10 projects for Quebec anglophones
Ten projects that will improve the prospects and quality of life of vulnerable English-speaking youth, seniors and newcomers have been selected among 43 project proposals vying for $1 million in federal funding over the next two years.
The funding was announced a year ago, and the Quebec Community Groups Network was chosen to solicit and select projects and to distribute of $1 million from the federal government’s Community Innovation Fund.
That federal spending is to be doubled by private sector partners.
Among the projects that will each receive funding:
a program to provide jobs to encourage youth to remain in Quebec’s Lower North Shore region, run by the Coasters Association
a project to motivate young people to complete high school and provide job skills specific to opportunities on the Îles-de-laMadeleine, run by the Council for Anglophone Magdalen Islanders
a program to help isolated seniors in N.D.G. become computer literate, run by the New Hope Senior Citizens Centre
a job skills and leadership training program for minority youth, run by the NDG Food Depot
a program to train anglophone baby boomers and newcomers to provide seniors with accompaniment to medical appointments, run by the NDG Seniors Citizens’ Council
a project to help anglophone youth and newcomers acquire professional kitchen-related job skills and language skills, run by the Park Extension Youth Organization
a project aimed at high school students at risk of dropping out to guide them toward skills training and post-secondary diplomas, run by Phelps Helps, a tutoring program in the Stanstead area
a job skills and entrepreneurship project in Little Burgundy for youth facing systemic challenges to employment, run jointly by Tyndale St- Georges Community Centre and the Desta Black Youth Network
a project to foster job skills among special needs youth, run jointly by Voice of English Speaking Quebec and Jeffery Hale Community Partners
a project to retain English-speaking newcomers in Quebec by helping them to integrate through workshops, mentorships and networking events, run by Youth Employment Services (YES Montreal).