Table 1.

The CACIS Governance structure. Organizational partners represented on the Advisory committee

	Institutional partners
▶	Montreal Public Health Department.
	The MPHD mandate includes: ongoing monitoring of the state of public health, health and well-being promotion, prevention, health protection; it sports an integrated, concerted approach.
▶	City of Montreal Department of Income security and Social Development
	In cooperation with other municipal stakeholders, the department identifies issues and needs, develop strategies and proposes solutions including elaboration of municipal guidelines for social development as well as negotiations and the follow-up of metropolitan social programs.
▶	Centraide of Greater Montreal (United Way)
	By conducting a vast annual fundraising campaign and by financing a network of community agencies and projects this organization helps some 500 000 people in need or in difficulty
▶	Coalition of Montreal Local Community Health Centers (CLSC)
	29 publicly funded health and social services centers for individuals and families — the representative was appointed by the Table of CLSC Directors
Community partners
▶	Montreal Regional Coalition of Neighborhood Organizations 29 Neighborhood networks on the Island of Montreal working on various issues such as low-cost housing, local development, fight against poverty, support for families, youth, elders, integration of marginal population, public health, urban security, etc. represented by two (2) members of their Executive.
▶	Montreal Network of Community Economic Development Corporations (CDEC)
	Inter-sector local corporations active in job creation, employability and local economic development having representatives of local business, unions and community networks on their boards.
▶	Coalition on Hunger and Social Development for Metropolitan Montreal
	Network of 80 organizations active on food security, poverty, education and environment represented by the Chair of their Board of Directors
Research partners
▶	The Chair of CACIS, professor-researcher at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal — Ph.D. in Public Health.
▶	Professor-researcher at the Department on Urbanization, Culture and Society, National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) — Ph.D. in economics and sociology.
▶	Professor-researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Montreal and Director of a research Center in a CLSC in Montreal — Ph.D. in sociology.
▶	Director of Graduate Diploma in Community Economic Development at the School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University — Ph.D. in social work.