History
Building Bridges
Founded on the conviction that culture is a powerful means of connection, La Boîte interculturelle was born from a simple desire: to build bridges between people, territories, and cultures.
Since its inception, the organization has designed and supported artistic and human projects that foster intercultural dialogue, particularly in rural areas.
By focusing on encounter, listening, and co-creation, La Boîte interculturelle has gradually established itself as a space for genuine connections, where diversity becomes a shared asset.
Rural areas are full of voices, stories, and talents that shape our communities.
10 years in the field. 10 years of connections made
2025
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast – African Performing Arts Forum
- Visa for Music – Rabat, Morocco
- Screenings of Champs d’artistes short films (Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Rivière-Ouelle, Lejeune, Montreal, l’Islet)
- National Indigenous Peoples Day – Lejeune
- Communication Plan
- Conference Provincial Council of Cultural Societies – New Brunswick
- Franco Mobilization – Montreal
- Strategic Planning – 2-day Quebec
- Official launch of the Champs d’artistes project | Quebec Museum of Food and Agriculture
- Editing of short films from Champs d’artistes
2024
- Capacity Building Project – strategic planning and communication plan
- Visa for Music, Rabat, Morocco
- Workshop – Quebec Intercultural Encounters Week, Saint-Stanislas
- Workshop – Le Tremplin School, Saint-Geneviève de Batiscan
- Screening Mamu Ensemble Together, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
- Interview on Ici Télévision with Kamal Benkirane
- Champs d’artistes takes root, Saint-Anne-de-la-Pérade
- Baobab Festival, Trois-Rivières
- Champs d’artistes meeting between artists and farmers and/or the agricultural community, Lejeune, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Odanak, Saint-Adelphe, Saint-Onésime
- Screenings – The Intercultural Road: Bécancour, Saint-Stanislas, Amqui, Saint-Pascal, Sherbrooke, Saint-Prime, Lejeune, Hérouxville, Bonaventure, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
- Recipient of the Mauricie Innovation Award, Mékinac sector of Place aux jeunes Mauricie
2023
- Production of the documentary The Intercultural Road, a discussion tool
- Production of the Manifesto for an Intercultural Rurality
- Experimental Project Collective Musical Weaving Animated by the Wind
- From Timbuktu to Saint-Tite
- Rural Musical Interlude
- A Sunday of Poetry by the River
- Screening Tour of The Intercultural Road, a discussion tool
- Networking Trip and Screening of the documentary The Intercultural Road, a discussion tool (Morocco)
- Nomination of La Boîte interculturelle for the Ulrick Chérubin Award 2023
2022
Project Weaving and Interweaving, an Interactive Musical Experience thanks to the support of the Government of Canada. La Boîte visited five regions of Quebec accompanied by musician Othman Wahabi.
2021
Screening of the documentary Mamu Ensemble Together thanks to the support of the Government of Canada and in collaboration with a network of over ten organizations across Quebec.
2019-2020
- Project Mamu Ensemble Together with the support of the Government of Canada and in partnership with Uashat mak Mani-utenam, Pasa Musik and over 25 partners across the province of Quebec.
- Project – Humanity – Video capsules from around the world for the new year 2021.
- Project – Music as a Tool for Dialogue – Dissemination of capsules from around the world on the importance of music as a tool for dialogue (+ 12 capsules).
- Partnership Projects carried out by Pasa Musik, in collaboration with La Boîte interculturelle and 3ZEM:
- From Mashteuiatsh to Rabat
- Project From Rabat to Mashteuiatsh
- Project From Maliotenam to Kenitra
2018
- Canada-Morocco Intercultural Exchange Project (2018) – The Earth Has Only One Sun (Phase 2) in Morocco. In Canada with a new collaboration and initiative.
- Production of the short film Cultural Resonance premiered at Visa for Music in Morocco.
- Creation of La Boîte interculturelle in November 2018 under the presidency of Nathalie Lévesque. La Boîte interculturelle, a non-profit organization, will take charge of intercultural exchange projects, while Marchande d’idées interculturelles Inc. will now focus on artist representation.
2017
Canada-Morocco Intercultural Exchange Project (2017) – The Earth Has Only One Sun (Phase 1) in Morocco.
2016
Creation of Marchande d’idées interculturelles Inc. under the presidency of Nathalie Lévesque. The organization aims to develop a movement of intercultural exchanges between different communities to raise public awareness of the benefits of exchanges, to foster dialogue, and to create lasting partnerships.