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Maxine Joly-Chevrier

Montreal, QC

Maxine Joly-Chevrier is the founder of the Et si on se racontait? program in partnership with Contact Aînés in April 2020. The program pairs young people and seniors over the phone to discuss a variety of topics each week, and writes a book based on these phone exchanges. Maxine is a first-year medical PhD student at the Université de Montréal. She is involved in digital health in her university community and beyond!

Programme intergénérationnel jumelant jeunes et aînés au téléphone

The "Et si on se racontait?" program is an intergenerational project that brings together seniors and young people around an intergenerational dialogue. Initiated by CEGEP student Maxine Joly-Chevrier and OBNL Contact Aînés in March 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic, this project pairs young people and seniors over the phone and by videoconference for a few weeks, so that together they can write about each other's lives. All subjects are approached with kindness, attentiveness and respect!

https://www.etsionseracontait.com/

About this Project

Communities Served

My project will involve and/or impact the following communities:

  • Senior citizens
  • Multi-barrier populations

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

When it comes to community impact projects, the UN has created 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These are the Sustainable Development Goals associated with my project.

  • SDG 3: Good health and Well-being
  • SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals

How the project works

The program brings generations closer together by organizing annual pen-pal telephone exchanges between seniors and young people. The pairs write texts inspired by their exchanges and compile them in a book published at the end of the year. The book is distributed to seniors' residences, libraries and community centers.

Project Impact

Over 500 hours of calls across the province resulted in 2 books written by two cohorts of 30 young and older authors.

Project Mission

The mission of the "Et si on se racontait? project is to bring generations closer together and break social isolation by encouraging intergenerational dialogue. The project aims to enable seniors and young people to better understand each other by sharing their experiences, and to create lasting links between them by publishing their stories in a book.

Project Team

We're a team of dozens of volunteers from high school, CEGEP and university.

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    Campagne de sensibilisation - Entre toi et moi

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