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		<title>Project Genesis: Highlights 2016-2017</title>
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<p>Through our often-bustling <strong>Storefront</strong> drop-in centre, as well as our modest yet vital <strong>Home Advocacy Services </strong>program, Project Genesis assists individuals and families with their immediate difficulties.</p>
<p>This past year, this work was sustained by <strong>57 volunteers and 11 students and interns</strong>, who gave their time as front-line advisors, receptionists, and support volunteers.</p>
<h4><span style="color: #008000;">Storefront</span></h4>
<p>This past year, we provided <strong>8,842 in-person and follow-up interventions through our Storefront</strong>, and also responded to thousands of telephone calls.</p>
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<li><strong>3,193 of our Storefront interventions were related to housing issues</strong>, such as addressing problems of mould and vermin, and helping tenants respond to rent increase notices.</li>
<li><strong>2,240 of our Storefront interventions were related to welfare</strong>, including assisting people in determining their eligibility for accessing benefits.</li>
<li>Our Storefront provided services to people from <strong>128 countries of origin</strong>, and in addition to English and French, our volunteers and staff offered services in <strong>11 languages</strong>.</li>
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<p>Find out more at: <b><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/storefront/">genese.qc.ca/pg/storefront</a></b></p>
<h4><span style="color: #008000;">Home Advocacy Services</span></h4>
<p>Through our <strong>Home Advocacy Services (HAS)</strong> program, we provide services by telephone and in people’s homes to those in our neighbourhood who are unable to come to the Storefront, including frail seniors, people with visual impairments, and those with mobility challenges. This past year, we provided <strong>261 HAS interventions</strong>.</p>
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<li><strong>134 HAS interventions were related to income tax preparation</strong>. Trained volunteers prepared income tax returns for our HAS service users so that they could continue to access basic income benefits such as the Guaranteed Income Supplement and Shelter Allowance.</li>
<li>Besides income taxes, the most common HAS interventions were related to <strong>housing problems (69 interventions).</strong></li>
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<p>Read more at: <strong><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/home-advocacy-services/">genese.qc.ca/pg/home-advocacy-services</a></strong></p>
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<p>Ms. Everith Smith first came to Project Genesis in 1988. Since 2000, Project Genesis has been going to Ms. Smith, to the apartment that she has lived in for over 32 years…</p>
<p>She calls on HAS volunteers to help her respond to a range of housing questions, including annual rent increase notices.</p>
<p>Read the rest of her story at: <b><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/my-experience-help-with-addressing-financial-difficulties/">genese.qc.ca/pg-an-inside-look</a></b></p>
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<p>Through our <strong>Home Advocacy Services (HAS)</strong> program, we provide services by telephone and in people’s homes to those in our neighbourhood who are unable to come to the Storefront, including frail seniors, people with visual impairments, and those with mobility challenges. This past year, we provided <strong>261 HAS interventions</strong>.</p>
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<li><strong>134 HAS interventions were related to income tax preparation</strong>. Trained volunteers prepared income tax returns for our HAS service users so that they could continue to access basic income benefits such as the Guaranteed Income Supplement and Shelter Allowance.</li>
<li>Besides income taxes, the most common HAS interventions were related to <strong>housing problems (69 interventions).</strong></li>
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<p>Read more at: <strong><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/home-advocacy-services/">genese.qc.ca/pg/home-advocacy-services</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong>&#8220;A memorable event of this past year was when we went to the minister&#8217;s office in Quebec City&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Such events contributed to the Quebec government increasing their funding of social housing units in the March 2017 budget from 1,500 units to 3,000 units&#8230; We are fighting for other new Quebeckers who need social housing.”</strong></p>
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<p>Read <strong>Pinto and Sriyani</strong>&#8216;s point of view at: <b><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/experience-fighting-poverty-fighting-social-housing/">genese.qc.ca/pg-an-inside-look</a></b></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Community Organizing</h3>
<p>Our <strong>Housing Rights</strong> and <strong>Anti-Poverty</strong> community organizing engages volunteers and local residents toward improving housing conditions and reducing and ending poverty. Our <strong>Outreach door-knocking team</strong> reaches out into our neighbourhood, providing information and support.</p>
<h4><span style="color: #008000;">Housing Rights</span></h4>
<p>Our <strong>Housing Rights</strong> team, including <strong>57 motivated Housing Rights Committee volunteers</strong>, worked in strategic ways this past year for better local housing conditions for tenants.</p>
<ul>
<li>We <strong>held monthly workshops, attended by a total of 177 participants</strong>, to explain and discuss the various types of social housing and to help households apply.</li>
<li>We distributed <strong>over 2,000 housing rights pamphlets in 11 languages</strong>, giving basic information on tenants’ rights and responsibilities, and inviting people to contact us if they needed help.</li>
<li>We informed <strong>135 neighbourhood residents on their rights</strong> though our tenants’ rights workshops.</li>
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<p>Discover more at: <strong><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/housing-rights">genese.qc.ca/pg/housing-rights</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong>“What was important for me this year was the campaign to obtain a social fare at the STM for people living on a low income. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Along with many Project Genesis members, i was in many places of the neighbourhood to meet people, to talk to them about the campaign and offer them a declaration of support to sign.</strong><strong>”</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Bernadette</strong>, Anti-Poverty Committee volunteer</p>
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<h4> <span style="color: #008000;">Anti-Poverty</span></h4>
<p>This past year, our <strong>Anti-Poverty</strong> team, including <strong>72 engaged Anti-Poverty Committee volunteers</strong>, worked to improve the financial situation of low-income households.</p>
<ul>
<li>We <strong>advocated for a ‘social fare’ for public transit</strong> for those living below the poverty line, and <strong>opposed Hydro Quebec rate increases</strong> which will disproportionately affect low income households.</li>
<li>We advocated for a <strong>$15 Quebec minimum wage </strong>to improve the situation of low-income workers.</li>
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<p>Learn more at: <b><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/anti-poverty/">genese.qc.ca/pg/anti-poverty</a></b></p>
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<h4><span style="color: #008000;">Outreach</span></h4>
<p>Our <strong>Outreach</strong> team visits apartment buildings in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, conversing with tenants and offering information on their housing rights, as well as letting them know about our services.</p>
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<li>This past year, with <strong>12 volunteers, we visited 56 buildings and knocked on 1,216 doors</strong>. We spoke directly with people in <strong>416 households</strong>, and left information pamphlets when nobody was home. We also reached local residents in neighbourhood parks during the summer.</li>
<li>We <strong>responded to referrals from the Storefront drop-in centre</strong>, which identified local buildings in which tenants were having severe problems and could benefit from our services.</li>
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<p>See more at: <strong><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/outreach/">genese.qc.ca/pg/outreach</a></strong></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Individual Services</h3>
<p>Through our often-bustling <strong>Storefront</strong> drop-in centre, as well as our modest yet vital <strong>Home Advocacy Services </strong>program, Project Genesis assists individuals and families with their immediate difficulties.</p>
<p>This past year, this work was sustained by <strong>61 volunteers and 14 students</strong>, who gave their time as front-line advisors, receptionists, and support volunteers.</p>
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<h4>Storefront</h4>
<p>This past year, we provided <strong>9,419 in-person and follow-up interventions through our Storefront</strong>, and also responded to thousands of telephone calls.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>3,627 of our Storefront interventions were related to housing issues</strong>, such as addressing problems of mould and vermin, and helping tenants respond to rent increase notices.</li>
<li><strong>2,258 of our Storefront interventions were related to welfare</strong>, including assisting people in determining their eligibility for accessing benefits.</li>
<li>Our Storefront provided services to people from <strong>140 countries of origin</strong>, and in addition to English and French, our volunteers and staff offered services in <strong>11 languages</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Find out more at: <b><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/storefront/">genese.qc.ca/pg/storefront</a></b></p>
<h4>Home Advocacy Services</h4>
<p>Through our <strong>Home Advocacy Services (HAS)</strong> program, we provide services by telephone and in people’s homes to those in our neighbourhood who are unable to come to the Storefront, including frail seniors, people with visual impairments, and those with mobility challenges. This past year, we provided <strong>305 HAS interventions</strong>.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>121 HAS interventions were related to income tax preparation</strong>. Trained volunteers prepared income tax returns for our HAS service users so that they could continue to access basic income benefits such as the Guaranteed Income Supplement and Shelter Allowance.</li>
<li>Besides income taxes, the most common HAS interventions were related to <strong>housing problems (104 interventions).</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Read more at: <strong><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/home-advocacy-services/">genese.qc.ca/pg/home-advocacy-services</a></strong></p>
<div id="attachment_11001" style="width: 505px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11001" class="wp-image-11001 size-portfolio" src="https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights2-495x400.jpg" alt="Christian and Jacinthe, father and daughter, both Storefront volunteers" width="495" height="400" srcset="https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights2-495x400.jpg 495w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights2-300x243.jpg 300w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights2-768x622.jpg 768w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights2-1030x834.jpg 1030w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights2-600x486.jpg 600w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights2-845x684.jpg 845w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights2-705x571.jpg 705w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights2-450x364.jpg 450w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights2.jpg 1417w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px" /><p id="caption-attachment-11001" class="wp-caption-text">Christian and Jacinthe, father and daughter, both Storefront volunteers</p></div>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-portfolio wp-image-11010 aligncenter" src="https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights3-495x400.jpg" alt="Rodolfo, Storefront service user" width="495" height="400" srcset="https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights3-495x400.jpg 495w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights3-845x684.jpg 845w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px" /></p>
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<p><strong>“I am trying to survive with these struggles in my life and I am very thankful to Genesis for helping. </strong></p>
<p><strong>They are approachable. They help you and they are very kind.”</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Read Rodolfo’s story at: <b><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/my-experience-help-with-addressing-financial-difficulties/">genese.qc.ca/pg-an-inside-look</a></b></p>
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<p>Our <strong>Housing Rights</strong> and <strong>Anti-Poverty</strong> community organizing engages volunteers and local residents toward improving housing conditions and reducing and ending poverty. Our <strong>Outreach door-knocking team</strong> reaches out into our neighbourhood, providing information and support.</p>
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<p>Our <strong>Housing Rights</strong> team, including <strong>57 motivated Housing Rights Committee volunteers</strong>, worked in strategic ways this past year for better local housing conditions for tenants.</p>
<ul>
<li>We <strong>held monthly workshops, attended by a total of 188 participants</strong>, to explain and discuss the various types of social housing and to help households apply.</li>
<li>We distributed <strong>750 housing rights pamphlets in 11 languages</strong>, giving basic information on tenants’ rights and responsibilities, and inviting people to contact us if they needed help.</li>
<li>We informed <strong>135 neighbourhood residents on their rights</strong> though our tenants’ rights workshops.</li>
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<p>Discover more at: <strong><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/housing-rights">genese.qc.ca/pg/housing-rights</a></strong></p>
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<h4> Anti-Poverty</h4>
<p>This past year, our <strong>Anti-Poverty</strong> team, including <strong>78 engaged Anti-Poverty Committee volunteers</strong>, worked to improve the financial situation of low-income households.</p>
<ul>
<li>We <strong>advocated for a ‘social fare’ for public transit</strong> for those living below the poverty line, and <strong>opposed Hydro Quebec rate increases</strong> which will disproportionately affect low income households.</li>
<li>We <strong>worked to reduce prejudice towards those receiving social assistance</strong>, by providing <strong>workshops and presentations</strong> on the realities of welfare.</li>
</ul>
<p>Learn more at: <b><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/anti-poverty/">genese.qc.ca/pg/anti-poverty</a></b></p>
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<p><strong>“(For me,) the most important way of fighting poverty is by fighting for housing.</strong><strong>”</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Read Kim’s point of view at: <b><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/experience-fighting-poverty-fighting-social-housing/">genese.qc.ca/pg-an-inside-look</a></b></p>
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<h4>Outreach</h4>
<p>Our <strong>Outreach</strong> team visits apartment buildings in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, conversing with tenants and offering information on their housing rights, as well as letting them know about our services.</p>
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<ul>
<li>This past year, with <strong>18 volunteers, we visited 72 buildings and knocked on 1,441 doors</strong>. We spoke directly with people in <strong>572 households</strong>, and left information pamphlets when nobody was home. We also reached local residents in neighbourhood parks during the summer.</li>
<li>We <strong>responded to referrals from the Storefront drop-in centre</strong>, which identified local buildings in which tenants were having severe problems and could benefit from our services.</li>
</ul>
<p>See more at: <strong><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/pg/outreach/">genese.qc.ca/pg/outreach</a></strong></p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-portfolio wp-image-11031 aligncenter" src="https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights5-495x400.jpg" alt="Sandra, Outreach volunteer" width="495" height="400" srcset="https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights5-495x400.jpg 495w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Highlights5-845x684.jpg 845w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px" /></p>
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<p><strong>“When you hear what other people have gone through, you can relate –<br />
it can help you, it can inspire you, it can motivate you.</strong><strong>”</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Read Sandra’s experience at: <b><a href="https://genese.qc.ca/experience-learning-inspired-make-change/">genese.qc.ca/pg-an-inside-look</a></b></p>
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		<title>Opinion: Quebec&#8217;s welfare reform bill is aiming at the wrong target</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2016 19:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<div id="attachment_10679" style="width: 505px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-10679" class="wp-image-10679 size-portfolio" src="https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-0202-gazette-sam-hamad-495x400.jpeg" alt="Gazette - Opinion: Quebec's welfare reform bill is aiming at the wrong target" width="495" height="400" /><p id="caption-attachment-10679" class="wp-caption-text">Sam Hamad, then minister of Labour, presents a bill to the Quebec legislature, Tuesday Nov. 10, 2015. On Jan. 28, he became president of the Treasury Board. Dominique Vien is the new minister responsible for Labour. (CLEMENT ALLARD / THE CANADIAN PRESS )</p></div>
<p>Welfare recipients also often need to ask employers for assistance to comply with the welfare system’s incessant requests for documents. This means they have to come out of the closet to their employers, a situation that is heart-wrenching given the incredible stigma in our society toward people who need to rely on government assistance to survive. It is not uncommon for employers to terminate employment or to refuse to re-hire someone, as some employers would prefer not to have to deal with an employee on welfare, given the system’s insatiable need for documentation. To break out of this cycle of short-term, dead-end jobs, people need to be able upgrade their skills or retrain. Yet, professional courses are off-limits to welfare recipients. For example, many CEGEPs offer recertification programs for nursing assistants who have not worked recently. As welfare recipients are not allowed to be full-time students, they are not allowed to take these kinds of courses, making them completely inaccessible as they are also not covered by the loans and bursaries program. It is as though the government would prefer that welfare recipients stay mired in poverty. Emploi Quebec does offer some training programs and it is possible to get an exemption from an Emploi Quebec agent so as to be allowed to study. However, if an agent turns a recipient down for a program, there is no way to contest that decision, even though it may have been unreasonable. Even after completing a program, the vast majority of welfare recipients cannot find employment. This is not surprising as most welfare recipients are not out of work because of a personal failing, but because there are simply not enough jobs to go around. In 2014, Statistics Canada estimated that there were 43,000 open positions in Quebec, for 332,000 unemployed people in Quebec. It is naive to believe that in the current job market it is easy to find work without extensive networking. The current welfare system keeps people in such extreme poverty that they lose contact with their former friends and colleagues. This kind of isolation is a recipe for being stuck in the system for the long term. How are you supposed to find a job when you can’t even afford a bus ticket to get to the interview? The fact that the government refuses to address these well-known issues in the welfare system that lead to chronic unemployment leads to serious doubt about its intentions. Is the purpose of Bill 70, which is currently the subject of hearings before a committee of the National Assembly, truly to help welfare applicants find work? Or is it merely to create yet another justification for cutting someone’s welfare benefit? By making policy based on prejudice and myth, the government is ensuring that poverty will be even more firmly entrenched in our society. <em><strong>Cathy Inouye</strong> and <strong>Rosario Tapia</strong> are members of the Project Genesis Anti-Poverty Committee. Other members of the committee contributed to this article.</em></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Judith, volunteer Storefront advisor</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">How far does the long arm of an original idea reach?<br />
Who knows where it will stop?</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">&#8220;As a long-term Storefront volunteer at Project Genesis, I’m well aware of how the organization does so much with so little, to help so many people.  So when my financial advisor, Ken Thorpe, pointed out that I had some securities investments that had done very well and that I might consider making a significant donation, I immediately thought of Project Genesis.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Fast forward to discussions with Michael Chervin, Project Genesis Executive Director, about how such a donation might be used and the resulting decision… half into creating a long-term fund, specific to Project Genesis, to which others could contribute over the years, and half to help meet immediate needs,the most pressing of which was to improve accessibility of the building.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">But that was just the beginning, and things snowballed from there.</p>
<p>At around the same time, long-time Project Genesis supporter Vera Abramson died and her nephew David Abramson, along with her niece Lee-Anne Torrens, came forward with a desire to make a significant donation in Vera’s honour.</p>
<p>The end result… the two donations were combined to fund a newly-created formal goal of Project Genesis’ long-term sustainability within the organization’s Reserve Fund, with investments in socially responsible vehicles, which it is hoped will encourage further donation in the future.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">As I continued to keep Ken posted on what was happening with my donation, he mentioned that an accountant colleague, Martin Cundall, was on the Board at Atwater Library and had been closely involved with renovations to that building.  He suggested I put Michael in touch with Martin, which led to a meeting with Pierre Besner of Les Développements Abitec Ltée, the firm that had done the Atwater Library renovations.  What happened next was almost too good to be true.  Although Abitec normally undertook only much more major projects, Pierre put together a team of volunteer contractors and suppliers who offered to do the work required at no cost.  He said this was his way of giving back to the community.</p>
<p>And it didn’t stop there…</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">So here we are today… already, the slope leading down to the Storefront is graced with a sturdy handrail to help those with limited mobility.  The automatic door is installed and in daily use.  And my original short-term donation, not yet touched, can be used for other items to help meet immediate needs.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">How far does the long arm of an original idea reach?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Who knows where it will stop?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">In one development… Ken and some colleagues host a series of fundraising concerts to benefit favourite charities.</p>
<p>As a result of connections established during the process described above, one of the charities chosen was Project Genesis. The concert to benefit Project Genesis was held in February 2015, where people enjoyed traditional Irish music and learned about the work of Project Genesis.  Project Genesis received the net financial benefits of the concert, as well as donations from individuals who were inspired to give more.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Let’s hope the snowball continues to roll!&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Judith, </strong>volunteer Storefront advisor</em></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Some places try to discourage you when you ask for support, but at Project Genesis, you don’t feel judged; you feel welcomed. You can voice what is in your heart, and they listen, which is so nice. At Project Genesis, they encourage you.”]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Estrelita, Storefront service user</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;Some places try to discourage you when you ask for support, but at Project Genesis, you don’t feel judged; you feel welcomed. You can voice what is in your heart, and they listen, which is so nice.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">At Project Genesis, they encourage you.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT THROUGH A LONG PROCESS</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sixty-two-year-old Estrelita came to Project Genesis because her health no longer permitted her to continue working as a caregiver. We informed her that as a widow, she was eligible for the Allowance for the Survivor. Although this was good news, it was only the beginning of a very long struggle for her to obtain this benefit. Obtaining and submitting the many documents required by Service Canada over the following months took her more than 20 visits to our offices. On one occasion, Estrelita felt utterly discouraged by the ongoing bureaucratic hurdles, despairing that she would ever obtain what she was entitled to. However, in June 2014, a beaming Estrelita came into the Storefront bearing thank-you cards for the advisors who had helped her. She finally received a full retroactive payment, and regular payments had begun.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>In Estrelita’s words:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">“I came to Project Genesis for help because of my friend. I was telling her that because of my health problems, it was getting harder for me to work. My friend told me that she had also had serious health problems which meant she would have to stop working and have surgery. She had gone to Project Genesis to see if there was anything she could do. Project Genesis had helped her apply for government benefits, so that she would have money to live on while she recovered from surgery and wouldn’t have to worry about not being able to work. She told me I should go to Project Genesis to see if they could help me too.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sometimes, as an immigrant to this country, you feel insecure about asking for help. How will people treat you and what will they think? We try our best to work hard, so when something happens and you need help, it’s not easy. Some places try to discourage you when you ask for support, but at Project Genesis, you don’t feel judged; you feel welcomed. You can voice what is in your heart, and they listen, which is so nice. At Project Genesis, they encourage you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Project Genesis helped me apply for my pension. They did so much for me – they did everything! The application process took such a long time. It was very stressful. The government kept on asking me to fill more and more questionnaires about my situation and my history. I didn’t have anything to hide – I would answer their questions but they kept sending me more things to fill out. I wasn’t sure when it would end and what the result would be. Sometimes my mood was so low, I just felt like giving up. Even my daughter saw how stressful it was for me, and wondered if it was worth it for me to continue the process. Three times I almost decided to give up, but Project Genesis encouraged me to keep going. When you’re down and somebody is there to help you and give you moral support, that’s a very good feeling that money cannot buy.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The whole process ended up taking about nine months, but in the end, I received my pension! I will never forget Project Genesis’ encouragement and their help!”</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Estrelita</strong>, Storefront service user</em></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Last fall, we participated in putting together a photo exhibition which highlighted the realities of life for people living in poverty and receiving welfare.</p>
<p>The photos gave us an opportunity to discuss welfare and poverty issues.  One photo that really struck me was the one of a lady opening her refrigerator door at the end or middle of the month.  Her fridge was almost empty of food.  It showed that welfare is drastically too low for people&#8217;s basic living needs.  My own personal favourite photo showed a pair of running shoes lying by themselves on someone&#8217;s front steps.  It illustrated for me all the miles I walk every month because I cannot afford enough bus tickets to commute to my various volunteer jobs.  I wear out many pairs of shoes.  It was a very poignant illustration for me of how so many people cannot afford public transportation, much less lots of different fancy shoes.</p>
<p>One of the places we exhibited the photos was at the NDG Food Depot. I loved showing people the photos and seeing how they interacted with the images. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to talk with food bank clients and to realize that I was telling someone something new about help they could get in the community at Project Genesis.</p>
<p>That is how people&#8217;s lives are saved &#8211; when they find out where in the community they can get help.  It makes a really big difference, helping people to survive in very stressful situations while living in poverty.</p>
<p>Having the photos at the food bank let people know that they have a voice in the community, because the exhibition itself was created by people living in poverty.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Susan</strong>, Anti-Poverty Committee volunteer</em></p>
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<p>You are cordially invited to the Launch of the Forum Report and Conceptual Plan from the Community Forum on the Future of the Hippodrome Site.</p>
<p>To confirm your participation please contact:</p>
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<p>The forum welcomed over 175 participants, including local residents and members of 37 local community groups. Presentations included descriptions of the site and its characteristics, an overview on principles of development and urban planning issues, and how to ensure that the development meets housing needs in Côte-des-Neiges. Participants engaged with each other through 28 workshops, where they shared their ideas and hopes for the development of the site.</p>
<p>The report “Blue Bonnets: From Vision to Reality,” produced by Rayside-Labossière, synthesized the work of the forum and proposed the next planning steps.</p>
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<p><strong>Juin 2015</strong></p>
<p>À la Régie du logement, la priorité des causes mises au rôle est déterminée par un système de hiérarchisation. Ce système, qui détermine les délais d’attente qui peuvent dépasser deux ans pour des locataires aux prises avec des problèmes d’insalubrité, a souvent été dénoncé comme étant très opaque. Comment est-ce que la sévérité des causes est déterminée et comment le préjudice des partis est-il pris en considération?</p>
<p>C’est ainsi que les chercheurs et chercheuses du Département des sciences juridiques de l’UQÀM, en collaboration avec Pro <span class="text_exposed_show">Bono UQÀM et Projet Genèse, ont entrepris une étude des jugements de la Régie du logement. En se basant sur une analyse de ces jugements, sont enfin disponible des statistiques indépendantes qui démontrent le fondement arbitraire de la catégorisation des causes mise au rôle. Celle-ci ne repose sur aucune base légale et se fonde sur une interprétation arbitraire de la notion de préjudice sérieux.</span></p>
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<p><strong>Métro &#8211; 9 juin 2015.</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://journalmetro.com/actualites/national/790636/delais-inegaux-a-la-regie-du-logement-pour-les-plaintes-dinsalubrite/#" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-10492 size-square" src="https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-0610-metro-delais-inegaux-180x180.jpg" alt="2015-0610 metro delais inegaux" width="180" height="180" srcset="https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-0610-metro-delais-inegaux-180x180.jpg 180w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-0610-metro-delais-inegaux-80x80.jpg 80w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-0610-metro-delais-inegaux-36x36.jpg 36w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-0610-metro-delais-inegaux-120x120.jpg 120w, https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-0610-metro-delais-inegaux-450x450.jpg 450w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px" /></a>Mise à jour:</strong> <em>Lors de la publication de cet article, Métro avait soulevé quelques questions sur la méthodologie de l’étude, mais n’avait pas été en mesure de contacter ses auteurs pour obtenir des précisions. Claire Abraham, organisatrice communautaire au Projet Genèse, a contacté Métro mercredi après-midi. Elle a expliqué que l’étude statistique des délais à la Régie du logement avait été effectuée sur les 45 cas de moisissures répertoriés où le locataire, plutôt que le propriétaire, avait déposé la plainte. Le problème soulevé par Métro n’affecte donc pas le résultat de l’étude. La moyenne de délai pour ces cas atteint donc 790 jours, plutôt que 762 jours.</em></p>
<p>Certaines causes bénéficient de délais beaucoup moins important que d’autres devant la Régie du logement du Québec, selon une étude des jugements de la Régie entreprise par le département des sciences juridiques de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), en collaboration avec Pro Bono UQAM et Projet Genèse, publiée mardi.</p>
<div id="attachment_10494" style="width: 505px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-10494" class="size-portfolio wp-image-10494" src="https://genese.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-0610-metro-actu-immeubles-insalubres-495x400.jpg" alt="(Photo: Archives Metro)" width="495" height="400"><p id="caption-attachment-10494" class="wp-caption-text"><em>(Photo: Archives Metro)</em></p></div>
<p>Selon l’étude, les délais de traitement des dossiers où la présence de moisissures a été alléguée sont beaucoup plus longs que lorsqu’un propriétaire porte plainte pour non paiement de loyer. D’après les auteurs du rapport, cela prouve que la Régie accorde plus d’importance aux cas de non paiement de loyer qu’aux plaintes des locataires.</p>
<p>«L’accès à la justice à la Régie du logement est disproportionnément à l’avantage des propriétaires», affirme Isabelle Monast, du Regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du Québec (RCLALQ), en réaction au rapport.</p>
<p>Un sentiment que partage Claire Abraham, organisatrice communautaire au Projet Genèse, qui a participé à l’élaboration du rapport.</p>
<p>«Souvent le gens n’auront pas recours à la Régie en premier lieu. C’est une des raisons pour laquelle à la Régie, seulement 10% des causes sont soumises par des locataires. C’est parce que, si ça va prendre deux ans, à quoi ça sert ?» lance-t-elle.</p>
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<p>«Quand les délais sont aussi longs, c’est synonyme d’impunité pour les propriétaires.» – Isabelle Monast, du Regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du Québec</p>
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<p><strong>Questions quant à la méthodologie</strong></p>
<p>Le rapport affirme que les délais peuvent atteindre 762 jours en moyenne lorsqu’il y a des allégations de présence de moisissures dans un logement. Pour en arriver à ce chiffre, on a étudié 187 décisions de la régie où le mot «moisissure» prend une place importante.</p>
<p>Le plus long délai encouru par une cause étudiée dans le rapport est de 3216 jours, pour une plainte déposée en 2004 et finalement entendue en 2013.</p>
<p>Or, vérification faite par Métro, les moisissures ne semblent pas être au coeur de cette cause. Dans le jugement, rendu par le juge François Leblanc, on peut lire que la plainte a été déposée par la propriétaire, qui demandait le recouvrement d’un loyer non payé. La locataire avait expliqué qu’elle avait quitté l’appartement à cause de présence de moisissures, mais n’en avait jamais averti la propriétaire, et n’a pas réussi à le prouver au juge, qui a tranché en faveur de la propriétaire.</p>
<p>Une autre cause, qui elle a pris 1826 jours avant d’aboutir à une décision – le septième plus long délai répertorié par les auteurs du rapport – est de nature similaire. Dans la décision, rendue en 2012 par la juge Jocelyne Gascon, on peut lire que la propriétaire allègue que ses locataires sont responsables de la présence de moisissures dans l’appartement. La juge décide que la preuve en ce sens n’est pas suffisante.</p>
<p>Métro n’a pas été en mesure de rejoindre le Projet Genèse en fin de journée mardi pour savoir si ces causes devraient être incluses dans le calcul de la longueur moyenne des délais, et si cela pourrait affecter le constat.</p>
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