About Us

Get to know our history and how our movement has been helping children for over a century! Get acquainted with the members of our Board of Directors and our agency’s team. Finally, track our yearly accomplishments thanks to our annual reports.

Our history in Greater Montreal

1903

The movement starts in the United-States.

1913

The movement begins in Canada.

1975

The Greater Montreal agency is founded. Back then, the agency only provided matches for boys.

1980

The Greater Montreal agency starts offering matches for girls through the Big Sister program. The same year, it becomes affiliated with United Way.

1985

On April 18^th, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal celebrates their 10^th anniversary with a Charity Diner at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The large-scale event welcomes several high-profile personalities, including then-mayor Jean Drapeau, Guy Lafleur, Sylvie Bernier, Jean-Pierre Ferland and, finally, the Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre-Eliott Trudeau.

1989

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal partners with the Prometheus Project and merges in 1992. The In-School mentoring program still exists today and matches close to 150 children every year, in over 25 partner schools.

1998

The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal Foundation is created to help finance the agency’s development.

2013

The national Big Brothers Big Sisters movement celebrates 100 years in Canada. Over 33,000 children and teens have been helped since the inception of the movement.

2015

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal moves into new facilities in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve area. The fresh start allows the team to update and upgrade their services.

2019

Big Brothers Big Sisters is reinventing itself and adopting a new look. We have adopted a cooler style, a new image and a new approach.

Currently

Our agency employs approximately 15 people and offers services to over 1,600 youths every year.

Annual Report

2019-2020

2018-2019

2017-2018

2019-2020

Staff

Administrative Members

Maxime Bergeron Laurencelle	Executive Director
Marine Papin	Deputy Executive Director
Sylvain Chaleteix	Marketing and Communications Director
Émilie Bourbeau	Funding and Event Coordinator
Mathilde Van Branteghem	Clinical Programs Coordinator
Angela Ripolo	Coordinator of Research and Program Innovation
Catherine Desrochers	Financing Officer
Lyne Charron	Administrative Assistant

Mentoring Coordinators

Crystal Alexander	Mentoring Coordinator
Guillaume Tremblay	Mentoring Coordinator
France Chaput	Mentoring Coordinator
Mollie Arsenault	Mentoring Coordinator
Omar Mustafa	Mentoring Coordinator
Veronique Belanger	Mentoring Coordinator
Vincent Davis	Mentoring Coordinator
Zoe Jacques	Mentoring Coordinator