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.

1982

🏙 Previously located in Downtown Montreal on Ste-Catherine Street, the head office moves to Berri Street in the Plateau-Mount-Royal, where it will remain for the next 33 years.

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.

Currently

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

Annual Report

2018-2019

2017-2018

2016 - 2017

2015 - 2016

2018-2019

Download our 2015 Annual Report

Staff

Administrative Members

Maxime Bergeron Laurencelle	Executive Director
Mélanie Blanchette	Program Director
Émilie Bourbeau	Funding and Event Coordinator
Mathilde Van Branteghem	Research and Programs Innovation Coordinator
Angela Ripolo	Research and program innovation coordinator
Sylvain Chaleteix	Marketing and Communications Director
Nay Maalouf	Communications Assistant
Lyne Charron	Administrative Assistant

Mentoring Coordinators

Crystal Alexander	Mentoring Coordinator
Étienne Grondin	Mentoring Coordinator
France Chaput	Mentoring Coordinator
Laurent Lapalme	Mentoring Coordinator
Omar Mustafa	Mentoring Coordinator
Veronique Belanger	Mentoring Coordinator