Impact
Averaging two years of progress in half the time
When school is rebuilt around relevance, care, and real creative work, young people who were pushed out can come back to their education with momentum.
50+young people served across two program years and two neighborhoods
100%of youth referenced in current materials had already left school before enrolling
80%stick rate at both sites in 2025-26
86%of one year's worth of work completed at Cote-des-Neiges in one 12-week cycle
53%of one year's worth of work completed at Montréal Nord in one 12-week cycle
87%average test score at Cote-des-Neiges
Student-led evidence
Showcases make progress public.
The program culminates in moments where students share the work, name the growth, and stand in front of community as artists with a next step.
Beyond the numbers
Students moved toward housing, therapy, sobriety, credit, music, skilled trades, and post-secondary pathways.
Projet 4's impact is measured in academic progress, but also in the conditions that make progress possible: safety, belonging, artistic purpose, and adults who stay close enough to help.