The Purpose of the Lucia Kowaluk Foundation is:
To advance education, increase the public’s knowledge, and enhance community awareness on issues related to social justice, urban ecology, neighbourhood and municipal democracy by –
- facilitating debate and discussion through free educational seminars and presentations on these issues:
- distributing the material and publications that increase the public’s knowledge on these topics, and the positive impact of citizens’ contributions on society related to these issues, and ‘
- creating and undertaking awareness campaigns for individuals, encouraging them to recognize and honour each other’s citizens or groups of citizens’ exceptional contributions to the promotion of social justice, urban ecology, neighbourhood and munici[al democracy, particularly through the activities and events tied to the administration, adjudication and presentation of the annual Lucia Kowaluk Award.
Projects that mattered to Lucia
Lucia was a tireless organizer who led compassionate change on many projects across Montreal & Canada at large, the ones that were the closest to her heart were the ones in her immediate community. Building the Milton Parc Citizens Committee & later, being a champion for the conversion of the Hotel Dieux property into social housing.
Tell me what you want and I’ll tell you how we made do without it for this long.
Lucia Kowaluk
Video playlist of Lucia & Milton Parc Co-op history
This playlist is a growing compilation of videos including documents about the history of the Milton Park project as well as testimonials and tributes to her by many of her friends & peers.
Please leave comments on the videos and send us ones that you have so we can create a record of media about her life & the huge impact she had on her extended community.