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Groupe de Recommandations et d’Action pour un Meilleur Environnement (GRAME) is committed to build resilient communities that live in heathy and sustainable environments. They lead various action-based projects that focus on direct interventions. environmental education and influence on decision-makers.

Grame is working as the project managers to select the trees with Concordia NGCI, source the trees and plants, coordinate the subsidies, plant and maintain the collective forest.

Parks Canada is a Canadian government agency with a mandate to protect and showcase the natural and cultural treasures of Canada, presenting evidence of this heritage to Canadians. It emphasizes understanding and appreciation of historical sites while ensuring their integrity for present and future generations.

Parks Canada's collaboration with the Forêt Collective initiative strengthens its commitment to environmental protection by participating in concrete actions such as tree planting around the Lachine Canal National Historic Site. Financial support for this initiative will help preserve ecosystems and iconic landscapes of this historically significant urban area, providing today's and tomorrow's generations with the opportunity to enjoy these natural wonders.

Through this initiative, Parks Canada contributes to the restoration of local ecosystems, the fight against climate change, and the preservation of biodiversity, while collaborating with local partners.

Carly Ziter is an assistant professor at Concordia University in the Department of Biology, and the Concordia University Research Chair in Urban Ecology and Sustainability. Carly leads a large research lab where she and her students collaborate closely with NGOs, government researchers, community scientists, local municipalities, and academics across a wide range of disciplines to better understand, map, manage, and monitor the nature in our cities.

Quo Vadis is a mission-driven real estate development company dedicated to consciously building communities through the preservation and adaptive reuse of historically significant buildings. Founded in 1993, their vision centers on repurposing heritage assets to create employment opportunities for entrepreneurs and foster vibrant local economies.

Quo Vadis eagerly partners with the Forêt Collective, recognizing the vital role urban greenspaces play in cultivating thriving communities. By supporting this citizen-led reforestation effort, they invest in Lachine's sustainable future and quality of life for residents. The biodiverse forest aligns with Quo Vadis' values of environmental stewardship and placemaking that enhances the character of neighborhoods.

Awe Exchange is a nonprofit laboratory exploring how to cultivate awe-based changemaking. Their work emphasizes awe's power to foster interconnectedness, curiosity, and wonder - key ingredients for strengthening collective climate action. Using insights from psychology and philosophy, they design awe-inspiring experiences.

Awe Exchange enthusiastically joins the Forêt Collective partnership, recognizing urban reforestation as a potent nature-based solution for sparking the transformative emotion of awe. By weaving awe activation throughout the planting process, they aim to deepen participants' connection to nature, community, and our collective role as climate caretakers.

The Federal government of Canada created this program to support organizations to plant 2 billion trees over 10 years to help Canada tackle the dual crisis of climate change and biodiversity loss.

This program is helping to fund our project through its affiliate Parks Canada.

Concordia University Next Generation Cities Institute

The NGCI fosters trans-disciplinary collaboration to shape sustainable urban development. It uses its research capacity to bring together disciplines to have an inclusive and universal approach that engages businesses, non-profit organisations and citizens to scale climate mitigations and preserving natural eco-systems.

NGCI will provide data collection through sensors and will engage its students to use the collective forest to test best practices. It will also assist in the selection of trees and plants to form an inclusive biodiverse system and help to mobilize citizens through educational events.

Lower Canada College (LCC) is a diverse, gender inclusive, K-12, university preparatory school committed to the fullest development of students and preparing them for success in a sustainable global society. LCC offers a host of opportunities, allowing students to try new things and stretch boundaries. Our outstanding facilities are complemented by innovative programming and teachers prepared to go the extra mile. As a global school, we promote understanding and learning of world cultures to introduce students to different ways of thinking and living. As an IB World School, LCC is the only English high school in the province to offer both the Middle Years and Diploma Programmes. We instil a sense of responsibility in our students, ensuring that they have the chance to make a difference in the lives of others. We pride ourselves on our leadership in education and teach in a way that captures the imagination.

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