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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.