Member Support Resources
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CSU Daycare (website)
This is a drop-in service; the daily service consists of three four-hour periods: Morning (9h-13h); Daytime (13h-17h); Evening (17h-21h).
It is located at 1424 Rue Bishop.
Cost / Funding: For one child, the rate is $25/periods; for two children, the rate is $35/period. Parents must also provide their own diapers CREW will reimburse parents for use of this service.
How to apply: Drop-in.
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Atwater Pantry (website)
24/7, no barrier, free outdoor pantry
Location: 2111 Atwater Ave, Montreal, Quebec H3H 1X8
Food Against Fascism(FAF) (website)
Provides vegetarian meals, drinks, essential supplies such as feminine hygiene products, hats and gloves, etc.
Location: Galt St. and Wellington St. in Verdun every Saturday, 12-2pm
NDG Food Not Bombs (website)
Free food every Saturday, 1pm-2pm
Location: Place Charles-Este, Av. Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, QC H4B 1M6
Sankofa Farming Cooperative (website)
Student-run garden providing organic fruits and vegetables to Black-Indigenous communities in need
Location: Hingston Hall residence, Loyola Campus
How to apply: Connect through social media to coordinate times to pick up fresh produce for free
People’s Potato Emergency Food Baskets (website)
No registration, freely accessible emergency food baskets distributed by The People’s Potato, a non-profit, worker-run vegan soup kitchen. First-come, first-serve on specific dates until supplies are exhausted.
Location: The People’s Potato kitchen - 7th floor in the Henry Hall building (1455 de Maisonneuve W., H-700. Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 1M8)
Upcoming dates/times for distribution:
March 14th - 2:30pm
March 28th - 2:30pm
April 11th - 2:30pm
April 17th - 2:30pm
April 25th - 2:30pm
April 30th - 2:30pm
Community Cravings Pantry (website)
Freely accessible community fridge with vegetables provided by Cultivation, a solidarity cooperative of urban farmers, and managed by the Concordia Student Union.
Location: Art Hive on the 7th floor in the Henry Hall building (1455 de Maisonneuve W., H-700. Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 1M8)
Le Frigo Vert (website)
Community space located near St. George Williams Campus that offers a subsidized grocery store, in addition to free harm reduction, gender and sexuality supplies.
Location: 1440 Rue Mackay, Montreal, Quebec H3G 2H9. Open Monday to Thursday, 12-6pm.
The Open Door Montreal (website)
Offers essential support for people experiencing housing insecurity in Montreal. Free meals, clothing, etc.
Location: 3535 Avenue du Parc, Montreal, Quebec, H2X 2H8
Concordia Food Coalition (website)
Coalition of students, faculty, staff and community members co-creating campus community food sovereignty. Offers a food map illustrating several food and garden locations around Concordia’s St. George Williams Campus.
Parc-Ex Curry Collective (website)
A mutual aid initiative providing food distribution services in Montreal. Community-led project that provides financial support for asylum seekers in Parc-Extension by hiring them as chefs.
How to Apply: Order through website.
Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar (website)
The gurdwara hosts a langar, which is open all day to the public, and serves a vegetarian meal of curries and bread.
Location: 430 Rue Saint-Roch, Montreal QC H3N 1K3
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Black Healing Fund (website)
Provides discretionary funds for low-income Black people in the Montreal area for therapy and other mental health or healing-focused resources
List of Black and BIPOC therapists and healers who offer healing services/classes/products to people in Montreal area available
Funding Amount: Funding offered in $500 or $1000 amounts
How to Apply: Applications accepted once $30,000 fundraising achieved; applications open for 1 full week until funds run out (application link here)
Pride Therapy Network of Montreal (website)
Provides financially accessible therapy for members of sexual and gender diverse communities through a collective of independent mental health practitioners.
Costs: Sliding scale; reduced fee spots offered at $40/session
How to Apply: Directory of therapist profiles to contact individually through website
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Médécins du monde (website)
Provides free and confidential healthcare for young girls and women, people experiencing housing insecurity, displaced persons and refugees, and migrants with precarious status
Migrant clinics, mobile clinics, psychological support, Indigenous clinics
Location and Time:
Drop-in Clinic at 560, boul. Crémazie Est, Suite 100, Montreal (Qc) H2P 1E8 (Mobile Clinic Calendar)
Wednesdays 10-2pm for pregnant women
Thursdays 10-2pm for everyone
Indigenous Health Clinic at the Indigenous Friendship Centre
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 10-3pm, 2001 Boul. Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC H2X 2T3
How to Apply: Clinic for migrants with precarious status - make an appointment
Artemisia Mutual Aid Collective (website)
An alliance of community herbalists, medicine makers, gardeners, and activists providing support through herbal medicine, knowledge sharing, and herbal consultations to vulnerable and precarious communities.
Studentcare (website)
Health and dental plan provider for Concordia students. Offers mental health support, legal assistance, and virtual health care options.
How to Apply: See website for coverage details and claim forms.
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TRAPs MTL (website)
Provides financial support to transfeminine people experiencing precarity in Montreal ; applications open to trans women and transfeminized people with urgent needs without access to stable and sufficient income.
Funding Amounts: $200 and $500 amounts
How to Apply: Application through website
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Just Solutions (website)
Offers free legal information and referrals to refugees
Location: 1435 City Councillors Street, Montreal (QC) H3A 2E4
How to Apply: Services offered by appointment only
Legal Information Clinic (website)
Created and operated by the Concordia Student Union. Provides legal information and referrals to Concordia students.
How to Apply: Email legalclinic@csu.qc.ca
Immigrant Workers Centre (website)
Provides a safe and confidential space for vulnerable workers to speak freely and question their working conditions, in addition to offering legal information clinics on labour and related immigration issues.
Location: 4755, Van Horne Av., Office #110, Montréal, QC H3W 1H8
Times for legal information clinics:
Tuesday: 2-6pm
Wednesday: 2-6pm
Thursday: 2-6pm
How to Apply: Legal information clinics open to the public, call or email for appointments outside of designated hours.
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Housing and Job Resource Centre (website)
Concordia Student Union’s Off-Campus Housing and Job Resource Centre provides legal information to students and members of Concordia’s community, and offers a classifieds website to locate work and housing opportunities.
How to Apply: Contact hojo@csu.qc.ca to book an appointment; HOJO Classifieds available online.