Our Mission

We are a solidarity cooperative led by worker members who have chosen to self-organize to better serve our community. Rooted in mutual support and collective care, we aim to provide inclusive and accessible service, ethical employment and affordable food and drink options. Our space functions as a multipurpose hub for cultural events and community gatherings, where our mission comes to life through active collaboration with a wide range of groups. As an intersectional and intergenerational project, we strive to reflect the evolving values, voices and needs of the many communities we serve.

Our Vision

Uniting diverse backgrounds and building intergenerational connections for a flourishing community.  BMP serves as a sustainable and reliable community-centered space with robust partnerships between a wide range of individuals and organizations from Montreal's social and cultural movements.  Through our programming and cooperative structure, Coop BMP is a model for democratic participation and production. BMP evisions a zero hunger future for Milton-Parc by serving as a central hub for food justice and its solidarity meal program.

Our Values

Removal of Barriers

• To food access: We work to affirm our commitment to keeping our community (including neighbours, friends, and even strangers) safe and well fed
• To community action and connection: By serving as a community and organizing hub, we make it easier for people to get involved and support one another.

People over Profit

• Fair employment: We invest in worker self-organization and reject exploitative industry norms by creating rewarding, democratic jobs.
• Community reinvestment: Prices are kept as low as possible, covering only operational and solidarity program costs.

Community Empowerment

• Acting as a stage for action: We offer our space as a launching pad for organizers and community initiatives.
• Solidarity in practice: We offer solidarity pricing for aligned groups and support member-led organizing inside and outside BMP.

Community Engagement

• Transparency and accessibility: We strive for clear, navigable internal processes and welcome curiosity from within and beyond our membership.
• Inclusive programming: Our events reflect the diversity of our membership, with offerings like BIPOC open nights and intergenerational meetups to ensure everyone feels welcome.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Cooperative Bar Milton Parc acknowledges that our activities are taking place on unceded lands, the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. The Kanien’kehá:ka are known as the “Keepers of the Eastern Door,” and the custodians of the lands and waters on which we gather and organize. The island we know today as Montreal is known to the Kanien’kehá:ka as Tiohtiá:ke, which has served as a meeting place for other Indigenous nations. Today, Tiohtiá:ke is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montreal community. We are thankful that we get to be here in Tiohtiá:ke today, but we also recognize that a simple land acknowledgement without any action is merely performative and that there is still a lot of work to do to decolonize our spaces and communities. We encourage everyone to get informed on the ongoing oppression of Indigenous peoples today, to actively resist colonialism in whatever way you can, and to contribute to current day reparations.