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Organization Position Location Description
Aids Community Care Montreal (ACCM)

Meal Coordinator/Cook

Ville-Marie

Dinner & Discussion is a weekly dinner for a members that happens every Monday. The role of the Meal Coordinator/Cook is to plan a healthy, balanced meal with a vegetarian and meat option for roughly 20 people,
respecting the given budget, liaise with the volunteer driver for the purchase and delivery of ingredients, and facilitate member participation in meal preparation.

Aids Community Care Montreal (ACCM)

Driver

Ville-Marie

Complete driving tasks requested by ACCM in a professional, reliable, and timely manner. Some tasks may require light lifting (helping carry groceries or assisting members in and
out of vehicle)

Aids Community Care Montreal (ACCM)

Teacher's Toolkit Lesson Plan Developer

Ville-Marie

Research existing sex education lesson plans geared toward elementary school students, adapt or create new sexual health lesson plans that respect Quebec’s sexual health curriculum objectives, share and promot lesson plans plans at teacher attended events (QPAT).

Aids Community Care Montreal (ACCM)

Support Buddy

Ville-Marie

Liaise with the Buddy Program Coordinator to determine current member needs. Offer non-judgmental and non-discriminatory support to members and help out with various practical needs such as accompaniment during grocery shopping and errands, accessing information or services over the internet, preparing meals, light housekeeping, support on public transportation, accompaniments to medical appointments, and home and hospital visits

Aids Community Care Montreal (ACCM)

Sexual Health Workshop Facilitator

Give presentations (HIV 101, Safer Sex, Healthy Relationships, etc.) through workshops and kiosks for schools and community groups, create, develop and update new workshop and kiosk games when needed and assemble safer sex kits and SextEd promo materials.

Aids Community Care Montreal (ACCM)

SextEd Response Team Volunteer

SextEd is a program that provides sexual heath education by answering youth questions through text messaging. SextEd Response Team volunteers answer youth questions by researching and drafting comprehensive responses in a team. They also update and contribute to a database of saved text and online frequently asked questions.

SextEd volunteers have a flexible schedule based on their availability. Volunteers are expected to complete an orientation and devote 2-4 hours per week for at least 6 months. Majority of the shifts may be online due to COVID, but at times in-person shifts may be required.

AMI-Quebec

Mental Health Group Facilitator

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Group facilitators help run our support groups. We are looking for family members and people with lived experience with mental illness who recognize the importance of their personal experience in helping others cope with their own situations. Experience in support groups as a participant is required and training is provided.

AMI-Quebec

Mental Health Speaker

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Speakers and Presenters – for our Public Awareness program–speaking to schools and businesses about mental illness. You are provided with a presentation and training. If you have lived experience with mental illness in yourself or in a loved one, and are willing to speak about your experience, that’s even better! You must be comfortable with public speaking and have some knowledge of mental illness and mental health.

Quebec Association for People with Aphasia (AQPA)

Accompaniment-friendship visits

The “Association québécoise des personnes aphasiques ” (AQPA) is looking for volunteers to provide friendly visits to people with aphasia in French and English.

The AQPA is a Community Organization whose primary goal is to help people with aphasia overcome social isolation. Aphasia is a language disorder commonly caused by a stroke, head trauma or a tumor. It can cause communication difficulties in daily activities and thus prevent them from enjoying life fully.

The friendly visits are usually offered on a weekly basis, at the home of the person with aphasia. Depending on the need of the person with aphasia, the visits could revolve around language stimulating activities, stimulating activities, going to outings together.

Quebec Association for People with Aphasia (AQPA)

Assistant language stimulation workshops

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

The “Association québécoise des personnes aphasiques” (AQPA) is looking for volunteers to assist language stimulation workshops in French and English. Volunteers with more experience may eventually get the opportunity to be in charge of the group facilitation.

The AQPA is a Community Organization whose primary goal is to help people with aphasia overcome social isolation. Aphasia is a language disorder commonly caused by a stroke, head trauma or a tumor. It can cause communication difficulties in daily activities and thus prevent them from enjoying life fully.

The volunteers are expected to communicate with members informally before and after the workshops, assist the members with their coats, canes, etc, help out with adapted transport and assist the group facilitator with the actual group leading.