About
This online exhibition is the result of more than twenty years of work by professors and students at the Centre d’histoire des régulations sociales (CHRS). It has been adapted from the exhibition titled Pushing Back at Fate: Poverty, Families and Institutions, presented at the Écomusée du fier monde in fall 2019 and winter 2020.
Le Centre d’histoire des régulations sociales (CHRS)
Established in 1990, the CHRS is a multidisciplinary team of researchers interested in the history of vulnerability, marginality, and crime in Quebec. The team consists of faculty members and students from multiple universities. For several years, the CHRS has benefitted from the support of the Fonds de recherche Société et Culture du Québec.
Écomusée du fier monde (EFM)
Established in 1980, the EFM is a people’s museum dedicated to Montreal’s industrial and working-class history. Recognized and supported by the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications and the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the EFM showcases the history and heritage of Montreal’s Centre-Sud neighbourhood.
In terms of museum practice, the EFM focuses on popular education through participatory programming, developed in close collaboration with neighbourhood residents, institutions, and organizations. The EFM also participates in discussions on the community’s present and future development.
