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Marie-Vincent Foundation
Annual Report
2013-2014
Annual Report – from March 31, 2013 to March 30, 2014
This is a report on the activities carried out by the Marie-Vincent Foundation between March 31,
2013 and March 30, 2014. People looking for additional information about the Foundation can
visit us at www.marie-vincent.org.
This year again, the Marie-Vincent Foundation is taking a stand to support the environment by
producing an electronic version of its annual report, available for download on its website. By
doing so, the Foundation hopes to encourage its supporters to limit their use of paper by printing
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Message from the Chair
I am thrilled to report that an impressive number of companies and individuals have once again responded to our appeal to their generosity. With
their help, the Marie-Vincent Foundation can continue to provide support
for the specialized services offered at the Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent
to children aged 12 and under who have been victims of sexual abuse.
Dominique Décarie
Drawing on 15 years of experience in executive recruiting, today Dominique Décarie runs her own recruiting
firm, Décarie Recherche de
cadres. Formerly a partner at
Décarie Borreman, a company she co-founded, Dominique was also a partner at
Korn/Ferry International,
where she directed the financial services division. With a
BA in Sociology from UQAM
and an MBA from HEC, Dominique Décarie has aspired
throughout her career to
bring together her humanitarian values and her passion
for the business world. Involved with the Marie-Vincent
Foundation since 2008, she
currently chairs the Board of
Directors of the MarieVincent Foundation and the
Centre d’expertise MarieVincent.
Created in 2005, the Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent is a model for intersectoral work and an inspiration to many, even well beyond our borders. At
Marie-Vincent, researchers, professionals, and intervention workers from
the police, medical, psychosocial, and socio-legal fields work together in an
environment adapted to the needs of young victims of sexual abuse.
Today, the Centre is considered an essential service for these children and
those close to them.
By choosing to support us, you are helping to tear down taboos. You are
helping us to continue our work with young victims and, by the same token,
to reduce the harmful consequences that stem from sexual abuse, both for
the individual and within our communities.
It’s up to us, individually and collectively, to take an active hand in ensuring the longevity and development of the Centre d’expertise MarieVincent, and the continuity of the intervention work that is done there.
Our children deserve to live in a society that keeps them safe. They deserve our vigilance. Above all, they deserve to have us break the silence.
That is what you have done by helping us. Thank you, from the bottom of
my heart!
Dominique Décarie
President, Décarie Recherche de cadres
Chair of the Board of Directors of the Marie-Vincent Foundation
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A Word from the Executive Director
Every day I am moved by the devotion and willingness of our partners
and donors. Whether they are responding to our appeal to generosity
through a donation, or by organizing a fundraising event, they have the
daring and courage to break the silence that is still far too pervasive
around the cause of childhood sexual abuse.
Danielle Gabrielle Roy
Backed by solid experience
in business development,
Danielle Gabrielle Roy has
worked in marketing and
communications for the past
20 years. While running her
own agency for seven years,
she built a dynamic business network, and contributed to the success of many SMEs in Montréal and
elsewhere. She moved into
the non-profit sector in
2004. Since then, fundraising has been her passion.
Before arriving at the MarieVincent Foundation, Danielle
Gabrielle Roy managed the
Héma-Québec Foundation,
as well as the communications department of The
Montréal Children’s Hospital
Foundation, in the midst of
the largest fundraising campaign in the organization’s
history.
Once again this year, the support of the Marie-Vincent Foundation will
ensure a future for the Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent and the essential services it provides. The Foundation also helped to advance
research through its support of the Marie-Vincent Interuniversity Chair
on the sexual abuse of children, and provided training opportunities for
hundreds of professionals working with young victims.
Finally, the Foundation touched the hearts of thousands of people
through its ongoing prevention campaign. None of this would have
been possible without your support.
To the members of the Board of Directors, and all our partners, donors
and volunteers, I offer my deepest gratitude. Your powerful support is
changing the course of hundreds of young lives.
Thank you, with all my heart!
Danielle Gabrielle Roy
Executive Director
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Board of Directors
Chair
Dominique Décarie
President
Décarie Recherche de cadres
Vice Chairman
Claude Guévin
President and CEO
Groupe Lou-Tec Inc.
Vice Chairman
Normand Chartrand
Managing Partner
Vector7 Management Consulting
Treasurer
Guy Boudreault
President
Sustema Lanrack Inc.
Secretary
Caroline Ferland
Vice-President, Corporate and
Regulatory Affairs
Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd
Dominic Becotte
Partner
XPND Capital
Céline Blanchet
Vice-President, Corporate Business
DeSerres
Lucie Blanchet
Vice-President
Mortgage Development,
Specialized Networks
National Bank
Alexandre W. Buswell
Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais Lawers
Pierre Despars
Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, and Chief Financial
Officer
Gaz Métro
Danielle Ferron
Partner,
Chair of the Litigation Group
Langlois Kronström Desjardins
Johanne M. Lépine
President and Chief Executive Officer
Aon Parizeau Inc.
Executive Vice-President & Leader,
Eastern Canada
Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc.
Annie Marsolais
Senior Director, MarketingCommunications
TELUS
Robert Ouellette
Senior Vice-President, Technology
and Shared Services Center
Desjardins Technology Group
Jessica Pathy
Sessional Lecturer,
Desautels Faculty of
management
McGill University
Yves Roy
Company director and investor
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2012-2013 Fundraising Campaign:
$1,000,034 raised for young victims
The 2012-2013 campaign finished with a bang, raising $1,000,034 to allow the Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent to continue providing specialized treatments for children.
These impressive results would not have been possible without the exceptional contribution of honorary campaign chair Nathalie Bernier, Managing Partner at KPMG, and the efforts of our patrons of
honour.
On behalf of all the young abuse victims who received treatment adapted to their needs at the Centre
this year, we thank you.
Honorary
Chair
Chair of the
Foundation
Patrons of
Honour
Nathalie
Bernier
Partner
KPMG
Dominique
Décarie
President
Décarie
Recherche
de cadres
Pierre
Despars
Executive
Vice-President,
Corporate
Affairs, and
Chief Financial
Officer
Gaz Métro
Sylvain
Gascon
Senior VicePresident
Corporate and
Institutional
Accounts
Desjardins
Group
Claude
Guévin
President and
CEO
Groupe
Lou-Tec Inc.
Alain
Miquelon
President and
Chief Executive
Officer
Montréal Exchange
Michael
Ross
Chief Financial
Officer and
Secretary
Dollarama
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Our Flagship Event
Thank you to our
partners
Presenting sponsor
The 5th edition of “Dining with the CFOs:
The business community at your service"
The 5th edition of “Dining with the CFOs: The business community at
your service,” a fundraiser to benefit the Marie-Vincent Foundation,
was held on May 15, 2013 and raised an impressive $300,000.
Hosted by sommelier Jessica Harnois, the evening brought together
more than one hundred guests, including the Chief Financial Officers of some of Québec’s largest companies, as well as professionals from the business community.
CFOs François Thibault (Metro), Raymond Paré (Couche-Tard), Allan
Hogg (Cascades), Dominique Bois (RONA), Jean-François Thibodeau
(Boralex) and Michael Ross (Dollarama) traded their calculators for
cooking aprons. Paired up with six seasoned chefs from Projet 67,
Vertige, Bouillon Bilk, Creamy, Restaurant Chez Victoire and Ferreira, they exchanged both recipes and expertise. The Foundation is
very proud of this event that puts generosity at the top of the menu,
and that has, as of this year, raised a total of $1 million. We would
like to thank all our generous sponsors, and all who participated in
the event.
From left to right : Dominique Décarie, Chair of the Board of
the Foundation, Nathalie Bernier, Managing Partner, KPMG,
and Honorary Chair of the 2013 campaign, Danielle Gabrielle Roy, Executive Director of the Foundation with Sylvain
Gascon, member of the Board of the Foundation and the
driving force behind the event.
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A New Tradition
MARVIN ON THE ROCK…
A can’t-miss event for Montréal’s tech community
Thank you to our
partners
Presenting sponsor
From left to right: Dominique Décarie, Chair of the
Foundation, Dominic Bécotte, founder of the event
and member of the Board of
the Foundation, Danielle
Gabrielle Roy, Executive
Director of the Foundation,
and Serge Proulx, Vice President of Sales, Corporate
Sector, TELUS Québec.
The Marie-Vincent Foundation called
upon the generosity of Montréal’s
tech community during the first edition of Marvin on the rock at the
Olympia Theatre on March 25. It was
a major undertaking, but the challenge was met head on. Eleven of
Montréal’s tech industry leaders
showed their mettle by singing in
front of their peers, all to help young
victims.
Spurred on by the cause, more than
300 tech industry players were lucky
enough to witness the world premier
performance of “dragons” François
Lambert and Alexandre Taillefer, and
those of Dominic Bécotte (XPND Capital), Michel Boislard (Fasken Martineau), Alan MacIntosh, JeanSébastien Cournoyer and John Stokes
(Real Ventures), Ève Laurier (Ève Laurier Communications), Frédéric Harper (Mozilla), Georges Karam (Atelka)
and Mario Charpentier (BCF). The result? The event raised $82,000!
Hosted by Grégory Charles and with
musical direction by Gardy Fury, the
aim of the event was to bring people
together for something unique and
different. In this, it succeeded in
spades, and there is no doubt this
innovative concept will become a tradition.
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An Unbeatable Adventure
2014 Morocco Expedition
Once again this year, the Marie-Vincent Foundation organized its infamous expedition to Morocco. From February 15
to 23, 2014 a group of nine benevolent trekkers, including
humorist Cathy Gauthier, journeyed 60 km on foot through
the Moroccan desert. Traveling at the gentle pace of the caravan, participants were inspired to push their limits as they
discovered the Moroccan Sahara.
Danielle Gabrielle Roy, Executive Director of
the Foundation, participated in the expedition
this year.
Each trekker paid for the expenses associated with their trip,
as well as raising much-needed funds for the Marie-Vincent
Foundation. Our participants succeeded in raising more than
$61,000 for abused children. Hats off to all of them – and
thank you!
Thank you to our
partners
From left to right: Danièle Tourillon, François Paradis, humorist
Cathy Gauthier, Danielle Gabrielle Roy, Executive Director of the
Foundation, Chantal Lamarre, Vicky Lafantaisie, guide Lucie Dumont, Chrystelle St-Pierre, Sylvie Bélanger, and Jacynthe Lavoie.
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A Very Special Event
L’ÉCHAPPÉE BELLE MARIE-VINCENT
A new opportunity to help the Foundation
The Marie-Vincent Foundation and the Fédération québécoise des sports cyclistes (FQSC) joined forces to organize l’Échappée BELLE MarieVincent, a women-only cycling challenge. The
event, held on September 28, 2013 in Bedford,
was hosted by well-known journalist and television personality Yvan Martineau, while Radio
Canada sports reporter - and cycling enthusiast Diane Sauvé acted as the official spokesperson.
Foundation Chair, Dominique
Décarie participated with
Christine Labelle.
“I am very touched that the Marie-Vincent Foundation thought of me for such an important
cause. In Québec, nearly 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10
boys are sexually abused before age 18. The
numbers make my blood run cold. With these
children in mind, I decided to take on the role of
spokesperson for the event. The money we raise
will fund specialized services for young victims
of sexual abuse and their loved ones, as well as
training, research, and prevention activities.
These children are the reason I will be riding on
September 28, and the reason I hope you will
join me!”, announced Diane Sauvé a few weeks
prior to the event. True to her word, she joined
270 other participants for a beautiful ride, a
country lunch, and a stroll through the exhibitor’s village where more than a dozen booths
were on display. Many of the event’s participants chose to raise critical funds to help young
victims. Thanks to these women, more than
$43,000 was raised. Thank you!
Yvan Martineau, host of the event, with Diane Sauvé,
spokesperson for L’Échappée BELLE Marie-Vincent.
Thank you to our sponsors
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Inspired Initiatives
CN Hockey Greatest Stars Challenge
The 9th edition of the CN Hockey Greatest
Stars Challenge was held on Saturday, November 9, 2013. The match was as exciting as always, and raised an amazing
$50,000 for the Marie-Vincent Foundation.
We extend our deepest thanks to the CN
Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community
Fund for their long-standing support, as
well as to everyone who helped to make
the event a success.
From left to right: Vee Kachroo, Vice President, CN Supply
Chain Solutions and Vice Chairman of the CN Employees’
and Pensioners’ Community Fund, Guy Lafleur, Olivier
Chouc, Vice President, Law at CN and Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the CN Employees’ and Pensioners’
Community Fund, Chantal Lauzon, Director-Assistant to
the CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund, Danielle Gabrielle Roy, Executive Director of the MarieVincent Foundation, and Guy Carbonneau.
Royal LePage celebrated its 100th anniversary
this year, and kicked off the festivities with a
gesture of generosity. An amount of $10,785
was raised during their 100th anniversary gala.
This sum will go to support the specialized services offered to young victims of sexual abuse by
the Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent. Pictured
here are Johanne Robert, Director of Services at
Royal LePage, and our executive director Danielle Gabrielle Roy.
Royal LePage celebrates
100 years with a gesture of
generosity
Thank you to everyone who contributed
to this event, and to all the Royal LePage offices that organize garage sales
to benefit the Foundation year after
year!
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Inspired Initiatives
Even Marvin was at the starting line of the National Bank
One for youth Bicycle Tour.
Every year, the Marie-Vincent Foundation enjoys
the privilege of relying on kind-hearted individuals to organize a wide variety of fundraising
activities to help young victims.
Of the many events which helped us to fund our
mission in 2013-2014, we would like to
highlight the National Bank One for youth Bicycle Tour, which raised $45,000 for the Foundation, as well as the 14th Annual Golf Classic
Tournament of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, which generated more than
$60,000. Hats off to these two organizations
for their incredible support!
We would also like to call attention to the fundraising activities of the employees of Dale Parizeau
Morris Mackenzie, the breakfasts organized by
Étienne Lafrance, and the Un voeu pour les enfants event, organized by the students of Zoom
Académie.
Finally, we wish to convey our sincere gratitude
to all the volunteers who are there for us each
and every day.
Thank you for being our childhood
friends!
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Foundation Achievements
Awareness campaign
As part of our mission, we continued
our efforts to bring the eyes and ears
of the public to the Foundation’s awareness campaign, launched last year
with the support of Marketel.
The campaign’s two television spots,
Comme un grand and Première fois,
which present a troubling parallel between the life of a normal child experiencing the usual firsts in the context
of a traditional childhood, and that of
a child who has been sexually
abused, were aired on Astral Media’s
(now Bell Media), ICI Radio Canada,
RNC Média, and RDS, all free of
charge.
As for our digital messages, no less than 1,362,113 impressions were donated by online broadcasters and
specialized websites Sympatico.ca, Radio-Canada.ca,
Vtele.ca, Au féminin.ca, Doctissimo.ca and La Presse.ca.
Finally, we would like to thank Pattison for donating signage for the print version of the Première fois message,
which was displayed in Montréal and Québec last May
through July, and Astral for donating billboard space.
Thank you once again to these broadcasters and specialized sites for their efforts on our behalf, and to the media
team at Marketel.
Radio time was donated by NRJ 94.3,
Rouge 107.3 and the RNC Média stations, for the Peurs d’enfants spot.
Creative Director: Sébastien Pelletier
Strategic Planning and Consulting:
Diane Ridgway-Cross, Maude Drouin-Halou
Vice President and Media Team:
Alain Tardy, Luis Areas, Camille Lamy
Television
Creative Director and Copywriting:
Sébastien Pelletier
Art Director: Geneviève Robert
Strategic Planning and Consulting:
Diane Ridgway-Cross, Maude Drouin-Halou
Director: Pierre Dalpé
Director of Photography: John Londono
Production Company: Jet Films
Agency Producer: John Kennedy
Postproduction: Jet Films, Vision Globale
Sound: Sonart
Radio
Creative Director: Sébastien Pelletier
Copywriting: Sébastien Pelletier, Jonathan
Rosman
Agency Producer: John Kennedy
Production and Studio: Sonart
Web
Creation: Marie-Pierre Blanchette, Étienne
Goulet
Director, Director of Photography and Production
Company: 1one
Agency Producer: Marketel
Display advertising
Agency: Marketel
Creative Director: Sébastien Pelletier
Art Director: Étienne Goule
Jet Films artists
Alanski Production inc.
Alex Amyot
Geneviève Bonneau
Denise Charest
Pierre Dalpé
Louis-Philippe Denis
Sylvain Dion
Rémi Girard
Kevin Gourvellec
Marie-Claire Lalo
John Londono
Benjamin Sales
Isabelle Stachtchenko-Sirois
Gabriel Teller
Simon Therrien
Merci !
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Foundation Achievements
The Marie-Vincent Interuniversity Chair: to develop
cutting-edge scientific knowledge
about sexual aggression towards children
Since its beginnings, the Marie-Vincent Interuniversity Chair on the sexual abuse of
children has supported the research activities of the Centre d’expertise MarieVincent. Associated researchers and research assistants from the Université de
Montréal and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) pursue research projects that fall into one of the three following research axes:
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Axis 1 | Evaluation of the needs and abilities of sexually abused children and their families
Axis 2 | Evaluation of the services offered by the Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent
Axis 3 | Study of the varying development paths of children involved in situations of sexual
abuse
The mission of the Chair is to develop leading-edge scientific knowledge about
sexual aggression towards children. Objectives include:
 Increase knowledge to allow intervention workers involved with the Centre
d’expertise from different areas of practice to further develop the specialized
services they offer and improve the quality of services offered to victims and
those around them.
 Share the results of their research in order to ensure that practices evolve
and new learnings are developed.
 Provide high level training to future researchers, who will benefit from an exceptional research environment thanks to their proximity to the Centre and its
services.
 Allow the Centre to exercise a leadership role in the development of specialized services.
This year, the fourth since the Chair was founded, was very productive. In addition
to continuing the projects launched by the Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent over
the past three years, the Chair was able to follow groups of children recruited from
other intervention centers, as well as control groups from daycare settings, and
conduct longitudinal follow-ups with the Centre’s clients after the termination of
services.
The Chair collaborated with the Centre’s professional team to develop intervention
measures which will be the subject of a research evaluation in the coming year.
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Foundation Achievements
The Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent: a unique and
innovative centre benefitting young victims of
sexual abuse
The Foundation created the Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent in 2005. The aim
of the Centre is to advance and spread their cutting-edge expertise on the topic
of sexual aggression towards children aged 12 and under, by bringing police,
medical, socio-legal and psychosocial services together under one roof, along
with research and a bank of knowledge.
At the Centre, researchers, professionals and intervention workers from various
disciplines work together in an environment adapted to the needs of children.
They combine their skills and knowledge in order to develop state-of-the-art
tools to deal with the sexual victimization of children, as well as offer specialized
services. A multidisciplinary team of professionals evaluates the needs of
sexually abused children, and offers specialized treatment services, as well as
personalized support to parents. Police and medical services are also available.
Throughout 2013-2014, thanks to the support of many loyal donors, the Centre
d’expertise was able to continue its work with sexually abused children and their
families. All together, between March 31, 2013 and March 30, 2014, there
were 195 police investigations, 46 medical exams, 300 evaluations, 671 sessions of specialized treatment and 166 meetings for personalized services.
As well as improving the services offered to young victims and their families, the
Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent offers training to intervention workers and students, affirming its role as an innovative leader in the development and transfer
of practical knowledge about sexual abuse.
Over the course of the past year, the Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent continued
to grow its training capacities. Since its creation in 2005, nearly 2400 professionals from across Québec have received training. These professionals come from
the police, medical, psychosocial and socio-legal sectors.
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Thank you to our donors
Diamond Donors| $50 000 and more
Platinium Donors| $25 000 to $49 999
CAE
National Bank One for youth Bicycle Tour
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Thank you to our donors
Benefactors | $5000 to $24 999
Addenda Capital
AON
Autorité des marchés financiers
Banque TD
Communication Infrarouge
Dollarama
Dorel Industries Inc.
Fédération des Caisses populaires Desjardins
Fondation A. Gauthier
Gaz Métro
MA Fondation
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
Mr. Robert Ouellette
Ms Claude Patenaude
Royal Lepage Shelter Foundation
Scotia Capitaux
Alvin Segal Family Foundation
Shorcan TMX
Ms Véronique Virally
Friends| $1000 to $4999
Laurentian Bank
Camoplast Solideal
Mr. Benoit Charpentier
Mr. François Chartier
Décarie Borreman
CIBC Children’s Foundation
Fondation Fournier Éthier
Mr. Yves Labrosse
Mr. Denis Le Bel
Fondation McCarthy Tétrault
Mr. Dario Montoni
Gestion LKD
Ms Julie Lanctôt
Langlois Kronström Desjardins
Mr. Roger M. Laporte
Le Groupe Jean Coutu (PJC) inc.
La Presse
Services d’entretien M. Net
Les Sœurs de Saint-Joseph de Saint-Hyacinthe
Mr. Yves St-Yves
Sustema Lanrack
Trois crayons
TVA Productions II
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Thank you to our employes, volunteers
and collaborators
Team
Executive Director:
Danielle Gabrielle Roy
Finance Manager:
Francine Moreau
Project Manager, Special Events and Communications :
Audrey Scali
Young Leader Circle
Jonathan Brown, Bombardier
Andréanne Simard, Desjardins Group
Geneviève Deschamps, Gaz Métro
Mathieu Talbot, Desjardins Group
Simon Labonté, Décarrie Borreman
Nathalie Turcotte, PWC
Philippe Merette, Presima
Maxime Rousseau-Dubé, Agropur
Volunteers and collaborators
Agence Big Bang
Axis communications
Isabelle Blanchard
Cavarose
Communications Infrarouge
Communications Johanne Demers
Étienne Lafrance
HPJ Solutions
Imprimerie Papillon
Marketel
Youville
Thank you for being our childhood friends!
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