Welcome to the City

Find Your Way

Funded by Canadian Heritage, Welcome to the City (WTTC) aims to assist first-year CÉGEP students to be better equipped to face the challenges of independent living.
The program offers workshops on cooking on a budget, tenant rights in the city, financial literacy, and a variety of other obstacles and anxieties that young people may face when living on their own or with roommates for the first time.
This year Y4Y is partnering with Champlain St-Lambert and Dawson College in order to provide these workshops on the St-Lambert and Dawson campuses for the students who attend those CÉGEPs.
Participants will be provided a handbook which includes a directory of mental health services, some tips on apartment hunting and writing a CV, and some staff choices of budget recipes and cooking tips.

At the end of EACH Welcome to the City workshop, all participants will be entered into a raffle to win one of the following prizes:

100$ Grocery Gift Card
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts year-long pass for you and a guest
1 month of free STM Transit
1 month of free BIXI Transit

For more information on each of the workshops click below! PLEASE NOTE that spots in this program are reserved for students who are attending the CEGEPs that are hosting these workshops.

Check out the photos capturing our various activities!

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Take a look at the Fall 2023 cohort here.

Meet the Team

Program Coordinator

Adrian Smith

(He/Him)
Project Coordinator

Adrian is proud to be taking on the Leaders of Tomorrow project at Y4Y. Coming to Y4Y from a Director of Operations position, he facilitated team building and leadership programming for youth across Québec. Adrian has also been working in the community theatre scene since 2016 and is currently directing a musical in the Broadway and Beyond program at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts. In this capacity, Adrian has built a strong working philosophy of compassion and student-led learning. He loves working in a collaborative space with young people as they explore their skills, passions, and interests.

Contact Adrian