Archive for month: April, 2025
Portrait of the English-Speaking Population of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
/in Community PortraitsCommunity Mental Health Counsellor
/in Job PostingsA community-based, not-for-profit organization, AMI-Quebec is committed to helping families manage the effects of mental health challenges and illnesses through support, education, guidance and advocacy. By promoting understanding, we work to dispel the stigma still surrounding mental illness, thereby helping to create communities that offer new hope for meaningful life.
Our work is based on a paradigm of competence that focuses on coping and adaptation, while emphasizing the family’s strengths, resources, and expertise and infusing a sense of mastery and hope. AMI-Quebec’s work is guided by values of respect and engagement, accessibility and adaptability, quality and security of healthcare services, and innovations and excellence.
We are looking for an experienced counsellor to join our team and help us ensure continued support for families. Please note that this counsellor will work with the family/friends supporting a person with mental health challenges/illnesses, rather than with those individuals themselves. Click here to read about our SOS Famille program.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, or Counselling
- Proven experience working with families
- Knowledge of mental illness
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to empathize with clients
- Bilingual (English, French)
- Interest in working in a community nonprofit organization
Responsibilities and Duties
- Evaluate clients’ needs and create an intervention plan
- Help individuals with the resources needed to reach personal goals
- Monitor client progress and adjust intervention plan as needed
- Take part in other relevant tasks necessary for the functioning of the organization
Supervision (individually and in group) is provided.
We are located in Montreal. Some remote work may be possible.
Compensation: Salaried position: Remuneration and benefits are based on the organization’s salary scale (salary is based on a full time starting salary of $53,000 annually).
To apply, please email a resume and cover letter to hiring@amiquebec.org. Please include references with your application.
The deadline to apply is May 15, 2025. We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application. The position may be filled before the deadline. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Support Services Department (SSD) Assistant
/in Job PostingsSupport Services Department (SSD) Assistant (9 weeks)
30 hours per week at $20/h
As our Support Services Department Assistant, you’ll provide vital administrative support while learning about community health services and member support, culminating in improved systems and resources for ACCM’s membership.
Job duties:
- Update and maintain member records in our Penelope database system
- Support member intake procedures and documentation
- Assist with organizing and facilitating support groups
- Create and maintain comprehensive resource lists for members
- Help prepare program materials
- Assist with basic statistical reporting and data entry
Ideal Candidate:
- Passionate about community health and support services
- Strong organizational and administrative skills
- Detail-oriented with excellent documentation abilities
- Comfortable with database systems and digital tools
- Demonstrates sensitivity when working with diverse communities
- Between 15-30 years old (Canada Summer Jobs requirement)
- Bilingual French/English an asset
You’ll Gain Experience In:
- Database management
- Community support services
- Resource compilation and organization
- Member services coordination
- Administrative systems development
Please submit a cover letter, CV, and two references to Mira Soueid at ed@accmontreal.org with “Support Services Assistant ” in the subject line by May 12th
Archives and Events Assistant
/in Job PostingsArchives and Events Assistant (9 weeks)
30 hours per week at $20/h
Help preserve ACCM’s rich community history! As our Archives and Events Assistant, you’ll organize our historical documents while learning about Montreal’s HIV/AIDS activism and 2SLGBTQ+ history to culminate in an AIDS in Montreal archive exhibit in partnership with Fierté Montreal.
Job duties:
- Develop and implement organization systems for ACCM’s historical archives
- Catalog and digitize important community materials and oral histories
- Create accessible physical and digital filing systems
- Document archival procedures and create user-friendly guides
- Collaborate with the Pride committee on exhibition development
- Support the planning and installation of the Fierté Montreal archive exhibit
Ideal Candidate:
- Passionate about 2SLGBTQ+ community history and preservation
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Able to work both independently and collaboratively
- Comfortable with digital tools and handling physical documents
- Demonstrates sensitivity when working with community members and materials
- Between 15-30 years old (Canada Summer Jobs requirement)
- Bilingual French/English an asset
You’ll Gain Experience In:
- Archive management
- Community exhibition curation
- Event planning and coordination
- Community engagement
- Project management
Prior archiving experience is preferred but not required – we value enthusiasm and willingness to learn!
How to apply? Please submit a cover letter, CV, and two references to Mira Soueid at ed@accmontreal.org with “Archives and Events Assistant” in the subject line by May 12th
Hear Québec: Graphic Designer
/in Job PostingsHear Québec is seeking a dedicated and creative Graphic Designer with web & marketing experience to join our team. This role involves designing content for both print and digital platforms, including our bi-annual magazine, website, and social media channels.
Major responsibilities:
- Create initial design concepts by developing rough layouts, including the arrangement, size, typography, style, and aesthetic
- Submit rough layouts to the Executive Director for approval
- Finalize designs by preparing copy and artwork, using typesetting, printing, and related equipment.
- Preparing final layouts by marking and pasting up finished copy and art
- Complete projects by coordinating with internal team members and, when necessary, external agencies, art services, printers, and other partners
- Graphically design and produce a bi-annual magazine
- Collaborate with the team in the creation of documents for a bi-annual magazine
- Develop and implement advertising campaigns for a bi-annual magazine
- Search and identify potential and new opportunities
- Evaluate advertising strategies
- Review and update website content while coordinating the process among the different team members
Requirements
- Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator
- You must be between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the start of employment to be eligible for Canada Summer Jobs.
- Permanent resident of Canada, Canadian Citizens, or legally permitted and protected under the Immigration and Refugee protection during the period of employment.
Assets
- Marketing experience
- Website management experience
- Experience with WordPress
- Experience with Google Workspace (Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Drive)
- Experience working with people with a disability, specifically hearing loss
- Experience with non-profit organizations
Hear Québec is proud of its diverse, committed, focused and respectful staff and volunteers. With a dynamic and fast paced work environment, you would want to work for Hear Québec because:
- Hear Québec has a long history of growth and stability in the not-for-profit sector
- Creates opportunity for you to have a positive impact for your community
- Many opportunities for training and skills development
To Apply for this Canada Summer Jobs position
Please submit your CV in English plus a cover letter to jobs@hearhear.org explaining how you meet the requirements and assets for this job.
Please note – this job supports people who self-identify as being part of under-represented groups, including those who are part of the LGBTQ2+ community, or as having additional barriers to entering or staying in the labor market. Priority will be given to persons with disabilities, especially those who are hard of hearing oral communicators.
About Hear Québec
Hear Québec is the only registered nonprofit organization in Québec which serves Anglophones affected by hearing loss. Hear Québec has been providing ongoing programs, services, and support to the hard of hearing community in and around the greater Montréal area since 1979 – over 40 years.
Many of our team and board members are people affected by hearing loss. We understand and are concerned with the struggles and the difficulties that people with hearing difficulties often experience in their daily lives. As a largely “invisible” disability, there are many “myths” and misconceptions about hearing loss. Our vision is a community where we can hear, be heard and thrive.
Job Type: Full-time, Contract
Schedule: 35 hours flexible (9-5pm)
Location: NDG Montreal
Salary: Sliding scale based on experience between 17-21$/hour
Job start date: July 2025
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Pay: $17.00-$21.00 per hour
Expected hours: 35 per week
Montreal Mission Internship
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Canvas of Connection: An Intergenerational Art Project Recap
/in Community NewsCanvas of Connection was a 6-month intergenerational art program designed to bridge the gap between English-speaking seniors and high school youth living in Saint-Laurent. Through monthly art sessions facilitated by professional artists, participants explored a variety of art forms while building meaningful relationships across generations. Together, the seniors and youth co-created a multimedia “Art Hive”—a collaborative scrapbook that celebrates cultural and generational diversity through shared stories, artwork, and creative expression.