Adult Popular Education

Training centre for people 16 years old and over.

• Workshops in French language skills, literacy, and basic math.
• Introduction to computers: computers skills, Word, Excel, tablets, and cell phones.
• Help with high school equivalency tests (TENS).
• Help with general development tests (TDG).

Individual and collective defence of the rights of people living in poverty, mainly people receiving last-resort financial assistance.

• Individual assistance for citizens in understanding their rights and recourses, and the steps to take to ensure the defence of their rights.
• Conferences, information workshops and discussion groups on economic and social rights and issues related to poverty and social exclusion.
• Representation to public administrations and political bodies concerned with situations where the rights of citizens living in poverty are being violated or threatened.
• Regular workshops and meetings for members.
• Detailed schedule: actionpopulaire.org/nos-activites

Support, listening and referral service in education directing those who request it to the best training offers, throughout Québec, according to their needs.

• Referrals to training establishments that offer classes and programs matching learning needs.
• Answer questions about Pre-secondary courses, French courses, Upgrading your French, language skills, training (DVS, AVS, STC, etc.), Secondary cycles 1 and 2, College and university-level studies (ACS, DCS, certificate, Bachelor's degree, etc.), Distance learning, Lifelong learning (customized courses, language classes, computing courses, professional development, etc.), Recognition of acquired learning and competencies, Comparative evaluation (equivalence) of foreign diplomas, Student financial aid.

Consultation, support and respite for people living with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.

• Intervention: individual, family or group meetings and telephone listening.
• Respite: group and home stimulation respite.
• Coffee meetings and focus group.
• Training for caregivers.
• Exercise your brainpower: memory and concentration stimulation workshops.
• Representation in the community.
• Documentation centre.
• Training sessions for healthcare professionals.
• Lectures for schools, businesses, and senior centers.

Organization for consultation and defense of women's rights.

• Concertation, training and mobilization.
• Research, analysis and sensitization.

Gather Centre-Sud neighbourhood parents from all origines in a meeting, creation and resourcing place to capitalize their knowledge and expertise for the benefit of the community.

• Activities and workshops for families and parents.
• Workshops: cooking, dance, arts and crafts, reading stimulation, popular education, discussion and sharing between different cultures and generations.
• Participation in neighbourhood revitalization activities.

Group of organizations providing services to people who have or have had issues with justice.

• Research programs.
• Public awareness.
• Crime prevention.
• Training.
• Information on the impacts of a criminal record and on pardon application: www.casierjudiciaire.ca

Information and promotion of issues related to women.

• Social action.
• Advocacy of women's interests.

Education and social rights defense group.

• Home.
• Telephone information.
• Training and information workshops: social rights, social assistance, fight against poverty, mobilization.

Popular education movement.

• Street library and Festival of Learnings: culture as a means to fight against poverty.
• People's Universities Fourth World: evenings of dialogue between citizens of all backgrounds.
• Various activities to enhance the knowledge of people on a low income.

• Literacy: reading, writing and mathematics.
• Alpha-francization.
• Sale and recovery of used books.

Support citizens in their examination of social issues and the realities of urban life.

• Urban explorations: territorial or thematic tours offering a portrait of Montreal combining history, culture, social justice, activism, tangible and intangible heritage.
• Raising awareness among Montrealers and promoting their involvement in the development of the city and society as a whole.

Organization working against human trafficking.

• Education and public awareness.
• Contribution to the improvement of existing services and the creation of new services and programs.
• Assistance relationship for people living with the consequences of a situation of exploitation or exchange of sexual services and close ones.
• Training and awareness-raising for a variety of clienteles.

Grouping of professionals in youth prevention and social intervention.

• Training and coaching programs for youth workers from various backgrounds: early childhood and families, schools, rehabilitation.
• Cooperation with the research community.

• Physical activities: aerobics, basketball, fitness, soccer, swimming, walking club, taekwondo, judo, boxing, self-defense, brazilian jiu-jitsu.
• Recreational activities: crafts, calligraphy, sewing, cooking, chess, singing, story time, robotics, drawing, various workshops.
• Socio-community and cultural activities.
• Food bank.
• Arabic language school.
• Academic support and tutoring in French, English, Spanish, physics and mathematics.
• Computer workshops.
• Parent-child workshops.
• Culinary workshops.
• Youth program: activities, outings, video games, civic participation and volunteering.
• Day camp during the holidays and the summer period.
• Family outings.
• School supplies.
• Donation of furniture.
• Tax clinic.
• Christmas and Ramadan baskets.

Education, information and social action.

• Literacy workshops.
• Computer workshops.
• Creative workshops.
• Access to computers.
• Integration of people living with an intellectual disability: action-autonomie, vitrail-plus.
• Intercultural and family activities: parties, outings and special events.
• Citizens' committees.

National organization of popular education.

• Training and accompaniment on different issues and practices: autonomous popular education, mobilization, collective action, collective rights, empowerment, ecology, etc.
• Social engagement resourcing activities to support associative life, social movements, involvement, etc.
• Online tools bank facilitating activities and autonomous popular education procedures: www.educationpopulaireautonome.org

Welcoming, listening and referral centre.

• In-person and phone listening service.
• Personalized support: 3 to 10 listening meetings by appointments.
• Information and referral service.
• Réseau Sentinelles: community distress prevention.
• Various training workshops: listening, distress process, migratory journey, etc.
• Assistance with newcomers' settlement: individual meetings, information sessions, part-time francization courses, French conversation workshops, linguistic pairing, translation and document certification services, daycare search assistance.
• Social involvement and consultation work with other actors in the community.

Popular education, social prevention and global development.

• Information and communication sessions.
• Respite care for children from 3 months to 5 years old.
• Nobody's Perfect Program: parenting skills training.
• Workshops on human and social relations.
• Stimulation activities for children: kindergarten preparation, language stimulation, musical awakening, etc.
• Language class for children.
• Coffee-meetings.
• Breakfast conferences.
• Healthy collective kitchens.
• Creative arts workshops.
• Choirs with performances in the CHSLDs.
• Cooking workshops for youth during pedagogical days.
• Drop-in daycare: available for members during activities.

• Listening and individual support service.
• Social and educational activities: various workshops.
• Conferences.
• Collective kitchen.
• Drop-in daycare.
• High school academic training service.