UQAM reopens its warm shelter: nighttime support and student engagement this winter
UQAM will reopen its warm shelter in pavillon J.-A.-DeSève: 4 nights/week starting 30 Nov and 7 nights/week from 4 Jan to 31 Mar 2027. Run with Société de développement social and funded by the CIUSSS Centre‑Sud‑de‑l’Île‑de‑Montréal, it provides food, hot drinks, winter clothing and psychosocial support.
The UQAM warm shelter resumes operations for winter 2026–2027. Located in pavillon J.-A.-DeSève, it will operate four nights per week from 30 November and nightly from 4 January to 31 March 2027. Delivered in partnership with the Société de développement social and funded by the CIUSSS Centre‑Sud‑de‑l’Île‑de‑Montréal, the shelter offers meals, hot beverages, winter clothing, hygiene items and on‑site psychosocial workers to connect people with longer‑term resources. The initiative previously engaged dozens of student volunteers and earned UQAM’s 2025 Team Innovation Merit Award.
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