Empowerment

Here, you can access our calendar of upcoming events, our list of activity ideas as well as a library of carefully selected articles to help guide mentors and parents through their role.

Event Calendar

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal prides itself with organizing many events for mentees, their families and their mentors. You can consult our event calendar below to stay up to date with what is to come!

Mentoring Month takes place each January and gives us all a chance to recognize the value of youth mentorship and to celebrate the hardworking mentors in our homes, offices and communities!

At the assembly, we will present the organization’s annual report and financial statements. This event is open to all member of the community.

Throughout September, Big Brothers Big Sisters is celebrating the power and impact of mentorship across North America!

Big Brothers Big Sisters across North America is proud to celebrate and showcase the power and impact of mentoring during Big Brothers Big Sisters Day! Join our agency’s annual festivities as we organize an event for the occasion!

At the end of each year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal invites their mentees and mentors to the annual Christmas Party. Our matches have the chances of spending a great time with one another before bidding the year that just passed adieu!

Activity Ideas

As a mentor, trying to find an idea for an activity is not always an easy task. We have compiled a list of fun activities to do with your mentee to help you create great memories together.

Draw
Paint
Decorate an object (vase, mirror, picture frame)
Make almost anything at the FabLab du Square
Play a musical instrument at the musical space Le Pavillon
Create a flower arrangement
Design a theme calendar
Make a piece of pottery
Take pictures
Design a mask
Make candles
Create origami objects, origami flower bouquets
Play with face-paint and make-up
Fix something
Create a sculpture
Make jewellery
Build something (bird house, soap box)
Make shadow puppets
Make soap or natural products
Play music on the computer
Learn Photoshop
Knit, crochet
Learn to make animals with balloons

Light therapy at the Place des Arts
Light experience at the Basilica – Fee
Montréal en lumière (February 16 to March 3) – Variable rate
International Festival of Films on Art (March 16 to 26)
BAnQ Library for access to virtual and physical collections
Biodome, planetarium and insectarium – Fee
Écomuseum – Fee
Montreal Science Centre: Dinosaurs exhibition (October 9 to March 12)
Go to the theater
Go to the Salon du livre
Visit a library
Learn about the customs and habits of other countries
Participate in a march/parade
Visit the embassies
Doing improvisation
Visiting upscale neighborhoods to see beautiful homes
Make a family tree
Learn to use a map
Prepare a report on a country
Attend a poetry/humor night

Talk about childhood memories
Find the definition of a random word found in the dictionary, learn new words and use them during the day
Talk about the news
Talk about bullying and racketeering at school and other places
Talk about the future, a dream job,
Read the same book and talk about it together
Talk about first loves, the love of your life

Write (a letter, a play, a comic book)
Make a “Best Recipes” book
Tell 10 great jokes and write them down
Create a mini-movie: write a scenario, create the dialogue and edit it.
Create riddles

Go to a Job Fair
Help draft a resume and cover letter

Distribute Christmas baskets
Sell items to collect funds
Take care of a community garden
Help clean the city
Organize a clothing drive for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation

Research a science subject (electricity, astronomy, technology)
Try various science experiments
Watch documentaries on a common interest
Play games and answer quizzes on the Internet

Gourmet Happening – Fee
Discover raclettes and/or fondues at home
Bake Christmas cookies
Drink hot chocolate
Taste poutines – Fee
Have a picnic
Have a BBQ
Cook a recipe
Discover foreign dishes

Defining a long-term objective you can reach together helps build trust in a match relationship
Prepare a play
Organize a garage sale
Start a coin/stamp/rock collection

Go cut a tree
Motorcycle show (Feb. 24-26)
Outdoor, hunting and fishing show (Feb 17-19)
Boat show (Feb. 9-12)
Montreal Snow Fest (Jan. 14 to Feb. 5)
St. Patrick’s Day Parade (March 17)
Valentine’s Day themed activities
Have a water-balloon/snowball fights
Organize a water activity (kayak, paddle boat)
Go to La Ronde, watch fireworks, go to a waterpark
Garden together (take weeds out, rake the leaves)
Try a winter sport (skiing, snowshoeing, walking, sledding)
Have a theme day (Star Wars, at-home spa)
Decorate the Christmas tree
Go snowmobiling
Go ice-fishing
Go dog-sledding
Build a snow fort or a snowman

Cabane Panache – (March 23 to 26)
Games in the libraries
Craft markets (November 5 to February 12)
Shooting of a TV show
Go to a sugar shack
Go to a museum (Beaux-Arts, Grévin, McCord, Pointe-à-Callières)
Pick fruits or pumpkins
Maze
Go to the beach
Organize a rally
Attend a festival or public event (Comic-Con, FrancoFolies, Just for Laughs, Fête des Neiges)
Go to a theme-café (cats, board games, ceramics)
Use and learn to navigate public transit
Go to the zoo
Go to the movies/IMAX/arcades/drive-in theatre
Go karting
Play laser games
Go to the circus
Go to the trampoline playground iSaute
Go to the Haunted House (informed teens only)
Play regular size games
Ride a boat, jet boat, river boat
Go to the Atwater or Jean-Talon market
Visit Chinatown, Latino town, etc.
Go to the Flea Market