The success of public health interventions depends largely on the cooperation and involvement of partners. In order to make this happen, the decision makers and stakeholders from all sectors of society who hold the necessary means to act on determinants of health, are called upon to work together.
Community development service requests
Community partners can apply for services for community development needs including:
- Support to community organizations
- Analysis of community needs
- Resource development, for example to support the Programme de Soutien aux Organismes Communautaires (PSOC).
- For more information about this recurring funding, visit
“Activités communautaires : PSOC” (only in French).
- For more information about this recurring funding, visit
- Strategic planning
- Consultation
- Mobilization and awareness
- Project development on specific issues (ex.: food security, housing, seniors, health inequalities of racialized and immigrant people, etc.)
Requests sent to the public health desk will be thoroughly analyzed and treated according to priority level and availability of resources.
Useful documents for community development
This document was produced in collaboration with partners in our territory. It highlights the challenges and possible solutions for improving public health.
Our public health and partnerships team
Spyridoula Xenocostas: Public Health and Partnership Coordinator
Geneviève Beauchamp: Program manager, public health and partnerships - community development component
Catherine Devost: Professional coordinator and community organizer
Community organizers:
Jennifer Auchinleck: Housing dossier
Laury Bacro: Cultural safety
Gabrielle Joseph Blais: Homelessness dossier for Milton Parc and Peter McGill sectors
Richard Boivin: Mesure Proche-aidance
Geneviève Duguay: Mesure Sentinelle
Raphaëlle Pamphile: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Joel Poirier: Immunization - Vaccination Parc Extension
Caroline Poussier: Aire Ouverte
Dominique Raptis: Éclaireurs network
Alexandre Savoie: Côte-Des-Neiges
Judith Shapiro: Parc-Extension
Gilles Sirois: Outremont
Anahi Zaldivar Silva: Peter McGill
2024 partner meetings calendar
Are you interested in taking part in one of these meetings? Write to us at 
guichetsantepublique.ccomtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca for more details. Thank you!
Infection prevention and control
Community partners can also ask questions about infection prevention and control.
Service offering to partners:
- Support and advice for infectious disease prevention
- Ongoing training in capacity building
- Disseminating information and directives for infection prevention and control
- Collaboration between departments and with the Regional Director of Public Health to manage complex situations such as outbreaks
Publics served:
- Daycare centres, including drop-in
- Schools
- Community organizations
- Housing facilities (10 units or more)
If you have any questions or would like help with infectious disease prevention and control, please contact guichetsantepublique.ccomtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
For information on services available to the public, or to refer an individual to our services, please contact CIUSSS COMTL central reception by calling 514 484-7878, ext. 61420, or by emailing accueilcentralise.ccomtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
More about public health:
- Regional public health information: Santé Montréal (some content available in English)
- Provincial public health information: INSPQ (some content available in English)
- Key statistics on Montréal’s population: EMIS (only in French)