For the majority of his career, Louis has held the position of Executive Director for a variety of service based organizations \u2013 doing what he loves best, working with staff teams and volunteers to make the lives of those around him better.
Particularly evidenced during his 18 years with MS Society\u2019s Quebec Division, Louis championed key initiatives including Quebec\u2019s Summit on Research \u2013 instilling hope and confidence in the event\u2019s 550 attendees on a biennial basis. Louis\u2019 innovative approach also propelled him to collaborate with 4 other organizations to form the advocacy group, \u201cNeuro Partners\u201d. Through the power of collective action, Neuro Partners lobbies the government in Quebec for drug access, housing, caregiver support and quality of life enhancements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One key highlight of his career took place 10 years ago when he and a group of people (including 3 with MS) raised $660,000 and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. For him, this journey truly symbolized the struggle and challenges of living with a debilitating disease and further inspires him to work toward a world free of MS. While Louis retired from the MS Society in January 2023, he continues to be a highly engaged leader, and participates actively in the division\u2019s golf tournaments, province-wide walk and bike events and other fundraising, advocacy and awareness activities too numerable to mention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louis has also dedicated a significant portion of his life to volunteering and currently sits on 4 non-profit boards including Health Partners QC (Partenaire-Sante) in the roles of director (2004-2009) and QC division chair (2009-2019) and has represented the MS Society at the national level of Health Partners for the past 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louis enthusiastically welcomes the new opportunity to serve on the Parkinson Canada board of directors and draws his inspiration for serving its mission and vision from his sister-in-law who was diagnosed with the disease in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pendant la majeure partie de sa carri\u00e8re, Louis a occup\u00e9 le poste de directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de divers organismes de services – faisant ce qu’il aime le plus, c’est-\u00e0-dire travailler avec les \u00e9quipes de personnel et les b\u00e9n\u00e9voles pour am\u00e9liorer la vie de ceux qui l’entourent.
Au cours des 18 ann\u00e9es qu’il a pass\u00e9es \u00e0 la Division du Qu\u00e9bec de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de la SP, Louis s’est fait le champion d’initiatives cl\u00e9s, dont le Sommet du Qu\u00e9bec sur la recherche, qui a insuffl\u00e9 espoir et confiance aux 550 participants de l’\u00e9v\u00e9nement bisannuel. L’approche novatrice de Louis l’a \u00e9galement pouss\u00e9 \u00e0 collaborer avec quatre autres organisations pour former le groupe de d\u00e9fense des droits \u00a0\u00bb Neuro Partners \u00ab\u00a0. Gr\u00e2ce au pouvoir de l’action collective, Neuro Partners fait pression sur le gouvernement du Qu\u00e9bec pour l’acc\u00e8s aux m\u00e9dicaments, le logement, le soutien aux aidants et l’am\u00e9lioration de la qualit\u00e9 de vie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L’un des temps forts de sa carri\u00e8re a eu lieu il y a dix ans, lorsque lui et un groupe de personnes (dont trois atteintes de SEP) ont collect\u00e9 660 000 dollars et escalad\u00e9 le mont Kilimandjaro. Pour lui, ce voyage a vraiment symbolis\u00e9 la lutte et les d\u00e9fis de la vie avec une maladie d\u00e9bilitante et l’a encore plus inspir\u00e9 \u00e0 travailler pour un monde sans scl\u00e9rose en plaques. Bien que Louis ait pris sa retraite de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de la SP en janvier 2023, il demeure un leader tr\u00e8s engag\u00e9 et participe activement aux tournois de golf de la division, aux \u00e9v\u00e9nements provinciaux de marche et de v\u00e9lo et \u00e0 d’autres activit\u00e9s de collecte de fonds, de d\u00e9fense des droits et de sensibilisation dont le nombre est trop \u00e9lev\u00e9 pour \u00eatre mentionn\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louis a \u00e9galement consacr\u00e9 une grande partie de sa vie au b\u00e9n\u00e9volat et si\u00e8ge actuellement \u00e0 quatre conseils d’administration d’organismes sans but lucratif, dont celui de Partenairesant\u00e9 QC (Partenaire-Sant\u00e9), \u00e0 titre de directeur (2004-2009) et de pr\u00e9sident de la division du Qu\u00e9bec (2009-2019), et il repr\u00e9sente la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de la SP au niveau national de Partenairesant\u00e9 depuis 10 ans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louis accueille avec enthousiasme la nouvelle occasion de si\u00e9ger au conseil d’administration de Parkinson Canada et s’inspire de sa belle-s\u0153ur, qui a re\u00e7u un diagnostic de la maladie en 2015, pour servir la mission et la vision de l’organisme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"template":"","class_list":["post-50255","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/50255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/50255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50256,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/50255\/revisions\/50256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}