Our member organizations
Community support
Members of the Fondation
are local charitable organizations
local charities recognized by government authorities and financed in part by donations to our Foundation.
The missions of each organization are different, but all converge towards the same goal:
fight against HIV/AIDS in Quebec.
As key players in the fight against HIV/AIDS, our member organizations are working to facilitate access to screening and prevention, to support people living with HIV/AIDS, and to combat discrimination, thereby helping to curb the epidemic.
How are our members selected?
- Have the status of an NPO (non-profit organization in Quebec), a charitable organization (Canada) and have been formed on the initiative of people in the community.
- Be free to determine its missions, orientations and practices.
- Demonstrate their roots in the community.
- Maintain an associative and democratic life.
- Pursue a social mission specific to the organization and conducive to social transformation.
- Have practices focused on the globality of the chosen issue.
- Be managed by a Board of Directors independent of the public network.
United against HIV/AIDS
ACCM
ACCM is the only English-language community organization in Quebec that provides services to people living with HIV or hepatitis C. The voices of our members are essential to the direction we take as we work collaboratively with our diverse communities to develop a caring and empathetic response to HIV and hepatitis C.
La Réplique Estrie
La Réplique Estrie adopts the GIPA principles, which aim to increase the participation of people living with HIV/AIDS and the communities directly concerned, in all aspects of the fight against HIV/AIDS.
BLITSS
The BLITSS works to educate, inform and demystify the general population about HIV/AIDS and other STBBIs. In terms of prevention, the BLITSS works with targeted clienteles using the empowerment approach, the aim being to encourage the development of behaviours conducive to healthy sexuality.
BRAS Outaouais
BRAS Outaouais – Prévention et intervention en VIH et consommation sécuritaire – is a non-profit community organization that was founded in 1990. Its mission is to develop and promote community actions aimed at improving the quality of life of the Outaouais population in relation to HIV/AIDS.
Centre Action Sida Montréal
Since 1990, the non-profit Centre Action Sida Montréal has been helping women infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and other STBBIs, as well as their families.
GAP-VIES
GAP-VIES applies the following principles to guide its activities and services: compassion, greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA), social justice and solidarity.
RSSSQ
The Réseau de la Santé Sexuelle des Sourds du Québec is a provincial non-profit organization that provides HIV/AIDS and STBBI prevention services to Quebec’s deaf and hard-of-hearing community, as well as support services to deaf and hard-of-hearing people living with HIV/AIDS and STBBI.
GEIPSI
Since 1992, GEIPSI, the Groupe d’entraide à l’intention des personnes séropositives et itinérantes, has been working with a clientele living with HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C (HCV), who are homeless and have a profile related to substance abuse and sometimes mental health. GEIPSI is a self-help group for adult men and women affected by these issues.
Les Hébergements de l'Envol
Les Hébergements de l’Envol now welcomes H.I.V./AIDS sufferers who are not at the end of their lives, but who need short- or medium-term accommodation with a view to social reintegration.
La Maison d'Hérelle
La Maison d’Hérelle provides a living environment, care and support adapted to people living with HIV/AIDS, within a global health perspective and in complementarity with the public and community networks of the health and social services system.
Iris Estrie
IRIS Estrie is a community organization with a supra-regional mandate that has been working with various populations in the Eastern Townships since 1988. The organization’s overall mission is to stimulate and develop community action on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs).
La Maison Re-Né
Maison Re-Né is a residential facility for people living with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C, where they play an active role in the life of the group.
It is also a day center offering various services (medical care, psychological support and social reintegration programs) with a humanist approach.
Uniphare
Uniphare is a non-profit organization founded in 1994.
Its first mandate is to inform, raise awareness and prevent HIV infection in the Lower St. Lawrence region; to provide help and support to people living with HIV/AIDS and their families in the Lower St. Lawrence region.
Its second mandate is to inform, raise awareness and prevent STBBIs (Sexually Transmitted and Blood-borne Infections), while providing help and support to people living with STBBIs in the Bas St-Laurent region.
Its third mandate is to inform and raise awareness about homosexuality, develop strategies to combat homophobia and provide help and support to people living with LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) issues in the Bas St-Laurent region.
La Maison Plein Coeur
Maison Plein Coeur is an organization founded on the values and principles of empowerment, acceptance, non-judgment and compassion.
In its 31st year of existence, 2022, Maison Plein Coeur has a proven track record and is recognized by community, institutional and academic partners.
It brings together many dedicated people to offer unique programs and essential services to people living with HIV (PHAs) in Montreal.
MIELS Québec
MIELS-Québec supports and accompanies people living with HIV-AIDS and their loved ones, with a view to defending their rights, reducing harm and empowering them.
The organization also carries out awareness-raising, prevention and education activities for at-risk clients and the general public.
Portail VIH/SIDA du Québec
Portail VIH Sida du Québec is a community organization that provides information and support to people living with HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections.
Tandem Mauricie
Tandem Mauricie is a community organization dedicated to the fight against HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STBBIs). It carries out prevention, outreach, awareness-raising and information dissemination activities for the population of the Mauricie region.
Personalized support and adapted services are offered to people living with HIV/AIDS and hepatitis, their families and friends, and anyone else at risk.
In addition, people infected with other STIs or at risk of contracting them can also receive services.
Sidalys
Sidalys is a non-profit organization that provides supportive housing and community support to people who are homeless or living in precarious housing, who have or are at risk of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections, including HIV and hepatitis C, and who are also struggling with substance abuse, mental health issues or stigmatization.
Le Centre R.O.S.É.S de L'abitibi-Témiscamingue
The Centre des R.O.S.É.S. de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a regional community-based HIV/AIDS organization.
Its offices are located in Rouyn-Noranda. The organization offers confidential services to people living with HIV/AIDS and those around them, as well as to the general public.
R.O.S.É.S. is an acronym for Ressource Oeuvrant au Soutien et à l’Écoute des personnes vivant avec le VIH/Sida.
