The Regroupement des Centres D’amitié Autochtones du Quebec (RCAAQ) promotes native friendship centres and advocates for the right of Indigenous citizens residing in Quebec cities. The first native friendship centre opening in 1969 in Chibougamau. Several others followed suit in urban centres that were already meeting points for Indigenous people who either traveled there for services or permanently lived in the area. In 1976, urban Indigenous people founded RCAAQ as a means to provincially organize the emerging friendship centres. During the 2000s, several native centres joined RCAAQ as the need for friendship centres grew in Quebec’s urban centres.
1990-2000
1990-2000