On Sunday June 21, 2020 we celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day! Our chefs Agnes Mushquash, Joshua George and Keith Galbraith prepared fabulous country food for eat-in and take-out. More than 150 PAQ friends and family came during the day to help celebrate. An outdoor painting station allowed many people to express their art and emotions…
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March PAQ made the decision to open its doors during the day to vulnerable members of our community (the number was limited to ensure physical distancing inside PAQ). Members from our community were able to stay in the community room during the day to use the cumputers,…
Thanks to our extraordinary chef, Joshua George, PAQ has served more than 3 600 take-out meals since the beginning of April 2020. PAQ launched its hot and cold take-out meal service when we were forced to reduce our numbers inside the building, and restaurants and other food options in the downtown core shut at the start…
Everyday a PAQ cleaning brigade travels around the neighborhood to help keep the streets clean! In partnership with the City of Montréal, this program allows 7 to 8 Indigenous people in our community to have a steady job. PAQ has never been so clean!
On April 25 PAQ opened PAQ-2, a temporary emergency shelter in Little Burgundy for 10 women, 20 men and 5 couples from the Indigenous community. Thank you to the City of Montréal and the CIUSSS – Centre Sud who answered our community’s call for support, providing human resources, a building, meals, cleaning, and security services.…
Work never stops at PAQ! During the Covid-19 pandemic, PAQ was supported by many volunteers who came to donate their time and talent. These very special people helped us to adapt quickly to the new realities of physical distancing and disinfection. Kudos to the Montreal Indigenous Community NETWORK for their support with volunteer recruitment, and…