About Us

History

The Public Curator, founded in 1945, is an essential organism in Quebec yet it remains an obscure entity shrouded in secrecy; not many people know about it and those who do often have an imperfect grasp of it. Some useful information can be obtained on the website of the Public Curator but many of its clients find the information is tendentious and incomplete.

In 1995 a handful of concerned clients who realized the systemic limitations of the Public Curator were not being addressed, decided to give themselves their own voice and create their own instrument to help others deal with the problems and to improve the Public Curator.

Our services are destined for two broad categories of clientele, Individuals and Community

Individuals

We help incapable people, their relatives and their friends in their dealings with legal incapacity, regimes of protection, and mandates in the event of incapacity.

Our services include:

  • Information and documentation
  • Treatment of complaints
  • Accompaniment and support
  • Internal regulations and directives of the Public Curator
  • Referral to related resources

Community

For the community, we act as civil society’s watchdog over the performance of the Public Curator and monitor its operations.

These services include:

  • Media and public communications
  • Representations to government, public authorities and Commissions of National Assembly
  • Conferences and speeches to community groups
  • Research on historical and current aspects of public curatorship

Who Should Join

You, or someone close to you, may be under a regime of protection or in the process of being placed under protective supervision.
You may be incapable or vulnerable but not under a regime of protection and want information or guidance.
Relatives, healthcare professionals or the Public Curator think you (or someone you know) are incapable and want to place you under a regime of protection and you disagree.
You are doing estate planning for incapacity and contemplating making a mandate, or you will be undergoing serious or risky medical treatment.