Montreal, September 3, 2023 - Since 2002, throughout the Bahá'í world, believers and institutions have focused their efforts on executing a fundamental strategy aimed at creating a culture of growth. The aim of this exercise is to develop human resources and the movement of geographical groupings from one stage of growth to the next.

To achieve this goal, it is necessary to have the measurable growth indices that the members of each sector exercise in the brainstorming meetings. These meetings take place every 90 days.

So it was that some thirty West Island Bahá'ís, their children and friends gathered at Carya Gardens in Senneville.

A program for children and young people included a nature walk accompanied by a local ornithologist and the picking of colourful tomatoes!

Consultation and exchange at the brainstorming meeting were based more on sharing between teams of friends serving in different parts of the group. The aim was to create a collective vision and goal.

It is with such thoughts in mind that Bahá’ís enter into collaboration, as their resources permit, with an increasing number of movements, organizations, groups and individuals, establishing partnerships that strive to transform society and further the cause of unity, promote human welfare, and contribute to world solidarity.

— THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE