Marie-Eve Boulanger

Annie Léger, a midwife with CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, measures the blood pressure of a pregnant asylum seeker at the Tupper Street YMCA in downtown Montreal, a shelter for refugee claimants.

CIUSSS NewsNovember 10, 2022<May 25, 2023

A new land, a helping hand: How our CIUSSS helps pregnant asylum seekers

Maria crossed the border into Canada afraid, exhausted—and pregnant. She’d been travelling for months from her native Colombia and had never received any medical…

Francine Dupuis, Associate CEO of our CIUSSS, cuts the ribbon to inaugurate the new PRAIDA offices on March 22. Joining her are (from left) by Alexis Jobin-Théberge, Senior Advisor of PRAIDA and Partnership; Georges Bendavid, Director of Technical Services; Robert Gervais, Associate Director, Child and Family, Birthing Centre, Youth and Asylum Seekers (PRAIDA); Iannick Martin, Coordinator to the Secretary of Access to English Language Services and the Ethnocultural Communities Secretariat (MSSS); Julianne Desforges, Manager of Planning and Major Projects; and Marie-Eve Boulanger, Coordinator of PRAIDA.

CIUSSS NewsApril 8, 2021<April 8, 2021

On the move to better serve asylum seekers

The atmosphere was festive and upbeat at the inauguration of the PRAIDA’s new offices on March 22. For employees, it was an opportunity to…