Creating Bridges My Country Gives Easygoing It Smiles Bearing Its Teeth
Cultural Policy MRC OF BONAVENTURE 2021 Creating Bridges My country gives easygoing it smiles bearing its teeth My country, Is too big, shiny, smiling, large, easygoing; it takes, gives, barters, tinkers. With fists on its hips, it smiles bearing its teeth. Françoise Bujold, Lettres à toi qui n’es pas né au bord de l’eau This policy was adopted on 17 March 2021 Writing and coordination: Bruno Mainville Development Committee: Roch Audet, President, Mayor, Municipality of Bonaventure Mélissa Bélanger, Development Officer, Bonaventure MRC Cynthia Dow, Freelance writer for The Gaspe Spec David Felker, Manager of the Shigawake Music Fest and Development Officer, Projet Rural Thomas Martens, Manager, Paspebiac’s National Historic Site Chantal Molloy, Citizen, Bonaventure MRC Chantal Robitaille, Head of Cultural Department, Municipality of Paspebiac We’d like to thank: CASA, Committee for Anglophone Social Action; M. Jacques Pichat; M. Jeannot Bourdages, Historian; Paspebiac National Historic Site; Ms. Louise Cyr, Historian; M. Pn’nal Jerome, Cultural Development Officer, Gesgapegiag; Ms. Danielle Cyr, Linguist specialized in the study of Mi’gmaq language; MRC of Bonaventure team; Ms. Julie Pineault, Cultural Development Officer, MRC Côte-de-Gaspé; Ministère de la culture et des communications du Québec, notably its Regional Management team for Gaspe-Magdalen-Islands; M. Philippe Garon, Writer; M. David Lonergan, Writer, Teacher, Journalist; Ms. Véronique Beauchamp, Cultural Worker; and finally, the team at Culture Gaspésie. The Committee wishes to thank all who contributed to the development process by taking part in the public survey, the various consultations and the collection of data in our municipalities. Cover pictures: Steeple of the Bonaventure Church.
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