Ethical and political commitments
The notion of equity is at the heart of Mandoline Hybride‘s orientations and guides many of the management’s decisions. Gender equality, the decolonization of practices and discourses, and the diversification of artistic programming are priorities for Mandoline Hybride. Within its various projects (Regards Hybrides, Salon58, FURIES, L’Hybride – café & bookshop, Hautes fréquences), the presence of indigenous artists, racialized people, members of the queer, trans and/or minority communities is envisaged as a norm, not an exception. These people present their work and address the audiences in performances, meetings, panels and discussions.
Mandoline Hybride also puts its values into action through shared curating, decolonial project promotion, self-education and knowledge-sharing with the cultural milieu. The organization is committed to supporting struggles against colonial domination, sexism, racism and discrimination, with concrete actions including targeted volunteer work, the dissemination of discourses linked to these struggles, the setting up of structuring projects to stimulate encounters between aboriginal and non-aboriginal artists, attention to the enhancement of aboriginal languages and traditions, and various forms of recognition of the territory.
Intersectional feminist perspectives also guide the company’s choices in all its initiatives. Mandoline Hybride adopts epicene language in its internal and external communications, favoring neutrality and, when necessary, using doublets and abbreviated doublets. Mandoline Hybride‘s various artistic programs (Regards Hybride, Salon58, FURIES, L’Hybride – café & bookshop) are driven by a firm commitment to highlighting the work of women, trans and non-binary people.
Decolonization
We wish to acknowledge that our activities and gatherings take place on the unceded lands and waters of the Mi’gmaq Nation. These traditional lands and waters are known to the Mi’gmaq community as the 7th district of the Mi’gma’gi, Gespe’gewa’gi: The Last Land. Find out more >>>
Prevention Policy for Workplace Harassment [2019]
In 2019, MH adopted a prevention policy for workplace harassment in order to affirm its commitment to preventing violence and sexism within its teams. Consult the policy >>>
Eco-Responsibility Policy [2020]
In 2020, MH adopted its first eco-responsibility policy. Its aim is to reduce the company’s overall ecological footprint, as well as encourage its cultural peers to do the same. Inspired by similar policies in other professions, MH’s policy was designed to respond more specifically to the issues that concern the company’s activities. Consult the policy >>>
Privacy Policy [2023]
Mandoline Hybride adopts in 2023 a Privacy and Personal Information Protection Policy that describes our practices regarding the collection, use and retention of personal information collected from our various audiences. Consult the policy >>>
Governance and Ethical Conduct Policy [2024]
In 2024, Mandoline Hybride adopts a Governance, Ethical Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy that aims to guide and define the behaviours of the organization’s administrators, employees, collaborators, volunteers and audiences, and to establish harmonious relations between all parties, as well as with the communities affected by its activities. Consult the policy >>>
About Priscilla Guy
Priscilla Guy is an artist, curator and arts researcher based in Marsoui, Gespe’gewa’gi (Gaspésie). Her stage and film works are presented locally and internationally. She publishes texts in art magazines (Moebius, Moveo, Dance Current, 24images) and participates in various academic publications as an author or editor (Oxford, Routledge, Udlap). Holder of a doctorate in feminist and cinematic studies from the Université de Lille (France), she fouded Mandoline Hybride in 2007, a banner under which she has initiated a number of dissemination projects (Regards Hybrides, Salon58, FURIES – contemporary dance festival, L’Hybride – café & bookshop, Hautes Fréquences). She currently sits on the boards of Studio 303, Orange Noyée and the Corporation de développement de la Haute-Gaspésie et des Chic-chocs. Priscilla received the Prix Culture from LOJIQ (2012) and the Prix Étincelle from the Prix de la danse de Montréal (2022) and Prix du CALQ – Artiste de l’année en Gaspésie (2024). From 2025 to 2027, she will receive a grant from International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA).
About Marie-Charlotte Castonguay-Harvey
Marie-Charlotte Castonguay-Harvey lives and works between Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang (Montreal) and Gespe’gewa’gi (Gaspésie). She holds a master’s degree in individual arts from the Université de Montréal, with a thesis on Indigenous online art in “Canada” and the decolonization of the Web. Co-founder of Galerie Galerie (www.galeriegalerieweb.com), an online art platform that invests the Web as a space for research, creation and dissemination, she joins the Mandoline Hybride team in 2021.