Adrienne Blattel, Founder and Coordinator
Adrienne Blattel just loves being outside! She’s originally from Ottawa, Ontario and has lived in Montreal since 2002. Adrienne grew up cross-country skiing with her dad in Gatineau Park and canoeing at summer camp. Her first summer jobs involved instructing whitewater kayaking and leading multi-day bicycle tours.
Adrienne’s time abroad inspired her current work with new Canadians: as a member of a kayaking club in Mâcon, France, and a hiking club in Kotor, Montenegro, she experienced first-hand how outdoor recreation can bring people together across cultures.
Adrienne has a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University. From 2002 until 2010, she worked as a community development program director with the Quebec-Labrador Foundation, while leading numerous kayaking outings with a local Montreal club on weekends.
Adrienne founded the Intercultural Outdoor Recreation Program early in 2010 with the Milton Park Recreation Association and the Montreal House of Friendship. Adrienne is the staff member responsible for the program. In 2017, Adrienne won an outdoor entrepreneur award from Mountain Equipment Co-op (now Mountain Equipment Company). Hiking up Mount Royal countless times with program participants has allowed Adrienne to connect even more deeply with nature and has fostered a newfound passion for plants, trees and urban nature.
Robin Montagu is a Project Manager, Training, and Support in Outdoor Activities and Social Innovation
My name is Robin Montagu. I am from Normandy in France where I grew up. Having always been passionate about nature, physical activity and psychology, I decided to seek an expertise in these fields and to study them. Today, I am a graduate in intervention and management of physical activities and in psychology.
I had the chance to practice and teach a multitude of physical activities in France and abroad. Having a very versatile and multi-sport training, I have both supervised various sports, but above all outdoor physical activities in which I have specialized over the years, namely: hiking, snorkelling, climbing and scuba diving.
My sports activities have allowed me to explore nature in and outside Europe: diving in Egypt, hiking in New Zealand, paragliding in Lebanon, and crossing the Australian desert. I had the chance to climb mountains and volcanoes, to encounter some of the world’s most beautiful hikes and to dive in different seas around the world… These experiences have also, from a psychological point of view, made me reflect, throughout my travels, on the place of the individual in society and in nature. After a break due to the global pandemic, I decided to continue my journey and in 2021 I arrived in Quebec where, for the first time, I wanted to stay. I discovered a new daily life first, and then new activities (cross-country skiing with Adrienne).
I started as a participant myself, then, out of enthusiasm for the project, I offered to volunteer with ARMP. Over time, the idea of ​​creating a position as assistant program coordinator emerged. It resulted from a sincere friendship with Adrienne, but also from the desire to help newcomers discover the outdoors and to create interactions between them. Convinced that sport is a major ally in these missions and armed with my past academic, professional and personal experiences, it is with great joy that I joined Plein air intercultural in June 2022
Charly Bouteiller Communications Coordinator
Originally from Franche-Comté, France, Charly moved to Montreal in 2019 and quickly fell in love with the city and its many green spaces. Passionate about the outdoors and sports, he enjoys exploring Quebec’s parks and natural areas through hiking, camping, kayaking, fishing, and other outdoor activities.
Charly has been working at the Association récréative Milton-Parc (ARMP) for several years, where he is responsible for communications. His role allows him to put his creativity and communications experience to work in promoting the organization’s activities and reaching different audiences within the community.