Facing winter’s harsh realities
Winter conditions can be particularly demanding for people who are already struggling. The cold and snow can exacerbate vulnerabilities and make simple tasks such as getting around, buying groceries, and socializing all the more complex. Community agencies have to ramp up their services during this time to ensure no one is left to face these...
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Keeping kids in school during a pandemic
School closures, alternate-day attendance in high schools, and the many upheavals brought about by the pandemic over the past year...
Holidays during a pandemic
What if everyone did just one small thing ...? The holidays are never easy for the vulnerable, and this year’s...
Mental health
Another unprecedented crisis The data is clear: at the end of summer 2020, one in five Quebec adults was experiencing...
Food insecurity
Going hungry in a crisis Food insecurity has never made headlines like it did in April in the midst of...
Back to school
A return to school like no other… and one that is more difficult for vulnerable youth It’s back to class...
Meeting challenges : help tailored to our reality
Challenges are still immense in Greater Montreal, the epicentre of the country's epidemic and home to half of all Quebecers...
Making sound investments
COVID-19 has triggered an outbreak of needs among community agencies that provide essential services. Read about how our Emergency Fund...
Dealing with the crisis: meeting pressing needs
From the start of the lockdown, Greater Montreal’s crisis cells emerged almost organically. These regional and neighbourhood bodies ensure that...
Working together: United in crisis
Collaboration is the key word for the community sector. Agencies can only be as effective with the few resources they have...
Webinars : Our current and future challenges
The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis affects us all, but it particularly impacts vulnerable people who find themselves isolated, in distress, and...