Annual General Meeting

Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2023 (download PDF)

A Word from our President – Lorraine Torpy

As we close out another year at ARC, we must look at our success in helping the community get back to in-person activities following 2 ½ years of COVID confinement. Whether it was walking groups, art & crafts, moms and tot activities or information sessions, we were there to safely get people in the community back to pre-COVID times. The staff, led by our Executive Director, Christian Lapointe painstakingly guided the activities and information sessions to ensure everyone found a place where they felt safe and secure.

The positive response from the English-speaking community, the government agencies, and our municipal partners, was encouraging and highlighted all the hard work and dedication our employees accomplished for the betterment of the people in Montérégie-Centre.

Throughout our fiscal year, we were also able to help community groups get back on their feet so they could assist the more marginalized citizens on our territory. The great collaboration ARC was able to build with its partners contributed to a stronger, more diverse and accepting living environment for all citizens.

As ARC’s new fiscal year begins it is faced with financial, linguistic, and demographic challenges. With the dedication and devotion of members of the Board of Directors and staff, the community can rest assured that all will be done to keep the voice of the English-speaking community strong.

All the programs and support offered to the members of the English-speaking community in Montérégie-Centre would not be possible without the financial support of our funders, the sharing of resources from our partners, the volunteers who contributed to the execution of services on behalf of ARC and the community at large. For this, we are extremely thankful.

A special thanks to Christian Lapointe and Debra Dorey for their direction and mentoring of all staff members who closed out the year with us: Marianne Jadah, Therese Callahan, Christine Prince, Tania Blood, Alexi Utrera, Veronica Gareau, and Karine Parent.

As President of the Board, I would like to thank my fellow Board members who participated in various committees, projects, and activities: Christine Wright, VP; Michael Gareau, Treasurer; Jim Munro, Secretary; Laurel Hewitt, Winsome Wason, Nicole Fortier and Sharon Meehan. We recently welcomed Chris Craig onto the Board to complete the Treasurer’s term.

In closing, the English-speaking community should be proud of all the hard work of ARC’s employees and the members of the Board of Directors. ARC will continue to advocate for, and promote the need for, services and activities for the English-speaking community in order to ensure their physical and psychological wellbeing as well as the feeling of respect for their heritage within the territory covered by ARC.

Past Years Annual General Meetings

Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2022
Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2021
Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2020
Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2019
Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2018