Our team

A transmasculine queer and neurodivergent person himself, he has previously been involved with a number of sexual and gender diversity organizations, notably as project manager for Fierté Montréal, trainer for Jeunes Identités Créatives and training and development officer for the gender identity component of GRIS-Montréal.

In addition to his independent practice as a trainer and consultant in sexual and gender diversity and IDT, he is a research professional for the Laboratoire Inclusif de recherche et développement at Université Sherbrooke and coordinator of the Équipe de recherche sur les jeunes trans et leurs familles. Passionate about inclusive education, he has previously worked in secondary education (music, ECR, PPO and sexual education) and in animation-intervention with teenagers.

Jonathan holds a Diplôme d’Études Supérieures Spécialisés in mental health from UQAM, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from UQAC. He has been working in the health and social services network for nearly fifteen years as a social worker, and more specifically as a manager for the past few years.

Having worked with a number of vulnerable clienteles in Montreal’s inner-city neighbourhoods, he has developed clinical expertise in psychotic disorders, addictions, people in the justice system and people from various marginalized communities.

Following this experience, he took on various intervention and development mandates in social services in Nunavik, where he developed his intervention and management skills with the Inuit and Nordic communities of Quebec.

Vulnerable and marginalized populations are at the heart of Jonathan’s professional practice, and it is with the conviction that they are entitled to the same services and quality of life as everyone else that he acts as an agent of change for organizations wishing to develop EDI within their teams.

After working for nearly 15 years in the technology industry, with both large corporations and SMEs, Chloé became aware of the homogeneity of the workforce. At the time, she was managing the digital platforms of a media outlet, the Métro newspaper, she decided to seize this opportunity to talk about the lack of diversity in the industry. These were the beginnings of URelles. In 2018, in a bid to raise awareness of the lack of women in the tech community, she co-founded an NPO, Le manifeste des femmes en technologie, with six other technologists.

Chloé is regularly invited to panels and conferences that deal with equity, diversity and inclusion.

Chloé has been nominated three years in a row, in 2018, 2019 and 2021, as Diversity Champion of the Montreal Startup Community Awards.

She was also nominated for the RBC Women of Influence Award in 2020 and 2021.

She was one of six experts who participated in the first-ever report on psychological and sexual harassment in IT, in Quebec, produced by TECHNOcompétences.

Chloé was also a consultant in the creation of the Quebec pro-diversity movement #ensembleinc.

Chloé holds a certificate in diversity and inclusion from Cornell University.

She is also a Certified SIAC Professional by the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI).

With a diploma in intervention techniques in criminology, as well as a bachelor’s degree in the same discipline, Florence has been working with various groups in the Quebec population for many years, in addition to specializing in victimology and harassment in the workplace. She is still a member of the Groupe d’aide et d’information sur le harcèlement au travail (GAIHST).

As someone who is close to her community, Florence has been involved for several years with people experiencing homelessness in Montreal, as well as at the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal (IUSMM), more specifically in the units offering specialized care and services for psychotic disorders.

In addition to her experience in intervention and support for neurodivergent individuals, she has also been an internship supervisor for UQAM’s School of Social Work.

Drawing on her field experience with different communities as well as with Quebec workers, Florence now shares her expertise with a view to prevention and awareness-raising, as well as to creating more inclusive and healthy spaces for all.