Our DNA
30 Years of Nature With You!
The French acronym GUEPE stands for Groupe uni des éducateurs-naturalistes et professionnels en environnement (or the united group of nature educators and professionals in environmental sciences). We are a non-profit organization (NPO), offering educational and professional services to youth and the general public in the sector of natural and environmental sciences and outdoor recreation.
GUEPE is now over 30!
Over 30 years of passion and collaboration and over 30 years in nature with you! 30 years that our employees are happy to help you discover, understand and experience nature all year long, in Montréal, Charlevoix and the Eastern Townships. GUEPE's strength is its dedicated teams and its values, which have remained constant over the years.
OUR VALUES
Passion: We use our team’s passion to awaken it in our audience. This passion, encouraged by the organization, is the result of the enthusiasm, dedication and curiosity of its employees.
Adaptation: It is with our creativity, innovative nature and critical thinking as well as our energy that we adapt to changes and situations, whatever the clientele, the environment or the conditions.
Collaboration: The synergy developed with our various partners is a key element in the success of our educational mandate as well as being essential within our teams.
Rigor: By combining scientific rigor, ethics and professionalism, we offer personalized services in a serious yet engaging environment.
Social responsibility: We participate in the creation of a societal project based on respect for the environment and the individual.
OUR COMMUNITY ROLE
GUEPE is an NPO, a registered charity, and is also a social economy enterprise. We work extensively with neighbourhood organizations such as schools, school service centers and various community organizations.
We make proposals throughout the year to create projects that will allow everyone, children and adults alike, to experience free educational activities in natural and environmental sciences, as well as in outdoor recreation.
Through these activities, we promote knowledge and attitudes favorable to the respect of biodiversity, in order to make protecting the environment an inclusive and inspiring social project.
Generous donations from our community also help us offer activities at reduced rates.
In addition, we are involved in committees, boards of directors and roundtables with community partners to develop projects in neighbourhoods where we are active. These committees focus on collaborating with organizations that directly help youth and their families, that promote nature conservation and that are involved in popularizing science and the job of nature educator.
The Team
The GUEPE team is made up of permanent employees, listed below, as well as a number of contractual employees that strongly support us during busy seasons.
The Board of Directors
We thank all the members of our board of directors who accompany and support us throughout the year in the evolution and development of GUEPE.
