EMC is aware that the seniors’ agenda is often excluded from larger initiatives. Our long-standing role involves informing various sectors such as those focused on women, poverty, linguistic minorities, and ethno-cultural communities. This initiative has been largely motivated by the fact that issues affecting low-income 50+ citizens are either absent or under-represented in discussions by these groups.  EMC also contributes to the knowledge base in social gerontology and the impact of the social determinants of health by participating in research projects conducted at local, national and international levels.

• EMC demonstrates an understanding of the importance of population-based issues such as housing and food security by partnering with organizations such as The Depot (Community Food Centre for NDG) as well as collaboration in strategic planning for NDG.
• EMC welcomesinterns from the McGill School of Nursing and Social Work as well as the Concordia Department of Therapeutic Recreation.
• In 2019 EMC joined 23 organizations across Quebec as a Network Partnership Initiative (NPI). This work is focused on supporting the access of the English-speaking population to the Health and Social Service network. It is funded by the Community Health and Social Service Network (CHSSN) through Health Canada, the provincial Secretariat for the English-speaking population and the Chagnon Foundation.
• EMC has developed Clic Social, a social prescription platform that is available to professionals within the public health system.  EMC is also a member of the Canadian Alliance for Social Prescribing.
• EMC co-facilitates the Montreal Centre-West Seniors Table and the Montreal Centre-West Mental Health Table for the English-speaking population, which gathers representatives from organizations across this territory. They serve as information-sharing and networking opportunities which serve to strengthen community across shared areas of concern.
• EMC is actively involved in working with COMACO, a coalition of organizations that support seniors living in the community.
• EMC provides programming for residents of Chez Soi, a not-for-profit apartment building that it helped co-found in 2004.
• EMC provides programming and support as the designated local organization responsible for Community Support for Social Housing (HLMs).
• EMC is actively involved with the Cavendish User’s Committee, which is responsible for informing users of health and social services in the centre-west district of Montreal of their rights and obligations while bringing issues of concern to be addressed.
• EMC provides outreach programming at the Monkland Centre as part of the CHSSN-funded Senior Wellness Initiative.
• EMC is a member of the Community Advisory Committee for the Dementia Community Investment (DCI) Knowledge Hub, which has developed a community of practice for sharing information, insights, and collaboration opportunities across the 18 projects funded under the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Dementia Community Investment. The goals are to create a platform to leverage and promote program findings and best practices relevant to dementia policy and program community across Canada.