Bibliothèque des jeunes de Montréal
Education

The Children's Library has been in operation since 1929. Its primary target is disadvantaged communities and regularly conducts activities related to literacy and reading promotion. You, Me and Mother Goose is a series of free weekly meetings during which parents and their children (groups from 0 to 18 months and from18 to 36 months) meet to learn and share rhymes, songs and tales. The activity is offered in various locations. FGM’s support will allow The Children’s Library to maintain and carry out two such sessions in the neighborhoods of Little Burgundy and Côte-St-Luc.

Camp Amy Molson
Social development

Camp Amy Molson is a summer camp for children ages 5 to 13 from disadvantaged backgrounds. Most are run by social service agencies such Batshaw, youth centers and the CLSCs. FGM’s grant will allow staff to continue its work with young people aged 13 and over to develop their capacity for teamwork, their sense of self and others, and adopt the principles of a healthy lifestyle and nutrition.

Carrefour d'Entraide de Lachine
Social development

The mission of the Carrefour d'Entraide Lachine is to help the district’s disadvantaged population by filling basic needs such food and clothing and providing social support. The organization relies on donations of clothing, furniture and food. The "popular education workshops" financed by the FGM reach out to 240 students from Bélanger-Martin Primary School in Saint-Pierre. Through activities such as community kitchens and dinners, community gardening workshops and tastings, we seek to help children develop concepts of health, solidarity, sharing skills and knowledge, in addition to developing their critical and creative thought processes.

Carrefour Mousseau
Social development

Carrefour Mousseau bases its work of social justice on education, prevention and overall development. The organization encourages citizens’ participation, improved living conditions, development of at-risk children and parenting support. The program funded by the FGM is one of francization and cultural adaptation of children under five years who attend day-care center during the Carrefour courses or workshops attended by their parents and of children whose parents avail themselves of the French courses available to them.

Centre de répit Philou
Social development

The Centre provides respite services to children with severe physical disabilities, aged between 0 and 5 years, for periods ranging from 24 hours to 3 weeks at a time to allow parents to catch their breath, which on occasion also allows them to keep their jobs and continue to contribute to the economy. The project supported by the FGM focuses on the stimulation of 4 of the 5 human senses: touch, smell, hearing and vision. Each child will have a profile specifically designed to stimulate him. This stimulation profile will be prepared by a professional through the use of a comprehensive questionnaire completed by parents.

Centre for recreational and education activities (CARE)
Social development

The CARE Centre (Centre for Recreational and Educational Activities) works to improve the quality of life of adults with severe physical disabilities. The organization operates a day centre that offers social, recreational and educational activities. It also organizes two annual trips of 1 to 3 weeks each, one during the summer and the other in the winter. These trips, which are supported by the FGM, offer the Centre’s users the opportunity for outdoor activities, while giving a moment of respite to their caregivers.

Centre for Literacy (The)
Education

The Centre for Literacy is a renowned international centre which strives to improve outcomes in literacy, academic success and social integration of children and parents from disadvantaged families, often immigrants, with preschoolers (3 to 5 years). The HIPPY Project supported by the FGM allows parents to develop tools to fulfill their role as first educators of their children through weekly home visits made by other parents from the neighborhood trained for the task and for whom this is often a first employment opportunity in Canada.

Cercles des jeunes naturalistes
Environment

CHIP - The McGill Cardiovascular Health Improvement Program
Health and Wellness

The aim of McGill’s Cardiovascular Health Improvement Program is the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity or cancer. The new program supported by the FGM is for people suffering from type 2 diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Through an approach based on education and outreach, counseling and pharmacological intervention and individually tailored exercise programs encouraging participants to increase their activity level, the program’s goal is to reduce modifiable risk factors, improve the quality of life of individuals and increase their knowledge with regard to managing and reducing the risk factors associated with heart disease and diabetes.

CNIB
Social development

A leader in the field of visual health promotion, the CNIB is dedicated to public education, research and the visual health of all Canadians. It provides the services and support necessary to empower people with vision loss, and to help promote a good quality of life for them. It offers access to programs and services, adapted products and one of the largest libraries for people unable to read print. With the grant from the FGM, member of support groups can share experiences with others living with vision loss in order to regain confidence in their abilities to live a fulfilling life.

Colonie Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc
Social development

The mission of the Colonie Sainte-Jeanne d’Arc is to host, throughout summer, girls aged 4 to 14 coming from disadvantaged backgrounds and referred by a Metropolitan-area CLSC. Within From November to June each year, with the help of the FGM, it offers respite to families struggling with difficulties, and for whom a short separation between children and parents becomes necessary in order to take a step back. Short stays at the Colonie’s camp present well supervised opportunities for rest and relaxation. . Several cultural, sports and outdoor activities are offered throughout the girls’ stay.

Comité de musique Maisonneuve
Arts and culture

The Comité de musique Maisonneuve acts as producer of the event « Petit bonheur » for children from 0 to 6 years, which aims to educate toddlers to different artistic disciplines and allow them to explore the world of artistic creation. “Petit Bonheur” provides for the distribution of shows designed and produced by professional artists, as well as offering workshops and the opportunity for artistic discoveries. The event funded by the FGM, “Read Together”, aims at encouraging reading and any other book-centered initiatives. Each child will receive a book as a gift and the event will conclude with a ‘’Tale under the Stars’’, narrated by professional storytellers at Parc Maisonneuve at dusk.

Communauté Sépharade Unifiée du Québec
Arts and culture

The Communauté Sépharade Unifié du Québec’s essential mission is to preserve, enhance and promote the Sephardic culture and identity. To this end, it has developed a range of social and recreational programs that target all generations. FGM’s grant supported a specific component of the Sefarad Montreal Festival held in November 2009 at Complexe Desjardins. There were modern and traditional recreational and musical activities where the audience was invited to come into contact with the Sephardic Jewish Culture.

Community Resource Center of West Island (CRC)
Social development

CRC West Island is a center for the dissemination of information that facilitates access to all health, social, recreational, cultural, and other services provided by public, semi-public and community agencies. As part of its activities, the CRC pays special attention to vulnerable populations, including youth. The FGM’s grant will publish and update a resource guide for youth 12 to 18 years. This guide will serve as a reference tool for local organizations that work with troubled youth and especially for those working in the street.

Compagnie Marie Chouinard
Arts and culture

The mandate of the Compagnie Marie Chouinard is the creation and distribution of new works by and repertory of Marie Chouinard. Marie Chouinard, dancer and choreographer, created the stage sets and lighting for her choreography and conducts photo shoots, being present and active in all the creative stages of her works. Supported by the FGM, the book project highlighting the company’s 20th anniversary is a reminder of the creation and journey of Marie Chouinard’s works. , The book also gives an overview of her poetic universe, of the evolution and consistency of her poetic approach and exposes the backstage live of a dance company.

Conseil des aînés et des aînées de NDG
Social development

For 30 years, the Conseil has worked to improve the quality of life for seniors in the NDG district through social and educational programs and support services. Following the success of its first initiative, FGM funds the new Support Services Group to seniors suffering from depression. This group will distribute information about mental health issues and depression, will create a forum for participants and will try to direct their users towards activities that will improve their quality of life.

Corbeille de Pain Lac Saint-Louis
Social development

The Corbeille de Pain Lac Saint-Louis is a food safety agency that devotes itself to alleviating poverty in the West Island area. Delmar, a disadvantaged region isolated from other districts of Pointe-Claire is located near Highway 40 and the industrial park in Pointe-Claire. It is poorly served by public transit and the food industry. In collaboration with Moisson Montreal and the FGM, the project aims at maintaining community kitchens and gardens and foresees the implementation of several community development activities in order to break the residents’ isolation.

Danse-Cité
Arts and culture

Danse-Cité’s mission is to stimulate artistic creation and to support the exploratory work of artists, while providing the public with a high quality, authentic experience.. The organization provides the artists with an experienced creative team to handle the administration, production and promotion functions, thereby allowing the artists to devote themselves entirely to choreographic research. The FGM grant will enable the project "Oiseaux de malheur", a creation concocted for two dancers with and two dancers without physical disabilities, to conclude the second phase of the creative work.

Déclic
Education

Declic implements a regional support service comprised of a multidisciplinary team whose aim is to encourage young people aged 12 to 35 to stay in school. Educational background, health status, addiction issues, and motivational or psychosocial profile are all variables that influence the type of support offered to young people and the length of the journey, which can last from a few weeks to several years. The program supported by the FGM aims at the scholastic reintegration of young adults (16-24 years) from youth centers in the Montreal area into the regular groups attending training centers for general adult education.

Dynamic Theatre Factory
Social development

Located in the Saint-Henri District, the Dynamic Theater Factory helps people of all ages to achieve their full potential, while creating opportunities for them to work and to be seen in theater arts. FGM has chosen to lend its support to the B.E.T.T.E.R. program, a series of twelve drama workshops for children with attention, hyperactivity and learning disorders. Two facilitators, supported by a psychologist, will offer activities designed to foster a sense of accomplishment and improved self-esteem to a group of 10 to 14 students.

Écomusée de Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
Environment

Elizabeth House Foundation
Social development

Elizabeth House is a residence and rehabilitation center for troubled young women who are pregnant or who have a child. A continuum of services is offered to support the women in their care, such as teaching parenting skills and health matters regarding themselves and their child. The project supported by the FGM involves the conversion of a residential building into supervised apartments, offering an intermediate step for young women who need support during their transition to independent living. The building will include administrative offices to ensure a permanent presence at minimal cost.

Ensemble instrumental Appassionata
Arts and culture

Ensemble instrumental Appassionata is a chamber orchestra that produces professional concerts, using a conventional or multidisciplinary format. From the Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension area, Appassionata is working to democratize and popularize chamber music in order to reach a new audience that does not usually attend concert halls. A large part of the organization’s activities is dedicated to schools, particularly the French primary school boards of Greater Montreal. The program funded the FGM is a universal work, The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens. The ensemble gave 5 performances at the Montreal Botanical Garden, produced by a theatrical professional.

Faculty of Fine Arts –Concordia University - Department of Theatre
Education

Theater and Development is a program that focuses on theater history, theory and practice of theater studies examining the ability of this art form to inform and affect change in the individual and in society. The program explores street theater, the environmental staging, and popular and interactive theater. The project supported by the FGM addresses the issue of equity and cultural diversity in the University’s Theater Department in order to sensitize both students and teachers on issues of diversity, structural inequities and the integration of ethnic communities and visible minorities into the department.

Festival de littérature jeunesse Laval - Lis avec moi
Arts and culture

“Lis avec moi” is dedicated to promoting the pleasures of reading and writing among young people and aims to contribute to the advancement of education by providing various literary programs for youth. It also has set itself the goal of promoting the educational benefits of reading and helping to develop reading and writing skills among young people. The project "Des ados et des Mots”, supported by the FGM, offers approximately 15 workshops on various topics related to literature, bringing young people from 10 to 17 years closer to the written word in community and youth centers located in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Festival des arts de Saint-Sauveur
Arts and culture

Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur’s mission is to support the production, promotion and presentation of the best local, national and international performers, and encourage appreciation and increase awareness by a wide audience, especially the young, which rarely have the opportunity to be exposed to arts and culture. Seconded by FGM, Tohu-Bohu Day offers a full day of activities specifically produced for the young and their families, with several free outdoor performances, a big show under the big top and many other activities.

Fondation de l'école Le Plateau
Arts and culture

The Foundation Plateau was created by parent volunteers who were given the task of financially assisting the Plateau school, the first school devoted to the musical arts within the MCSC. The Foundation’s philosophy aspires to enabling children from disadvantaged backgrounds to experience music in an academic setting, to assist in their growth and their independence. The majority of the instruments the students play were bought 30 years ago. As a result, some of them have been repaired ten times over and others are no longer repairable (or salvageable). FGM’s grant allows for the replacement of violins.

Fondation du Centre jeunesse de Montréal
Social development

The Fondation du Centre jeunesse de Montréal strives to support the needs of children and young people neglected or abandoned by their parents, victims of physical or sexual violence, struggling with severe behavioral disorders that government budgets do not cover. The social project/scholarships arose from the need to support young people previously protected under the DPJ who must leave their environment upon reaching majority. Autonomous (or “independent” or “self-sufficient”) in the eyes of the law, these troubled youth desperately need help to get off to a good start and integrate into society. FGM’s grant will allow young people who wish to get an apartment and continue or resume their studies to obtain a degree in Secondary V or CEGEP.

Fondation Metropolis bleu
Arts and culture

The Blue Metropolis Foundation brings together people from different cultures to share the joy of reading and writing. Its objectives are to promote literature and related arts, encouraging the public to become familiar with literary and artistic works and to advance education in the arts and the humanities through educational and literacy programs. The FGM will support a series of workshops on creating comic strips on violence and intimidation. The project aims to help young elementary and secondary school students to understand these phenomena, and to reflect upon, discuss and create their own comic strip in order to tell their story. This exercise is an effective way to make reading and writing pleasant, while educating the young on violence issues.

Friends for Mental Health
Mental Health

The Friends of Mental Health is the only resource in the region that meets the needs of families with members suffering from mental health problems. With the support of the FGM, Friends of Mental Health offer new workshops entitled "Anna and the sea" for young people (7-12 years) with a parent or loved one suffering from mental illness. The objectives are to bring together young people with similar experiences; to provide them with information on mental illnesses and the tools they need to face the situation, and to increase their self-esteem through the discovery and expression of their strengths and their own interests.

Giant Steps Foundation
Education

The Giant Steps Foundation - Montreal finances activities at the “À pas de géant” school within a Ministry of Education program suitable for children with autism. This is the only school which deals exclusively with autistic children; it has the largest team of professionals specializing in autism in Quebec and the greatest variety of therapies gathered under one roof. The School’s goal is to promote the growth and independence of each student. The outreach project funded by the FGM aims to provide information to school principals, teachers, support staff and students of regular schools that mainstream autistic students from “À pas de géant”. The school currently has 63 students, aged 4 to 21.

Girls Action Foundation
Social development

The Girls Action Foundation strives to inspire and support leadership in and reinforce the empowerment of girls and young women across Canada. Its programs address the issues of violence prevention, racism, healthy and responsible sexual relationships, self-esteem, critical thought, the ability to communicate with others and community involvement, as well as increasing knowledge of media tools. The aim of the FGM supported project is twofold: to promote egalitarian relationships between men and women; and to enlighten women within ethnic communities to their rights, using a a public education approach through workshops on media arts, tools development, resources and publication.

Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Urbanisation, Culture et Société
Arts and culture

Dedicated to research and advanced training, the National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) is present where required by social issues. INRS groups together scientific teams working in complementary areas: water earth and environment, energy, materials and telecommunications, human health, animal and environmental health; urbanization, culture and society. FGM’s grant supports a wide-ranging project consisting of the writing of the history of Montreal.

Jeunes au travail
Social development

The FGM supports the mission of “Jeunes au travail” which is to foster personal development and integration into society and the labor market by troubled youths aged 16 and older. The objectives are to provide a work environment that promotes independence, discipline, self-esteem and respect, to enable young people to be active, to live a positive work experience, to help young people know and discover their interests and abilities and to undertake steps in these directions, to develop environmental awareness and to promote healthy environmental attitudes and behavior.

Jeunes Entreprises du Québec inc. (Les)
Education

“Les Jeunes Entreprises du Québec inc.” is an organization providing economic awareness and the promotion of entrepreneurship aimed at students of primary and secondary levels. Their mission is to inspire and educate young people in corporate values, help them understand business and economics, and enable them to develop entrepreneurial skills and leadership. The project supported by the FGM, "Studies: An economic choice", is directed at students of Secondary II, III, IV levels and consists of a series of four classroom activities designed to make them understand the importance of education and the economic and personal costs of dropping out of school.

L a Joujouthèque Saint-Michel
Social development

The Joujouthèque Saint-Michel allows toddlers to have access to a variety of toys. Parents can borrow toys, attend parent/child workshops, informal meetings or just come and play with their child. Its mission is to raise awareness of the importance of play in child development and to promote the improvement of the parent-child relationship. This project, supported by the FGM, aims to reinforce the participation of St. Michel residents from the various ethnic backgrounds that make up this neighbourhood and to do so at all stages of social integration, including developing a sense of belonging, improved living conditions and an initiation to the appropriation of neighborhood development.

L'Arche Montréal
Social development

L’Arche is about people, with and without an intellectual handicaps, who share their lives in homes, workshops and day programs which are grouped into what L’Arche calls communities. L’Arche’s goal is to provide a family-like environment that encourages people to create a home, develop their talents through work and leisure, build friendships and enjoy life. The Club is open to anyone 50 or older, disabled or not, FGM is pleased to support the three project partners: the Rehabilitation Centers in Montreal West, Lisette-Dupras and the Contact program of the Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys.

L'Arsenal à musique inc.
Arts and culture

L’Arsenal ’s mission is to introduce concert music to a broad audience, and especially to young people, through bold and innovative interventions and concerts, as well as through the development of strategies for introducing the arts to school groups. With the support of the FGM, the project consists of the free offer of the show "Carnival of the Animals" by French and English to children attending schools in disadvantaged areas of Montréal. The project includes preparatory workshops and four auditorium performances for 400 children each.

La Traversée
Social development

“La Traversée” has a dual mission: the psychological counseling for victims of sexual assault, and violence prevention, including sexual violence. Counseling is intended for children, adolescents and women. The program of violence prevention supported by the FGM strives to help children from the age of 5 to develop in themselves a finer concept and an awareness of the subject of violence. Teachers accompany them in reading a story that encourages a philosophical discussion and an exploration of different points of view so that the children may develop a stronger identity, which in turn will make them less vulnerable to the influence of others and more tolerant vis-à-vis a multiplicity of opinions.

La Maison Bleue
Social development

“La Maison Bleue”, in Côte-des-Neiges, supports pregnant women and their families. Priority is given to pregnant women in vulnerable situations (recent immigration, refugee status, socio-economic problems, lack of social support, teenage pregnancy, domestic violence, etc..). Funding from the FGM will help maintain the services of three accompanying women (doulas) from different cultures, to follow the mother throughout her pregnancy, during and after childbirth. as well as develop the project according to demand.

Les Impatients
Arts and culture

The Impatients provide people with mental health problems with a place of artistic and therapeutic expression which promotes community exchanges. The organization offers 22 free workshops in art and music therapy, and writing in downtown Montreal, Montreal East and Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine. The project supported by the FGM aims to produce the 6th edition of the CD set "Thousand Words of Love", a project that is both a self-financing strategy and a fight against prejudice regarding mental illness.

Les Muses: Centre des arts de la scène
Arts and culture

”Les Muses” is an arts training centre for people living with disabilities (intellectual, autism, PDD, sensory and physical limitations), to promote social inclusion while fostering personal independence. The cabaret show sponsored by the FGM is designed by a team of renowned professors from the arts scene to mark the 10th anniversary of the organization and will present two performances in June 2010 of interdisciplinary acts including song, dance and theater, where disabled artists and arts professionals will intermingle.

Maison des jeunes du Plateau inc.
Environment

Mission communautaire Mile-End
Social development

Mile-End Community Mission provides services to children and adults struggling with mental or physical health problems. The mission is focused on fighting stigma and offering support towards independence. In addition, the organization runs a food bank, a meal service and a nearly-new shop. The goal of the project funded by the FGM is to break the isolation of those members of the Mission who suffer from mental illness and poverty. The project’s aim is to increase the frequency of community art workshops, the number of participants, and to create links with artists in the area.

Montreal Assault Prevention Centre
Social development

The mission of the Montreal Assault Prevention Centre is to fight violence with a series of educational activities focusing on the prevention of attacks. The Centre's objectives are to develop strategies to reduce vulnerability and the number of assaults against women, ensure that all groups vulnerable to attack have access to tools to protect themselves, fix their limits, fight against discrimination and improve their quality of life. The FGM’s grant will allow the Centre to proceed with the adaptation of the “ACTION Program” to better meet the realities facing women from ethnic communities.

Montreal Fluency Centre
Health and Wellness

The Montreal Fluency Centre is recognized for the development of innovative programs and workshops addressing the problems of language and speech. It provides speech therapy to children who suffer from communication disorders. The project, a summer camp, is an opportunity for children from 4 to 6 to develop their communication skills. The project supported by the FGM aims at funding the development of two new modules, with an emphasis on reading, to be integrated into the summer camp in 2010 and at expanding the program to include children aged 3 and 7.

Mouvement des personnes d'abord de Montréal
Social development

The “Mouvement des personnes d’abord de Montreal” is a assistance and advocacy organization for people with developmental disabilities. It promotes the integration of handicapped adults through educational services, recreation, guidance, support, assistance and advocacy. FGM will make possible the production of a series of activities such as cooking workshops, cultural excursions and sports activities aimed at improving living conditions and integrating adults with developmental disabilities.

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Health and Wellness

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada conducts research on multiple sclerosis and works to enable people with MS to enhance their quality of life, including that of their relatives and caregivers. The project supported by the FGM has three activities: a training program whose goal is to improve qualitative and quantitative motility, yoga classes tailored to learn to use the basic principles of yoga to facilitate daily life and "Brain Gym". The benefits of these exercises in simultaneously stimulating both hemispheres of the brain are increasingly recognized.

Musée Pointe à Callière
Arts and culture

The Pointe-à-Callière museum’s mission is to preserve and promote Montreal’s archaeological and historic patrimony. The museum, in operation for 4 years, hosts students from schools in disadvantaged areas of Greater Montreal where they can participate in the interactive program "Water Ways", which focuses on the history of water treatment in Montreal. This program highlights the importance and impact of Montrealers’ actions on their environment. The activity supported by the FGM is divided into 3 stages: a preparatory activity in the classroom, the visit to the museum and finally a closing event back in the classroom.

New Hope Senior Citizens Centre
Social development

The New Hope Senior Citizen’s Centre’s mandate is to provide seniors with accessibility to community life and to help fight against and alleviate isolation amongst seniors in the NDG community. Thus, the agency works to promote and maintain the health and well-being of seniors. Among the services offered are friendly visitors, community meals, exercise programs, transportation services, and a “Meals on Wheels” program that delivers three hot meals per week over the lunch hour. Funding from the FGM will cover the purchase of a freezer and part of the ongoing costs of the program.

Oboro Goboro
Arts and culture

OBORO is an artist-managed research, production and distribution centre dedicated to the arts, its current practices, new technologies, new and emerging practices that promote the development of artistic practices on the local, national and international scene. "Parcelab”, supported by the FGM, is a writing project for young people of diverse origins aged 13 to 17. Teenagers visit the current exhibitions at OBORO and participate in workshops where they write texts and create multimedia content that will be grouped in a hyper media publication which will be available on OBORO Website.

Projet LOVE: Leave Out Violence
Social development

Project LOVE: Leave Out Violence labors in the field of prevention, dealing with adolescents who are grappling with the problem of violence in an attempt to end this cycle of abuse and to become leaders in prevention in their own environment. Through writing, photography and video, young people have the opportunity to talk about their experiences as witnesses, victims and/or abusers. They discover their personal worth, learn to use methods and tools to express themselves in a nonviolent way and acquire skills in demand in the labor market. This project, supported by the FGM, proposes the establishment of committees to prevent violence in three schools in the borough Villeray / Parc-Extension / Saint-Michel.

Refuge Juan Moreno
Social development

The Refuge Juan Moreno is dedicated to protecting the rights of women and children who claim political asylum in Canada. It assists new residents in their efforts to obtain refugee status from official bodies and public institutions, offers a twinning program with the Quebec citizens, offering the short-term shelter and assistance to find housing. The aim of the project supported by the FGM is to reach women newly arrived in Canada and promote a smooth adjustment, build self-esteem, encourage them to gain respect in their interpersonal and emotional relationships and heighten their awareness of the risks of contagious infections transmitted sexually or through blood transfusion.

Santropol Roulant
Social development

This organization provides food preparation and delivery services to people who have lost their autonomy, are malnourished, socially isolated or live in poverty. Over the years, “Santropol Roulant” has developed other activities to increase intergenerational harmony. It created the “Carrefour of generations”, which organizes, among others activities, group outings, brunches, conferences, concerts and games. FGM renews its support in the development of a permanent integrated system to welcome new members and consult with current active members so that all may enjoy the opportunities offered by Santropol.

Théâtre Aphasique
Arts and culture

The organization aims to promote the rehabilitation and social reintegration, as well as the employment of people with aphasia or communications problems through drama workshops and performances. Supported by the FGM, and in collaboration with the multi-ethnic Association for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (AMEIPH), Theater Aphasique will undertake a tour this fall in which aphasia sufferers will present the play "Games, Scenes and Delusion" in multi-ethnic community centers to raise awareness of people living with aphasia.

Théâtre Le Clou
Arts and culture

Théâtre Le Clou’s target audience is teenagers. The theater’s focus is three-fold: adolescence, young teens and “Zurban Tales”. To foster a closer relationship with its young audience, the company invites 13 to 17 year olds to participate in an annual writing contest on urban tales. The authors of the best will stories receive professional coaching and will see their works broadcast in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto. FGM has chosen to support the creativity of these young people.

Tyndale St-Georges Community Center
Social development

The Tyndale St-Georges Community Center is striving to improve the living conditions of residents of the Little Burgundy district. The organization offers a variety of educational and cultural programs for adults, children and families: language and computer courses, employment training, reference services, support groups, workshops for both parents and children, after school programs, summer camps, etc. The objectives of the project supported by the FGM are to develop a support network consisting mainly of parents to assist them in developing their parenting skills and help them acquire the means to play a more active role in educating their children, as well as increase their knowledge about resources in their neighborhood.

Université de Montréal
Social development

The Faculty of Veterinary Medecine, University of Montréal (FMV) in Saint-Hyacinthe is an internationally recognized francophone institution. The FMV is dedicated to excellence and innovation and to providing leadership in animal health, and food and public safety through its research and community services. Together with the Bon Dieu dans la rue, homeless youth have access to a veterinary clinic thirteen evenings per year for the treatment of their animals. Concerns over the health of these animals and of certain contamination risks to the owners due to parasites are behind the origins of the project. This project, supported by the FGM, involves third-year PhD program students of the FMV and the Technology program students of the Animal Health College of St. Hyacinthe.