--- title: About - Capable - From the head, to the heart - CRISE - UQAM description: Capable est une initiative CRISE de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) pour faire la promotion de différents programmes d'intelligence émotionnelle et de stratégies d'adaptation. image: https://www.capable.info/hubfs/CAP_Mat%C3%A9riel_web/Photos/Capable_enfants_professeur.png --- [Skip to content](https://www.capable.info/en/about#main-content) Close - Home - [About](https://www.capable.info/en/about) - Ressources - Programs - [Zippy's Friends](https://www.capable.info/en/zippy) - [Apple's Friends](https://www.capable.info/fr/pomme-1) - [Passport: Skills for life](https://www.capable.info/en/passeport) - [Results & Impact](https://www.capable.info/results-impact) - School professionals - [Teachers](https://www.capable.info/en/teacher) - [Administrators](https://www.capable.info/en/school-administrator) LANGUAGE – en [fr](https://www.capable.info/fr/a-propos) - [Donate - Faire un don](https://100millions.uqam.ca/don-en-ligne/passeport-s-equiper-pour-la-vie-63/personal) - [Contact](https://www.capable.info/fr/contact-1) - +514 987-4832 [![logo](https://www.capable.info/hs-fs/hubfs/L_Capable_RVB_Logo_Principal.png?width=343&height=120&name=L_Capable_RVB_Logo_Principal.png "logo")](https://www.capable.info/fr/accueil?hsLang=en) [![L_Capable_RVB_Logo_Principal_Renv](https://www.capable.info/hs-fs/hubfs/L_Capable_RVB_Logo_Principal_Renv.png?width=343&height=120&name=L_Capable_RVB_Logo_Principal_Renv.png)](https://www.capable.info/fr/accueil?hsLang=en) - Home - [About](https://www.capable.info/en/about) - Ressources - Programs - [Zippy's Friends](https://www.capable.info/en/zippy) - [Apple's Friends](https://www.capable.info/fr/pomme-1) - [Passport: Skills for life](https://www.capable.info/en/passeport) - [Results & Impact](https://www.capable.info/results-impact) - School professionals - [Teachers](https://www.capable.info/en/teacher) - [Administrators](https://www.capable.info/en/school-administrator) en [fr](https://www.capable.info/fr/a-propos) ## About Us **CRISE** puts promotion first by developing, evaluating and deploying mental health programs. These include Zippy's Friends, Apple's Friends and Passport: Skills for Life. ![logos-CRISE-2017-02](https://www.capable.info/hs-fs/hubfs/logos-CRISE-2017-02.gif?width=202&height=200&name=logos-CRISE-2017-02.gif "logos-CRISE-2017-02") CRISE is an interdisciplinary research centre at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). The research centre collaborates with practitioners, organizations and program planners to promote suicide prevention research.  They also facilitate the transfer and application of knowledge to improve suicide prevention and reduce its negative impact.  CRISE is also devoted to the development and evaluation of mental health promotion activities and programs for children, including Passport: Skills for Life and [Zippy's Friends](https://www.partnershipforchildren.org.uk/what-we-do/programmes-for-schools/zippys-friends.html).  CRISE brings together more than fifty researchers, stakeholders and students across seven universities and twenty-four research centres in Quebec. Visit the [CRISE](http://www.crise.ca/)website to learn more. TOUCH ## Mission ## Mission Promote a positive mental health culture aimed at elementary school children to foster their ability to bounce back and participate fully in life and society. TOUCH ## Vision ## Vision All elementary school children will have a broader range of positive coping strategies to better overcome their challenges and flourish in life. TOUCH ## Values ## Values Collaboration. Autonomy. Respect. Self-Reliance.  ## How We Started ***Befrienders International***, a nonprofit and global suicide prevention agency, provides telephone hotline services in 41 countries. In 1997, they had the opportunity to develop a new program accentuating the skills necessary for young children to cope with difficult situations and to be better equipped to deal with crises and difficulties in adolescence and adulthood. To develop a program according to the objectives set by the organization, a group of psychologists from Canada, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands developed the programme **Reaching Young Europe** for children aged six and seven years, promoting coping skills and healthy social skills. In 2001 a new nonprofit organization was founded, ***Partnership for Children***, to roll out the program worldwide. To do this, they changed the program's name in 2002 to **Zippy's Friends**. In Quebec, the ***Center for Research and Intervention on Suicide, Ethical Issues and End-of-Life Practices (CRISE)*** at the ***Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)*** is responsible for implementing and evaluating the  Zippy's Friend program in Canada and the United States. Since 2004-2005, several school service centers in the province of Quebec have adopted the program. Such as the Montérégie, the Laurentians, the Outaouais, Kitigan Zibi, the First Nation of Timiskaming, Wendake, the national capital Quebec, and the greater Montreal. Outside Quebec, Niagara, Windsor in Ontario and Surrey in British Columbia are implementing the program. As a result, more than 20,000 children have experienced Zippy's Friends across Canada. After running** Zippy's Friends** in their class, several teachers in Quebec expressed interest in a sequel so that children can maintain their new skills and continue learning. As a result, researchers and other partners involved in **Zippy's Friends** have come together to develop a program aimed at children in elementary school's 4, 5 and 6 grades. The development, implementation and evaluation of the Passport: Skills for Life program were funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada from 2009 to 2015. ## Our Team TOUCH Brian Mishara Professor, Founder and Director of CRISE, Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Quebec in Montreal since 1979, Brian is an internationally renowned researcher in the field of suicidology. Brian Mishara Professor, Founder and Director of CRISE, TOUCH Lorraine Millette Researcher / Program Coordinator As program coordinator of mental health, Lorraine ensures the distribution, recruitment, evaluation and training for Zippy's Friends and Passport: Learning for Life.  [mailto:lorraine@capable.info](mailto:lorraine@capable.info) Lorraine Millette Researcher / Program Coordinator ### Our Partners [![Capable_Partnership_logo](https://www.capable.info/hs-fs/hubfs/Capable_Partnership_logo.png?width=500&height=150&name=Capable_Partnership_logo.png "Capable_Partnership_logo")](https://www.partnershipforchildren.org.uk/) ## [Partnership for Children](http://www.partnershipforchildren.org.uk/)is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting children's mental health. It supports the development and promotion of the Zippy's Friends program internationally. ![Sante_mentale_canada](https://www.capable.info/hs-fs/hubfs/Sante_mentale_canada.png?width=500&height=150&name=Sante_mentale_canada.png "Sante_mentale_canada") ## [Canadian Mental Health Association (ACSM)](http://acsmmontreal.qc.ca/) is a non-profit organization that supports the promotion of mental health. Its programs act on the various determinants of mental health and are aimed at to support the community.  ![Mouvement_sante_quebec_1000x300](https://www.capable.info/hs-fs/hubfs/Mouvement_sante_quebec_1000x300.png?width=500&height=150&name=Mouvement_sante_quebec_1000x300.png "Mouvement_sante_quebec_1000x300") ## [Le Mouvement Santé mentale Québec ](http://www.mouvementsmq.ca/)is a non-profit organization. The non-profit is the driving force behind the annual Mental Health Promotion Campaign, which raises awareness among Quebecers of the importance of taking care of their mental health. With its members, it implements actions, tools, programs and support for policies to increase and maintain the personal and collective well-being of the population. ![UQAM_logo_1000x300](https://www.capable.info/hs-fs/hubfs/UQAM_logo_1000x300.png?width=500&height=150&name=UQAM_logo_1000x300.png "UQAM_logo_1000x300") ## [L’Université du Québec à Montréal ](http://www.uqam.ca/)(UQAM) is a public Quebec university.  ## Our Office   CRISE / UQAM, 100, Sherbrooke West, 4th Floor Local SU-4625 Montréal, QC, Canada H2X 3P2 [  lorraine@capable.info](mailto:lorraine@capable.info) [  (+1) 514 987-4832](tel:+15149874832) "By developing children's coping strategies and social skills, our main goal is to teach them early to adapt to everyday challenges, so that they are better equipped to solve the problems that await them in adolescence, and well into adulthood." ![Brian_mishara_01](https://fs.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/21306254/CAP_Mat%C3%A9riel_web/%C3%89quipe/Brian_mishara_01.png) Brian Mishara Professor, Founder and Director of CRISE "My goal is to use my skills and experiences gained from supporting schools with the implementation of our programs to help promote the emotional well-being of children in primary school." ![1517046135569](https://21306254.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21306254/1517046135569.jpg) Lorraine Millette Researcher and Program Coordinator ### We Can All Do Something Big or small, your donation makes it possible to train teachers and school professionals so that they can conduct the program accross Canadian primary schools. Your generosity is inspiring and contributes to boosting our children’s social and emotional well-being! [Make a Donation](https://100millions.uqam.ca/don-en-ligne/passeport-s-equiper-pour-la-vie-63/personal) ![L_Capable_RVB_Logo_Signature_EN](https://www.capable.info/hubfs/L_Capable_RVB_Logo_Signature_EN.png "L_Capable_RVB_Logo_Signature_EN") ## [CRISE ](http://www.crise.ca/)is an interdisciplinary research centre at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). 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