Alain Spitzer
Executive Director Alain was born and raised in Montreal. After completing his education in 2000 (Trinity College, Ireland), he joined the staff at the Salvation Army booth Centre in downtown Montreal. He has spent the last 16 years working with Montreal’s less fortunate (the homeless, those suffering from mental illness & substance abuse) and been…
Lysanne Picard
Creative Art Program Coordinator Lysanne has been working in the St-James art room since 2011. She graduated with a BFA from Concordia University in 2009 and in 2013 she completed a graduate degree focusing on drawing and relational art practices. She has been teaching and facilitating community art workshops for several organisations and institutions (Innovation Youth, Galerie Stewart Hall, EMSB) since 2009. Lysanne is…
Lisa Zimanyi
Intervention Worker & Volunteer Coordinator Intervention worker Lisa was born and raised in Montreal. After studying anthropology at McGill, she volunteered abroad in a garbage slum and opted to pursue her studies in social work at the Université de Montréal. A volunteer at Dans La Rue, homelessness is a cause close to her heart. She…
Antonella Pagano
Antonella Pagano has been a volunteer at St James since 2007, and a staff member since 2010. Antonella‘s relationship with art started at the tender age of eight when her mother enrolled her at the Académie des Beaux Arts at the request of her elementary school teacher. As an entrepreneur, her affinity for aesthetics continued as she coordinated the art department of Tye-Sil, the…
Amanda Dore
Amanda is an intervention worker at St-James. Amanda worked for 5 years as one of the lead animators at a day centre for adults with developmental disabilities. It was during that time that she realized her passion for helping others and she began her studies in Special Care Counselling at Vanier College. Amanda did her final…
Matt Kerr
Operations Manager at StreetSuds With St-James since 2013 and moving to the StreetSuds office in August 2015, Matthew Kerr inherited the east end social enterprise and transformed it into the buzz-worthy business that it is known for today. …”the staff are absolutely exceptional. When everybody is on the floor bins of laundry can evaporate in minutes…
Geneviève Le Dorze
Geneviève is the newest intervention worker at St-James drop-in center. She discovered her passion for social justice and advocacy during her literature studies at Cégep St-Laurent. This new trajectory led her to study social work at Université de Montreal, where she had the opportunity to work with homeless people. She values the creative environment St-James…