ABOUT THE TCCC
The Table de concertation culturelle de la MRC de Coaticook (TCCC) is a non-profit organization that obtained its letters patent in 1999. It brings together people interested in cultural development throughout the MRC. The TCCC Board of Directors is composed of one person from each of the 12 regional municipalities, a representative from the Table des maires, and three co-opted members recruited to meet specific needs of the TCCC.
Recognition Awards
- Winner of the 2008 Excel competition of the CLD de la MRC de Coaticook
- Recipient of the 2014 Rayonnement award from the Conseil de la culture de l’Estrie; the amount of montant $ 2,000 came from a contribution by the MRCs of the Estrie region.
- 2016-2017 Reconnaissance award in the collective development project category.
- Celebration of entrepreneurship and dévelopment for the literary workshops Découvrir son territoire à travers ses mots sur la Voie des pionniers (discover your region through your words on the Pioneer Trail)
BOARD of directors MEMBERS
The TCCC Board of Directors is made up of individuals and organizations interested in the cultural development of the Coaticook MRC. Thanks to their provenance, the Board ensures wide representativeness of the territory and disciplines as well as participation in the cultural life of the community in order to further concerted action, accessibility and cultural development across the MRC.
Formally, it is composed of 12 municipal representatives, three co-opted members, and a representative of the Conseil de la MRC.
Benoit Pelletier – President of the TCCC – Coaticook
Lyssa Paquette – Vice-president of the TCCC – Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton
Roger Joseph Le Blanc – Treasurer- Dixville
Sylvie Lemondes – Compton
To come – Stanstead-Est
Marie-Andrée Vanzeveren – Saint-Venant-de-Paquette
Michel Fontaine – Saint-Herménégilde
Bernard Roy – East Hereford
Marie-Pierre Dubeau – Martinville
Krystelle Noel – Saint-Malo
To come – Waterville
To come – Barnston-Ouest
Henri Pariseau – Representative of the Mayors’ Table
Ségolène Journet – Co-opted member
To come – Co-opted member
To come – Co-opted member
CULTURAL ORGANIZATION members of the TCCC
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
OUR PARTNERS
- MRC de Coaticook
- SADC
- Municipalité de Barnston-Ouest
- Municipalité de Coaticook
- Municipalité de Compton
- Municipalité de Dixville
- Municipalité d’East Hereford
- Municipalité de Martinville
- Municipalité de Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton
- Municipalité de Saint-Herménégilde
- Municipalité de Saint-Malo
- Municipalité de Saint-Venant-de-Paquette
- Municipalité de Stanstead-Est
- Municipalité de Waterville
- Municipalité de Ayer’s Cliff
- Municipalité de Hatley
- Municipalité de Stanstead
- Pittsburgh, New Hampshire
- MRC de Memphrémagog
- Taïga communications
- The Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
- Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec
- Ministère du Tourisme du Québec
- Service Canada
- Townshippers Foundation
- Bélanger-Gardner-Foundation
- Région de Coaticook
- La famille Lessard de Martinville
- Productions Milimyk
- Les Comptonales
- Tourisme Coaticook
- Société d’histoire de Coaticook
- Société historique de Stanstead
- Pavillon des arts et de la culture de Coaticook
- Musée Beaulne, Coaticook
- Lieu historique Louis-S.-St-Laurent, Compton
- Amis du patrimoine de St-Venant
- Comité Patrimoine et Culture de Barnston-Ouest
- New Hampshire charitable foundation
- Domaine Ives Hill
- Caisse Desjardins des verts Sommets de l’Estrie
OTHER PROJECTS
The TCCC also boasts several photos events (rallies and expositions), inaugural days for each of the three sections of the Pioneer Trail, guided tours in the area, partnerships with organizations, and two DVD box sets.
«SOUVENIRS DES MÉMOIRES VIVANTES DE LA RÉGION DE COATICOOK»
«LIVING MEMORIES OF THE GOOD OLD TIMES IN THE COATICOOK AREA »
Both DVD box sets are available from our online store.
These initiatives not only raise awareness of our local cultural heritage but foster a sense of belonging to our region and spark the curiosity of visitors. Indeed, more and more people are stopping by the Coaticook Valley to admire its unique features, from the wealth of its two founding cultures to the beauty of its countrysides, the vitality of its agriculture, and the unique flavour of its agri-food products.
We would like to thank our volunteers for the many hours they have devoted to cultural development in our area! Special thanks also to all members of the boards of directors since our beginnings!
The project of having QR codes on the pioneer cutout statues
Over the past few months, the TCCC has been working on a new project of adding QR codes to each pioneer statue so that users can have access to the audio recordings all 12 months of the year.
Each pioneer statue has a box equipped with a device that allows visitors to play an audio recording that tells parts of the pioneers’ story. This device can sometimes be out of order or in some cases is disconnected in winter, thereby limiting visitors’ access to the recordings. Adding QR codes will make these recordings available year-round. Each pioneer will have two QR codes, one for the English version and one for the French version.
2017 literary workshops
The Découvrir notre territoire à travers ses mots project consisted of a creative-writing workshop series created by participants and led by renowned writers. This project was established by the Table de Concertation with the invaluable help of Benoit Bouthillette.
Participants would listen to the testimony of the Pioneer Trail pioneer of their choice and then write a text in the form of an exquisite corpse.
This event was made possible thanks to our partners: Les amis du patrimoine de Saint-Venant-de-Paquette, the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, Canadian Heritage, and the Francisation department of the CEGEP de Sherbrooke.
You can find the texts on our blog. Here is the link to access them directly.
NB The texts were written in French only.