Sun Life Financial

A provincial partner of the ACT High School CPR Program in Quebec since 2005, Sun Life Financial generously provides funding to help the ACT Foundation bring the ACT High School CPR Program to all Quebec communities.

With Sun Life Financial's support, the High School CPR Program has been established in 260 Quebec high schools. Every year, more than 45,000 youth are trained by their high school teachers to save a life. More than 100,000 Quebec students have been trained to date. Thank you, Sun Life Financial, for your valuable support!

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Highlights of News and Photos

• Des enseignants apprennent à leurs élèves à sauver des vies (L'Hebdo Journal, Feb. 16, 2009)
• Sun Life Financial's Director, Public and Corporate Affairs Hélène Soulard and Regional Medical Director Dr. Dave Ross, talk to Éric Latour about the ACT High School CPR Program in Québec (January 2009)
• Local teachers learn how to save lives (Jan. 14, 2009)
• Ils formeront des élèves à sauver des vies (Dec. 12, 2008)
• La formation RCR devient obligatoire (Dec. 10, 2008)
• The cardiopulmonary resuscitation program takes off (Nov. 27, 2007)
• Sun Life Financial donates $200,000 to the ACT Foundation (Sept. 19, 2005)
• ACT Foundation announces new partnership with Sun Life Financial (Feb. 23, 2005)
  

Sun Life Financial representative Frédéric Désilets (far right) joins CPR Instructor Trainer Daniel Hébert (Formation Programme Premiers Répondants) and Dr. Sophie Courchesne, Conseillère Médicale des services préhospitaliers d’urgence.

Sun Life Financial Representative Richard Cardinal (centre) joins Ville-Marie Mayor Sylvain Trudel, school board representative Lucie Desrochers, France Lessard, Centre de santé et des services sociaux du Lac-Témiscamingue and CPR Instructor Daniel Thiffault.

“The ACT Foundation’s mission is to train as many people as possible in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, through the high school program. With its funding, Sun Life Financial helps to train teachers who will then train their students in CPR. Having more people trained in CPR allows our paramedics to arrive on the scene and have better chance of reanimating a person. It is going to create a real boom in the area of survival rates. It makes all the difference.
--Dr. Dave Ross, Regional Medical Director, Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de la Montérégie

Sun Life Financial’s Aldo Lanni (Director, Financial Centre Laval) (far right), joins Ministry of Health and Social Services representative, Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports representative, ACT and Lake of Two Mountains High School students.

Michel Chabot (A.V.C, Financial Security, Insurance and Group Retirement Services Advisor) (back row, far left) joins ACT, partners and Polyvalente de St-Jérôme students.

“I would like to thank Sun Life Financial for their generous contribution that will allow our students to benefit from the high school CPR program. With this initiative you have given youth in my community the ability to assume responsibility and save lives.”
--Alain Paquet, MLA Laval-des-Rapides

Sun Life Financial representative Maryse Goudreau (Long Term Care Specialist, Trois-Rivières Financial Centre) (front row, centre), congratulates Trois-Rivières teachers at a Teacher Training Workshop. Teachers trained through the workshop will now empower their students to save lives with CPR.

Sun Life Financial’s Maryse Goudreau, directrice des ventes, Centre financier Trois-Rivières, joins Medical Director for the ACT Program in Trois-Rivières, ACT, and students from Collège de l’Horizon at the launch of the ACT High School CPR Program in Trois-Rivières.

Claude Paradis, representative for Sun Life Financial - Directeur-adjoint principal, Centre financier Clarica, St-Jean (second from right), joins (left to right) Jean-Pierre Paquin (Député de St-Jean), Jean Rioux (Député d’Iberville), Carole Nadeau (ACT) and students from École Secondaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

“The implementation of this program is made possible thanks to Sun Life’s generosity, which allowed our school to receive mannequins, teacher training and curriculum materials at no cost. In associating with the ACT High School CPR Program, Sun Life Financial will have a direct influence in the lives of the people of our community.”
--Stéphane Ayotte, Principal, École secondaire des Pionniers

Jocelyn Marcoux, representative for Sun Life Financial - Directeur général adjoint, Clarica (middle), joins ACT, teacher and students from École secondaire de la Montée in Sherbrooke.

Francis Croteau, representative for Sun Life Financial - Directeur Financier, Clarica (second from left) and Jean Aufranc, representative for Sun Life Financial (second from right) join ACT, teacher and students from Polyvalente La Poudrière in Drummondville.

Speaking on behalf of Sun Life Financial at the launch of the ACT High School CPR Program in the Laurentians was Michel Chabot, AVC conseiller en sécurité financière en assurance et rentes collectives et représentant en épargne collective.