Via McGill’s student group Project GO, student volunteers participate in meal deliveries (and sometimes kitchen shifts) for our Meals-on-Wheels Program on a weekly or bi-monthly basis. The initiative is primarily linked with McGill University, but is open to students from other universities as well! What: We’ll be hosting a “6 à 8” to recruit new members, to introduce new volunteers to the student group, …
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Deep Democracy Community Training
The workshop is at capacity. Thanks everyone for your interest! Please write to Stephanie if you would like to be put on the waiting list. Want to learn about creating engaging democratic processes for fair group debate and decision? Join us for a Deep Democracy workshop! Aftab Erfan, a trainer from Vancouver, will be at the Roulant to give an introductory 2-hour …
Santropol Roulant’s Beekeeping Collective is seeking new members!
Calling all beekeeping enthusiasts! Santropol Roulant’s Beekeeping Collective is seeking new members! We are looking for volunteers with a broad range of experience in order to create a good mix of people to keep our hives healthy and happy. The collective’s mission is to help spread sustainable, democratic, and local beekeeping practices.We are a group of beekeepers who come together to foster and uphold …
Women & Trans Night at SantroVélo
Did you know that SantroVélo, our community bike shop, is opened the 1st Saturday of each month to welcome people who identify as female or transgender? This is an opportunity for women and transgender folks to feel empowered in a space traditionally defined as masculine! If you self-identify as such, you are invited to come work on your bike, lend a hand or …
Meals-on-Wheels Calendar: A Taste of our Program
Over the holiday season, we sent a new meal calendar to our meals-on-wheels clients, like we do every year. The meal calendar is a critical tool that enables our client-members to maintain their autonomy over their food decisions. It allows each client to be more informed about what they eat, and to choose the days that they want to receive a meal …
Check-Up: A Look Under the Hood of a Meals-on-Wheels
We are delighted to share with you the results of a three-year project in food safety and nutrition to improve our Meals-on-Wheels service and to ensure that our work has a growing impact on the well-being of elderly Montrealers. As part of this project, we developed a website called Check-up. Here, health professionals (and everyone else) can freely access tools, …
Volunteering in the New Year
As the new year begins, our volunteer program is in full swing. Throughout January, we are recruiting volunteers to help us with our meals-on-wheels service, in the kitchen, administrative tasks and especially on deliveries. If you have excellent hand writing, the fundraising team would love your help during office hours (9am-5pm). Email Meghan for more info. As a reminder, the …
Job Offer: Farm Co-Manager
After 9 fruit-and-vegetable-ful years at the Roulant, Tim Murphy is moving on to new adventures and the Roulant is looking for a new Farm Co-Manager to work with Samuel to develop our peri-urban farm in Senneville, Quebec. The application deadline is Wednesday, January 14th at 9am. Please note that the position for Apprentice in Small Scale Farm Management is also currently open. …
Job Offer: Apprenticeship in Small Scale Farm Management
Calling all budding farmers! An amazing opportunity to take the next step in your development towards managing a small-scale farm is available at the Roulant for next season. The Apprentice will work side by side with the Farm Co-Managers from April until November on our farm in Senneville, Quebec. The application deadline is January 26th, 2015. Please note this position is …
The Roulant’s Gardens: A Playground for Young Gardeners!
Have you ever wondered how many veggies come from our gardens, including those downtown and from our farm? You might not be surprised to hear that most of our veggies come from our peri-urban farm while our urban gardens produce a considerably smaller quantity. To know more about how much produce was grown and a full debrief on the 2014 season, …
Job Offer: Entrepreneurship and Marketing Coordinator
A great opportunity for a social entrepreneur is opening at the Roulant! This is a full-time position focused on developing our capacity to generate revenue internally through activities such as the rental of our community space, our catering service and selling frozen meals. The deadline to apply is Friday January 9th at 9 am. Here is some information about applying …
Looking Back on Our Growing Season
Now that the cold of winter has set in and that the new year is almost upon us you may ask yourselves “what are the Roulant’s gardeners up to?” Are they hibernating? Not quite… It’s true that our gardening work is now far behind us and that the team is now cozied up inside. That being said, the gardeners are …