OUR MISSION
Making our buildings, our streets, our neighborhoods and our urban agglomerations more viable.
Vivre en Ville is paving the way for the necessary transformations of the territory and our communities.
Our approach focuses on frugality and efficiency in land use, spatial proximity, and strengthening solidarity to support the fulfillment of all, cultivate vibrant communities, protect the health of ecosystems, and weather crises.
For over 30 years, Vivre en Ville has put boldness, thoroughness, and collaboration to work for the common good. By combining diverse and complementary expertise in planning, mobility, food systems, housing, and greening, our team develops strategies tailored to each context and deployed at every scale.
Vivre en Ville is a non-profit recognized for its contributions to public debate as well as its extensive publications and its training, outreach, and advisory services throughout Québec.
Research and innovation
Always at the cutting edge of research, we seek, compile and analyze worldwide examples of best practices, adapting the lessons learned from them to Quebec’s particular context. Vivre en Ville’s research results have been applied to pilot projects, contributing to the implementation of many innovative projects.
Tools and training
Vivre en Ville offers a wide range of training workshops, from general or thematic conferences to technical workshops. Activities can be adapted and customized to suit an audience of citizens, elected officials or professionals. A series of guides, case studies, fact sheets, multimedia tools and online resources are also available.
Consulting
We offer a variety of consulting services that may be tailored to the particular needs of municipalities, public institutions or businesses, thanks to the varied skills of its multidisciplinary team. Services are intended for municipalities, public institutions and private corporations, and are based on the diverse competencies of a multidisciplinary team.
Advocacy
Vivre en Ville regularly takes a stand, often in partnership with stakeholders, on current issues by getting involved in public debate, by calling upon decision-makers and by publishing reports. The organization contributes to the evolution of practices as well as budgetary and public policy choices toward a framework that is more conducive to the development of sustainable communities.
Awareness
Vivre en Ville has developed a specialized expertise in raising public awareness of various issues associated with sustainable communities. Publications, conferences and personalized advising center around campaigns and public awareness tours. For example, we organize an awareness week on public transit and active transportation as part of the international «Car-free day».
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