You may have noticed a few new faces in the office lately. We are happy to welcome Samuel, Bahara and Tanya to our team, and send our warmest farewells and biggest thanks to those leaving these positions to embark on new adventures. Fundraising Tanya D’Amours joins us in the newly renamed position of Director of Fundraising and Financial Vibrancy. She brings …
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Job offer: Urban Agriculture Manager
Are you looking to contribute your energy, knowledge and passion to building an inclusive and accessible local food movement? Do you like finding innovative ways to engage people in agriculture-based learning? We want to meet you! We are hiring a full-time Urban Agriculture Manager to lead our downtown agriculture program, cultivating our rooftop garden, terrasse and container gardens on the …
Job Offer: Internship in Peri-Urban Farming
Calling all budding farmers, young agrarians, and those who thrive with their hands in the dirt! We are hiring two young people with some previous farming experience to spend 6 months working on our peri-urban farm in Senneville, Québec growing organic food for Santropol Roulant’s food security programs. The application deadline for this position is Monday, January 30th at 9am. The …
Job offer: Director of Fundraising and Financial Vibrancy
We’re Hiring! The Director of Fundraising and Financial Vibrancy plays a unique role in maintaining and developing key relationships within the Roulant community that make all our work possible. If inspiring people to support social change is your idea of the best job ever, we look forward to meeting you! Read the document below for the full job posting. This …
Job Offer: Meals-On-Wheels Coordination Internship – Deadline Extended
**Deadline extended** Here’s a chance to work with our client members and volunteers, learn about the daily operations of our Meals-on-Wheels (MoW) program, and participate in our collaborative management structure. The MoW internship is an enriching way to spend 6 months at the Roulant! Read the document below for the full job posting. Please note that to apply for this position …
Welcoming Camila to the team
The Roulant team is excited to welcome back Camila Gordillo, our new Farmer’s Market Development Coordinator. Camila will be working part time over the next few months to further develop strategies about how the Roulant’s produce can become more accessible to people with low incomes. Camila is passionate about the power of soil and nature in sustaining life, health and …
Farm Profiles: Co-Managers
Santropol Roulant’s Senneville farm is located on the western tip of the Island of Montreal. The farm not only produces the bulk of our agricultural yield but plays an important role in educating Montrealers on the importance of organic and local agriculture. The farm is co-managed by Adam and Clémence, two passionate individuals who work tirelessly with farm staff and …
August Farm Update & Stories
From your farmer, Clémence. August has arrived! We are so impressed by how quickly the summer is unfolding. We welcome August to the Sennevile farm with a bittersweet feeling. It seems like just yesterday we were putting our greenhouse up. July was a very busy month, especially the last two weeks as we finished the last wave of seedlings and planting of storage …
Transitions in the volunteer program
With the latest additions to the team come some shifts in our volunteer program. We’d like to introduce you to a new team member and update you on Ben’s new role. Ben and Sev are both able to address your questions and will both work very closely together. So if you aren’t sure who to contact, just give either a …
New additions to our team
There have been a few more new faces around the office lately, so we are happy to officially introduce you to the latest additions to our team! You can read all about these fabulous folks on our staff page. See you soon! With these changes, we must also say good luck and see you soon to Kateri and Rachel, who …
Stories of Santropol Roulant – Christian
Christian Scott, Urban Agriculture Apprentice Although I like to grow food, I am primarily interested in the link it has with community building. Working in the urban agriculture program is a great summer job: you sweat, work hard, and meet lots of people. It’s the perfect mix of community organizing, development, and getting your hands dirty. I completed my undergraduate …
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The New Crew
You may have noticed that over the past few months our newsletters have been riddled with job postings and internship offers. Now it’s time to meet the fabulous folks who have brought a fresh wave of energy and inspiration over the past several weeks. All of their bios can be found on our Staff page. The Urban Agriculture (UA) team: …