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Farm Management Apprenticeship

Agriculture, Job Postings

The application period for this position closed on April 1st. Thank you to all of those that applied! A beautiful 6-month position on the farm! All the details hereafter! Last day to apply is April 1st.

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Mini-internships in urban agriculture!

Agriculture, Community Workshops, Job Postings

The application period for these positions closed on March 25th. Thank you to all of those that applied! {ERRATUM! If you have arrived at this page from our April 3rd 2013 newsletter, please note that we linked to the incorrect post on our website. Apologies! To find the correct job posting, please click here.} The mini-internships are back, and improved! …

Healthy, Delicious and Affordable Cooking!

Kitchen Workshops

We are very excited to offer another series of hands-on kitchen workshops led by chef Danny Guarino.  These workshops focus on basic cooking techniques and delicious recipes that incorporate a variety of vegetables.  At the end of each workshop participants will share a meal and also take a portion home. The series of 6 workshops will be offered free of …

Indoor Seedling Workshop

Community Workshops

  Believe it or not, we’re already gearing up for the next gardening season. And what’s the secret ingredient for success? Indoor seedlings of course! At our indoor seedling workshop, you’ll learn how to start your own AND leave with your very own seedlings. Talk about sowing the seeds for a successful season (ba-dum-psh!) When: Wednesday March 6th, OR Wednesday …

Calling out Beekeepers

Beekeeping Collective

The Santropol Roulant Beekeeping Collective is seeking new members. Following a wonderful and wonderfully abundant 2012 season, (66 kg of honey harvested !!!), we’re buzzin’ with excitement for 2013 and looking for 8 new members who are keen to meet weekly from about April through to October. Click here to learn more or email Noémie. Note that the deadline for applications is …

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Gala Rouge: A night to remember

Events, Food, Fundraising

Photo by Julian Novales-Flamarique

On Friday February 15th, we held our annual fundraising gala. Such events can be challenging; our work is about community, but we need financial resources to keep us going. If a fundraiser puts too much accent on raising funds, then we might forget why we are there in the first place! So it is with this in mind that we …

Teleconference from Geneva – The Right to Food

Communications, Events, Food, Statistics

ERRATUM – We have just realized that the start time was set to 12:30 on the website. Please note that the event starts at noon. Apologies for any inconveniences. Mark your calendars for a live video-cast all the way from Geneva, Switzerland! Back in early May of 2012, along with other civil society organizations, the Roulant had the pleasure of speaking …

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Gala Rouge

Events, Fundraising

Santropol Roulant’s annual gala will be bringing the heat on February 15th with a not-to-be-missed intimate concert at the Théatre Gesù. The Gala Rouge will take full advantage of this venue, rated as having the best acoustics in Montreal (link in French). Montreal Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Andrew Wan, accompanied by colleagues from the MSO, will be performing Antonín Dvorák’s Sonatina in G major for Violin and Piano, Op. …

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Calling All Candidates!

Events, Volunteering - Personal

Please note that the period to submit applications is done! Stay tuned to discover the profiles of our candidates At our Annual General Meeting on Thursday, March 28th 2013, Santropol Roulant members (anyone who has been a client, volunteer, staff or donor within the past year) will elect its new Board of Directors. What is the Board of Directors? Santropol …

BM-who? BMO!

Communications

We would like to give a big shout out to our friends at the Bank of Montreal! What started with a simple mortgage renegotiation (okay, it wasn’t so simple) has lead to a multi-faceted relationship that continues to benefit the Roulant in many and often unexpected ways. From the get go they were amazing to work with as together we …

Fundraising Admin. – Job Posting

Job Postings

The application period for this position closed on February 11th. Thank you to all of those that applied! Check out the first opportunity of the year to join the happy and hard-working team at the Roulant, as Fundraising Administrator! This attractive part-time job allows the person in the position to learn a ton about fundraising in a community organization! Deadline …