is as soon as you talk about two, what am I inviting people to do? — Is compare."
The original mandate was also problematic because it left a lot of people out of the conversation.
"First Nations, for instance, were saying, 'We feel excluded. What about us?'" she said.
"We can no longer have a discourse in New Brunswick, in the world, in Canada, in the era of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report and not be inclusive. Nor can we ignore our newcomers," said Duguay-Lemay.
"New Brunswick is more than just its francophone and anglophone communities. There are ... 15 First Nation communities representative of 30,000 Indigenous people. Newcomers now represent four per cent of our demographics and that's going to keep going upward."
Targeting disenfranchised groups
At their annual general meeting in June, Dialogue NB's board of directors agreed to a much broader focus that includes all cultural groups, all ages, all abilities, all sexual orientations.
And the goal they now pursue is social cohesion — a concept measured by things like how connected people feel to society, how much they trust each other, their willingness to collaborate, and having common goals.
"Nobody argues with that. Nobody."
In these terms, she said, New Brunswick actually looks pretty good.
Across language groups, genders, and ages, New Brunswick is "fairly socially cohesive," compared to other places around the world.
The population segments that do need some attention, however, are those with special needs, the LGBTQ community, people with low incomes and Indigenous communities, she said.
"We know what we need to do. If we have an actual strategy and we can create a space, common spaces, virtual or physical for people to understand one another much better and enlarge it that it's not just our two linguistic communities ... we will move those data points very significantly," she said.
"Rather than 10,000 of everything that goes wrong, we can say, 'Well, you know what New Brunswick? This is where we're at and, hence, this is where we should focus,'" she said.
"We're not ignorant and we're not being naive about the statistics, but we won't achieve it by ... pulling each other apart.
"And we won't achieve it by arguing on Facebook platforms."
She could say that with some certainty because she had regularly made a point of reading the often nasty comments under articles that have to do with language and minorities.
Peace by crafting?
One of the ways Dialogue NB is trying to raise the level of civil discourse is through a new youth program. It invited young people with ideas for social cohesion projects to submit them last August.
Valérie Foulem, 26, saw an ad on Facebook and was pleasantly surprised to find out Dialogue NB existed.
Foulem's idea is to create an arts and cultural centre in the Bathurst area. It would include a studio space and room for artisans to display and sell what they make.
"There's a lot of beautiful arts and music and culture here, that we don't have as much of a space to explore," Foulem said.
"We have slices of the community can meet in places, but nowhere for everybody to gather."
Foulem said she is on the autism spectrum and works as a social worker and counsellor, and she hopes make it a little easier for "creatives," such as herself, to find their way in the Chaleur region.
"If you're a crafty, nerdy, creative kid, you tend to have a little bit more trouble feeling like you belong," she said. "You kind of feel like you're a little left out because sometimes we think a little bit differently than other people — not in a bad way — just in, like, a fun, eccentric way."
Foulem said she thinks an arts and cultural centre could foster social cohesion on other levels as well.
"If you work on something next to someone — and it can be as simple as two people doing the dishes together — that keeps the conversation flowing because you're doing something with your hands. You have something to kind of fill the silence, like, 'I'm just going to really concentrate on this.'"
Foulem envisions people from various linguistic and cultural groups and all strata of society getting to know each other a little better as they work on projects in such a maker space.
Left 'cushy' job to pursue passion
It might seem far-fetched or overly simplistic to think that New Brunswick could bridge its linguistic divide by doing arts and crafts, but Duguay-Lemay thinks many small efforts along these lines can ultimately make a significant difference.
"Some people call me naive because I'm optimistic. I go through ups and downs every day. But I choose to have hope for this province," she said.
Her passion for the work could explain why she left a "very cushy" and "very comfortable" job in the banking industry to lead a non-profit that's "on very shaky ground," given the province's economic and political situation.
"I care about the future of my province."
Duguay-Lemay describes herself as a "citizen of the world" and a "self-made person." She grew up in Tracadie, where her dad was a carpenter and her mom ran her own hairdressing business.
"She showed me determination."
Duguay-Lemay has lived away and come home again. She speaks three languages fluently — French, English and Spanish — and worked in the non-profit sector for several years before entering the corporate world.
And she has taken some strong corporate principles back with her into the non-profit realm.
She's trying to distance Dialogue NB from government, for example. Moving its office from Fredericton to Moncton was part of that.
She wants to find new sources of revenue — 90 per cent of its budget currently comes from the province — but hasn't quite figured out how to do that yet.
"I'm good, but I'm not that good."
She also has a healthy obsession with data and evidence-based decision making.
Dialogue NB has received some international affirmation as well. It was recently accepted into an accelerator program through +Acumen, an educational organization that works for social change. It will work with other non-profits from around the world during a six-week program starting in January, trying to commercialize and develop the export potential of its communities program.
"People think we're on to something," she said.
"This is bold of us, but we have the vision that New Brunswick can become a champion, a worldwide champion with respect to social cohesion.
"We need vision. We haven't been visionary enough in my opinion in the last decade."
"I'll give it my best. Hopefully, we're being relevant to New Brunswickers."
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Dialogue NB's bold new vision
Tensions sociales : Dialogue NB propose son aide
L'organisme Dialogue NB offre
son aide aux quatre partis politiques du Nouveau-Brunswick qui ont fait
élire des candidats lundi pour surmonter leurs divisions et « trouver
une voie vers une plus grande cohésion centrale ».
Le
résultat des élections révèle qu’il est temps de changer de discours
dans la province, estime Nadine Duguay-Lemay, présidente-directrice
générale de Dialogue NB.
Ça veut
dire justement de mettre le cap sur la cohésion sociale,
explique-t-elle. C’est de trouver les points communs que nous avons et
sans avoir une critique sur ce qu’on a observé dans les derniers jours.Je peux
vous dire que notre boîte courriel et nos médias sociaux ont été inondés
de messages de gens qui faisaient appel à nos services et qui disaient
que s’il y a un temps pour le dialogue, le voilà. C’est pour ça que nous
répondons à l’appel, souligne Mme Duguay-Lemay.À lire aussi :
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Aucun parti politique n’a remporté la majorité des
circonscriptions électorales. Le gouvernement minoritaire, peu importe
sa couleur, devra s’entendre avec les autres partis pour gouverner la
province.
Dialogue NB propose un groupe d’experts pour guider les discussions.
Nos experts
en résidence, il y en a cinq, sont prêts à travailler avec eux, à
essayer d’apporter ce sentiment de collaboration. Qu’importe ce qui va
se passer, les chiffres ne sont pas en faveur d’un parti ou de l’autre.
C’est un gouvernement minoritaire, il va falloir qu’il y ait du dialogue
d’une façon ou d’une autre, affirme Nadine Duguay-Lemay.
Dialogue NB est un organisme sans but lucratif dirigé par
un conseil d'administration bénévole dont le mandat est d'aider le
Nouveau-Brunswick à devenir une société plus solidaire. L'organisme crée
des programmes et des initiatives pour contribuer à motiver les
communautés et les personnes à vivre ensemble en toute harmonie et dans
le respect et la reconnaissance de chacun à titre de membre de la
société.
Dialogue NB offers support to political parties in the
aftermath of provincial election
By Nadine Duguay|September 27th, 2018|Uncategorized|0
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Election
results reveal urgent need to change the provincial conversation toward social
cohesion
Moncton, September 27, 2018
Dialogue New Brunswick is reaching
out to all four political parties that won seats in the New Brunswick
Legislative Assembly on Monday to help them find ways to overcome the divisiveness
that was expressed at the polls and find a path toward greater social cohesion.
« The election results send a clear
signal that it’s time to change the conversation in New Brunswick », says
Nadine Duguay, CEO of Dialogue New Brunswick. « There is an urgent need to find
ways to talk to each other and build greater understanding, trust and
cooperation if we are to grow and prosper together as a province. Dialogue NB
is here to help. »
In June of this year, Dialogue New
Brunswick announced it was taking the mantle of social cohesion. Its new slogan
« One New Brunswick, together » became the rallying cry for the organization
that vowed to champion and celebrate social cohesion across civil society by
identifying ways to promote understanding, respect and harmony among all in an
increasingly diverse province. In the few months since, key actions have
included launching programs to provide leadership and support to New
Brunswickers from all communities, cultural backgrounds and walks of life so
they can identify what they share in order to work better together to create
the conditions that will allow each person living in the province to feel
valued, heard and that they belong. Dialogue NB is now offering political
parties and other organizations to join in this mission.
The organization mandated five
Experts in Residence with helping guide the conversation, including Stephany
Peterson, a PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick. « Dialogue NB is
ready with boots on the ground to be of service to our government and fellow
New Brunswickers. We have heard the call of our province, and we are ready,
willing and able to mobilize to respond. Rather than dwell in the fear of
uncertainty and scurry to rely on the familiar, let us instead embrace this
situation to see what role identity factors have played for this political
landscape, and map a new course in the context of social cohesion to effect
change.» says Ms. Peterson.
« The election results will embolden
those of us who believe in our province’s potential », says sociologist Mathieu
Wade, also Dialogue Expert in Residence. « We have to embrace this unchartered
territory and see it as an opportunity to reshape our provincial conversation.
New Brunswickers are demanding it. »
About Dialogue NB
Dialogue is a non-profit organization, led by a volunteer board of directors, with a mandate to help the Province of New Brunswick be a more socially cohesive community. The organization develops programs and initiatives to help inspire communities and individuals to live together in greater harmony – respecting all people as valued members of society.
Resident experts are available for
interviews. For more information, please contact:
Nadine Duguay Lemay
Chef Executive Officer
nadine.duguay@dialoguenb.org
506-850-1457
Chef Executive Officer
nadine.duguay@dialoguenb.org
506-850-1457
Dialogue NB unveils action plan for social cohesion
By admin|August
2nd, 2018|Uncategorized|0
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Dialogue NB unveils action plan for
social cohesion
The organization focuses on
community-based strategies
(New Brunswick – August 2, 2018) Six
weeks after announcing a new vision for social cohesion in New Brunswick under
the new slogan One New Brunswick, Together, Dialogue NB outlined three
programs intended to foster cohesion and understanding across the province amid
increasing cultural diversity.
Dialogue New Brunswick is taking a
decidedly community-based approach by launching the Dialogue Communities
program. The organization is reaching out to all municipalities to invite
them to join the program and help them create the conditions for cohesion at
home. “Our goal is to create an environment where New Brunswickers of all
backgrounds feel accepted, valued and understood”, says Nadine Duguay-Lemay,
CEO of Dialogue NB. “It’s important that communities themselves play a
leadership role because the 104 municipalities all have their own particular
challenges and opportunities. More and more mayors and other local leaders are
stepping up and we want to partner with them. We can have the most impact at
the community level.”
Joining the program comes with a
commitment to set objectives of promoting a sense of belonging and trust among
the diverse groups within the community while fighting marginalization and
exclusion.
Communities will appoint a Dialogue Community Leader and form a
Social Cohesion Committee tasked with finding ways of overcoming challenges to
cohesion in their communities and organizing events that promote it. Dialogue
NB will organize annual provincial symposiums for local leaders and provide
ongoing support including toolkits, event templates and a visible presence on
social media platforms.
The recruitment process is underway and several
municipalities have already expressed acute interest.
Dialogue NB fully recognizes the
importance of youth in leading the charge on social cohesion and is therefore
creating the Youth Cohesion Lab that will assemble seven leaders aged 15
to 30 from seven communities over seven months. Through this program, Dialogue
NB is looking to help young passionate and innovative leaders bring their big
ideas to life by giving them funding along with opportunities to develop the
skills and knowledge they need to bring about significant change in their
communities. The seven young leaders selected will work with innovation leaders
from Atlantic Lottery, Market Gravity and the National Bank of Canada who will
coach them in design thinking and agile methodology. Nominations to the program
are opened until September 15. “Atlantic Lotto is excited to help New
Brunswick’s young innovators shape the future of their communities through
their bold ideas and actions”, says Jean-Marc Landry, Director of Innovation at
Atlantic Lotto. “We need to look at how we can evolve and prosper together as a
province.”
Meanwhile, Dialogue NB is working on
a province-wide social cohesion strategy by enlisting five recognized experts
as part of its Experts in Residence program. The group is mandated with
designing a comprehensive strategy with clear indicators, namely by identifying
contributing factors like shared values and goals and the challenges that
impede cohesion. Members have been chosen for their expertise in their
respective cultural communities and will serve as spokespeople on the topic.
Members are
:• D.J. Joseph is a longtime Elsipogtog First Nation
Administrator with expertise in cross-cultural relations between native and
non-native communities and a solid understanding of economic development.
• Kim Nash McInley is a
former Chief of Saint Mary’s First Nation and a recipient of the Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her twenty-year commitment
and dedication to improving the living conditions of off-reserve Aboriginals.
• Stephany Peterson is a PhD
student at the University of New Brunswick whose research focuses on the
promotion of understanding through the sharing of stories.
• Reem Fayyad Abdel Samad is
a Research Analyst at the New Brunswick Health Council with vast knowledge on
immigrants’ health and well-being.
• Mathieu Wade is a Lecturer
at the Université de Moncton and an expert on the French- language minority in
New Brunswick. He holds a PhD in sociology.
In June of 2018, Dialogue NB
announced it was embarking on a new path and moving beyond its original mission
of promoting understanding between French and English communities as set out at
the time of its creation in 1989 to now include First Nations and other diverse
cultural communities that are making a significant impact in the province. A
new mandate was adopted as a result of over 200 consultations across the
province. “These initiatives will put cohesion front and centre and allow
people to lead change where they live”, says Nadine Duguay Lemay. “We want to
give them the tools to do that and create a positive momentum so we can all
thrive together.”
About Dialogue NB
Dialogue NB is a non-profit
organization, led by a volunteer board of directors, with a mandate to help the
Province of New Brunswick be a more socially cohesive community.
The organization develops programs
and initiatives to help inspire communities and individuals to live together in
greater harmony – respecting and celebrating all people as valued members of
society.
For more information:
Nadine Duguay Lemay
Chief Executive Officer | Présidente
directrice-générale nadine.duguay@dialoguenb.org
506-850-1457
Nadine Duguay-Lemay
Chief Executive Officer
Nadine Duguay-Lemay has been Chief Executive Officer of Dialogue NB since February 2018.
Her personal and professional background is characterized by her strong community and social involvement and her desire to create a more inclusive and tolerant society.
She is known for her visionary spirit and her remarkable skills as a leader, unifier and strategist. A skilled communicator, she can speak French, English and Spanish.
Nadine Duguay-Lemay has acquired a wide variety of experience in the public, private and community sectors. She loves to share her expertise by acting as a mentor for various programs in the community.
After working as a manager and marketing executive for the Agropur Dairy Cooperative, she founded and directed The Compello Institute of Language, a language training school in Miramichi. She then became Executive Director of the Dieppe Arts and Culture Centre and 21inc. Before joining Dialogue NB, Nadine Duguay-Lemay was Director, Regional marketing at National Bank.
Nadine Duguay-Lemay’s career has taken an atypical course through language instruction, entrepreneurship, management and leadership development.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Université de Moncton and a certificate in contemporary management. She is a graduate of NBCC St. Andrews where she completed a diploma in international business. She is also a Certified International Trade Practicioner and holds diplomas in international trade from the Forum for International Trade Training.
A tireless volunteer, Nadine was a delegate and current chair of the New Brunswick Committee for the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference. She is also known for having established numerous community networks, including the Women of Miramichi Entrepreneurial Network,
Miramichi Young Professional & Involved Entrepreneurs Network (MYPIE) and Rotary Resurgo, of which she remains an active member.
Contact:
nadine.duguay@dialoguenb.org
Cell: (506) 850-1457
Lyne Paquet
Chief Financial Officer
Lyne Paquet has been working with Dialogue New Brunswick since January 2018.
As a member with experience in financial management within our group at Dialogue New Brunswick, Lyne Paquet uses her expert skills in accounting to manage our organization’s finances in a professional manner.
Her career path is characterized by her commitment to the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour.
Originally from northwestern New Brunswick, Ms. Paquet graduated from the Université de Moncton with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
Good with numbers, she has held various positions within the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour as a budget manager, Director of Financial Services, Director General of Departmental Services, and as Senior Director of Finance.
Her career path continued in 1979 until 1988, when she worked at the Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne in Fredericton, where she held the positions of Assistant Director and Acting Director General.
Lyne Paquet has more than 37 years of experience in financial management, allowing her accounting expertise to radiate within the Dialogue New Brunswick organization.
Beatrice Fournier RAMADE
Executive Assistant
Béatrice Ramade is originally from France and has completed a college diploma in tourism.
From the moment she and her family arrived in New Brunswick in 2012, she put her administrative and organizational skills to use at different local compagnies and she invested herself in the immigrants’ community in Greater Moncton.
Eric Melanson
Communications Coordinator
Eric has recently graduated from École Mathieu-Martin in Dieppe with honours and will be attending the Université de Moncton in the fall. An avid squash player and competitor, he is currently a candidate for the 2019 Canada Winter Games – Red Deer.
Who
and what is Dialogue NB
Dialogue NB is a non-profit
organization, led by a volunteer board of directors, with a mandate to help the
Province of New Brunswick to be a more socially cohesive community. The
organization develops programs and initiatives to help inspire communities and
individuals to live together in greater harmony – respecting and celebrating
all people as valued members of society.
The ultimate hope is to contribute
to the social cohesion of our province.
History
Dialogue New Brunswick was born in
the autumn of 1989 in a political climate that threatened to polarize members
of English- and French-speaking communities. Radical voices were raised in an
often angry debate about the benefits of bilingualism.
“The word ‘dialogue’ says it all,”
said author Antonine Maillet, co-chair of DNB’s original public forum. “To have
them (Anglophones and Francophones) look at each other and have them enrich
each other mutually. And especially to have them looking in the same
direction.”
Dialogue New Brunswick set itself
apart from every other organization of the day by eschewing political or
economic goals. Its sole aim was to be a catalyst to get French- and
English-speaking people to talk and listen to each other. That focus has been
the driving force for Dialogue during most of its existence.
After many years of striving to
unite the linguistic communities in the province, Dialogue NB made a historic
change in 2018. The new Chief Executive Officer, Nadine Duguay-Lemay,
redirected the organization towards a reimagined mission. Dialogue NB adopted a
new mission focused on social cohesion that takes into account NB’s changing
reality and new challenges
.
This change does not bring into
question or terminate Dialogue’s interest in uniting English- and French-speaking
communities, but recognizes the many communities that lay the groundwork for
and will be part of the New Brunswick of tomorrow.
This new, reimagined mission is as
follows: “To champion and celebrate social cohesion through understanding,
respect, and harmony among all New Brunswickers.”
Dialogue’s slogan has also changed
to fit Dialogue NB’s new mission and has become: “One New Brunswick, together,” focused on including all groups.
Programs that are more ambitious
than ever also accompany this change. Projects like Residency Expert,
Communities Dialogue, Youth Social Cohesion Lab, Cultural Cafe and a revamped
Dialogue Friend program, are just some examples of this increased involvement.
BOARD MEMBERS
Current
Board Members
Abby Pond, Co-Chair
St Stephen
St Stephen
Natacha Connelly Bosse, Co-Chair
Fredericton
Fredericton
Gilles Deveaux, Secretary-Treasurer
Bathurst
Bathurst
Lori-Ann Cyr
Edmundston
Edmundston
Nick Scott
Fredericton
Fredericton
Maxime Bourgeois
Memramcook
Memramcook
Michael Mersereau
Miramichi
Miramichi
Mirelle Cyr
Moncton
Moncton
Inda Intiar
Moncton
Moncton
Past Board Members
Since
its inception, Dialogue New Brunswick has benefitted greatly from the volunteer
efforts of talented members of its board of directors.
We acknowledge the support of all who have helped lay the foundation and continue our work throughout the years.
Those who have served on our board include:
We acknowledge the support of all who have helped lay the foundation and continue our work throughout the years.
Those who have served on our board include:
Russell, Jim (Rothesay) 1994
Volpé, Gilles (Fredericton) 1994
White, Mélanie 1994
Carrier, Michel (Fredericton) 1995
Cyr, Georges (Edmundston) 1995
Coughlan, Joe (Saint John) 1995
Lajoie, Claudette (Pointe-Verte) 1995
Marcoux, Jeannette (Dieppe) 1995
Myers, Richard (Fredericton) 1995
Palmer, Emily (Sussex) 1995
Wellige, Rainer (Cap-Pelé) 1995
Clark, Emily (Woodstock) 1996
Doherty, Mary (Saint John) 1996
Fleming, Berkeley (Sackville) 1996
McKibbon, Clarence 1997
Bouffard, Viviane 1998
Haché, Patrick (Moncton) 1998
O’Regan, Karla 1998
Soucie, Anne (Edmundston) 1998
Carleton, Gail (Dalhousie) 1999
King, John (Rothesay) 1999
Volpé, Gilles (Fredericton) 1994
White, Mélanie 1994
Carrier, Michel (Fredericton) 1995
Cyr, Georges (Edmundston) 1995
Coughlan, Joe (Saint John) 1995
Lajoie, Claudette (Pointe-Verte) 1995
Marcoux, Jeannette (Dieppe) 1995
Myers, Richard (Fredericton) 1995
Palmer, Emily (Sussex) 1995
Wellige, Rainer (Cap-Pelé) 1995
Clark, Emily (Woodstock) 1996
Doherty, Mary (Saint John) 1996
Fleming, Berkeley (Sackville) 1996
McKibbon, Clarence 1997
Bouffard, Viviane 1998
Haché, Patrick (Moncton) 1998
O’Regan, Karla 1998
Soucie, Anne (Edmundston) 1998
Carleton, Gail (Dalhousie) 1999
King, John (Rothesay) 1999
Roy,
Nicole 1999
Guérette, Christianne (Fredericton) 2000
Batt-Melanson, Laura (Fredericton) 2000
Allain, Edouard (New Maryland) 2001
Bonnell, Don (Saint John) 2001
Dobson, Jodi (Fredericton) 2001
Keith, Greg (Picadilly) 2001
LeBlanc, Alban (Moncton) 2001
Williams, Joni Patricia (Miramichi) 2001
Duguay, Chantal (Campbellton) 2002
Godin, Sylvain (Petit-Rocher) 2002
Haché , Serge (Shippagan) 2002
Liette Clément(Bathurst) 2002
Long, Beatrice (Grand Falls) 2002
Snow, Odette (Moncton) 2002
Washburn, Jane C. (Hampton) 2002
Furlong, Dennis (Dalhousie) 2003
Macleod, Ken (Moncton) 2003
Spangenberg, Rolf (Rothesay) 2003
Paulin, Father J. Stanislas (Miramichi) 2004
Thériault, Lauréat (Edmundston) 2004
Guérette, Christianne (Fredericton) 2000
Batt-Melanson, Laura (Fredericton) 2000
Allain, Edouard (New Maryland) 2001
Bonnell, Don (Saint John) 2001
Dobson, Jodi (Fredericton) 2001
Keith, Greg (Picadilly) 2001
LeBlanc, Alban (Moncton) 2001
Williams, Joni Patricia (Miramichi) 2001
Duguay, Chantal (Campbellton) 2002
Godin, Sylvain (Petit-Rocher) 2002
Haché , Serge (Shippagan) 2002
Liette Clément(Bathurst) 2002
Long, Beatrice (Grand Falls) 2002
Snow, Odette (Moncton) 2002
Washburn, Jane C. (Hampton) 2002
Furlong, Dennis (Dalhousie) 2003
Macleod, Ken (Moncton) 2003
Spangenberg, Rolf (Rothesay) 2003
Paulin, Father J. Stanislas (Miramichi) 2004
Thériault, Lauréat (Edmundston) 2004
Chiasson,
Nathalie (Shippagan) 2005
Irving, Sandra (Saint John) 2005
McKay, Kimberly (Fredericton) 2005
Barrett Smith, Sharron (Woodstock) 2007
Cain,Kelly (Fredericton) 2007
Fancy, Alex (Sackville) 2007
Papadopoulos, Janine (Fredericton) 2008
Sullivan, Ryan (Fredericton) 2008
Chouinard, Yves (Campbellton) 2010
Charest, Léo-Paul (Edmundston) 2015
Chiasson, Paul-Émile (Saint John) 2015
Jenkins, Cyndi (Fredericton) 2015
Whitehead, Jennifer (Fredericton) 2015
Choptiany, Stan (St. Andrews) 2016
Farn, Calla (Connell) 2016
Raymond, Lyne (Campbellton) 2017
Tarjan, Roxanne (Saint John) 2017
Horgan, Christianne Vachon (Saint John)
Thériault , Camille (Caraquet)
Irving, Sandra (Saint John) 2005
McKay, Kimberly (Fredericton) 2005
Barrett Smith, Sharron (Woodstock) 2007
Cain,Kelly (Fredericton) 2007
Fancy, Alex (Sackville) 2007
Papadopoulos, Janine (Fredericton) 2008
Sullivan, Ryan (Fredericton) 2008
Chouinard, Yves (Campbellton) 2010
Charest, Léo-Paul (Edmundston) 2015
Chiasson, Paul-Émile (Saint John) 2015
Jenkins, Cyndi (Fredericton) 2015
Whitehead, Jennifer (Fredericton) 2015
Choptiany, Stan (St. Andrews) 2016
Farn, Calla (Connell) 2016
Raymond, Lyne (Campbellton) 2017
Tarjan, Roxanne (Saint John) 2017
Horgan, Christianne Vachon (Saint John)
Thériault , Camille (Caraquet)
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