{"id":1609,"date":"2015-05-07T18:22:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T22:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/?page_id=1609"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:42:21","slug":"a-word-from-the-president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"A word from the President and CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The McCord Stewart Museum celebrates life in Montreal, past and present. It reflects Montreal society: creative, diverse and constantly evolving.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although dedicated to <strong>social history<\/strong>, the Museum is resolutely turned towards the future.\u00a0<strong>Through its collections, programming and activities, it presents the city\u2019s history and its influence<\/strong> on the rest of the province, the country and the world in a critical and inclusive manner. It invites visitors to examine the social issues that concern Montrealers from all walks of life. It fosters dialogue and builds bridges between communities by providing a safe space for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>In this <strong>spirit of inclusivity<\/strong> and with a <strong>strong desire to help create a fairer society<\/strong>, the Museum is also <strong>committed to the ongoing decolonization of its practices and to sustainable development<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to seeing you at the McCord Stewart Museum soon, where you can learn, reflect and rethink Montreal with us!<\/p>\n<p>Anne Eschapasse<br \/>\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The McCord Stewart Museum celebrates life in Montreal, past and present. It reflects Montreal society: creative, diverse and constantly evolving. Although dedicated to social history, the Museum is resolutely turned towards the future.\u00a0Through its collections, programming and activities, it presents the city\u2019s history and its influence on the rest of the province, the country and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-texte.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.11 (Yoast SEO v20.11) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A word from the President and CEO - McCord Stewart Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The McCord Stewart Museum celebrates life in Montreal, past and present. It reflects Montreal society: creative, diverse and constantly evolving.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A word from the President and CEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The McCord Stewart Museum celebrates life in Montreal, past and present. It reflects Montreal society: creative, diverse and constantly evolving.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"McCord Stewart Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/museemccordstewart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-11T20:42:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mccord-stewart_nouvelle_direction_anne-eschapasse_1320x480_en2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The McCord Stewart Museum celebrates life in Montreal, past and present. It reflects Montreal society: creative, diverse and constantly evolving.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MuseeMcCordStew\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/\",\"name\":\"A word from the President and CEO - McCord Stewart Museum\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-07T22:22:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-11T20:42:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"The McCord Stewart Museum celebrates life in Montreal, past and present. It reflects Montreal society: creative, diverse and constantly evolving.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A word from the President and CEO\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/\",\"name\":\"McCord Stewart Museum\",\"description\":\"Our world, our stories\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"MCS\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"McCord Stewart Museum\",\"alternateName\":\"MCS\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo_museemccordstewart_horizontal_noir_slogan.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo_museemccordstewart_horizontal_noir_slogan.svg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"McCord Stewart Museum\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/museemccordstewart\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuseeMcCordStew\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/museemccordstewart\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/museemccordstewart\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/museemccordstewart\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MuseeMcCordStewartMuseum\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A word from the President and CEO - McCord Stewart Museum","description":"The McCord Stewart Museum celebrates life in Montreal, past and present. It reflects Montreal society: creative, diverse and constantly evolving.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A word from the President and CEO","og_description":"The McCord Stewart Museum celebrates life in Montreal, past and present. It reflects Montreal society: creative, diverse and constantly evolving.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/","og_site_name":"McCord Stewart Museum","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/museemccordstewart","article_modified_time":"2025-09-11T20:42:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1320,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mccord-stewart_nouvelle_direction_anne-eschapasse_1320x480_en2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_description":"The McCord Stewart Museum celebrates life in Montreal, past and present. It reflects Montreal society: creative, diverse and constantly evolving.","twitter_site":"@MuseeMcCordStew","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/","url":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/","name":"A word from the President and CEO - McCord Stewart Museum","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-05-07T22:22:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-11T20:42:21+00:00","description":"The McCord Stewart Museum celebrates life in Montreal, past and present. It reflects Montreal society: creative, diverse and constantly evolving.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/a-word-from-the-president\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A word from the President and CEO"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/","name":"McCord Stewart Museum","description":"Our world, our stories","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#organization"},"alternateName":"MCS","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#organization","name":"McCord Stewart Museum","alternateName":"MCS","url":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo_museemccordstewart_horizontal_noir_slogan.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo_museemccordstewart_horizontal_noir_slogan.svg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"McCord Stewart Museum"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/museemccordstewart","https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuseeMcCordStew","https:\/\/instagram.com\/museemccordstewart","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/museemccordstewart\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/museemccordstewart\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MuseeMcCordStewartMuseum"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}