What is Room to Fight?
Room to Fight is a renter survival starter pack disguised as a game: a bold, bilingual public education project that turns Quebec housing law into an immersive, unforgettable experience. At its core is a 30-minute escape game where players investigate a housing mystery and uncover real legal rights along the way — from illegal deposits to rent increases and lease protections. The puzzles are grounded in Quebec law, but the learning happens through urgency, discovery, and play.
We're designing Room to Fight to be modular and scalable. The core experience will be adapted to fit youth centers, community spaces, libraries, and classrooms — anywhere tenants gather. It's portable, bilingual, and easy to reset, making it ideal for reaching diverse neighborhoods and audiences across Quebec. Around the game, we're building micro puzzle stations, trivia kiosks, and visual starter packs for people who can't play the full experience, so even a five-minute visit offers something useful and empowering.
We hope to collaborate with housing organizations to distribute or co-create renter resources, and we're planning a story forum and interview series to collect real tenant experiences. Through future co-creation sessions, renters and youth will help shape the game itself, ensuring it reflects the realities of those most impacted.
Montreal's housing crisis is real, and this is a small contribution to a bigger fight. Too many renters still feel alone, confused, or powerless when faced with injustice.
People deserve to know their rights in ways that actually stick.
What is Room to Fight.
The Team
Irene is a student in her last semester of Political Science at McGill University with minors in Psychology and Field Studies focused on environmental sustainability. As Project Lead of Room to Fight, she guides the vision, design, and coordination of the renter survival escape game and toolkit. She is most excited about co-creating puzzles in a narrative way that makes tenants' rights both fun and unforgettable, especially for first-time or vulnerable renters. RTF builds on what she learned from her last community project, which facilitated the exchange of over 1,000 handwritten letters to loved ones, healthcare workers, and elders during the COVID-19 pandemic. She hopes to pursue a career at the intersection of law, design, and community impact.
Fun fact: She likes to think of herself as a good dog and kid caretaker.
Irene is a student in her last semester of Political Science at McGill University with minors in Psychology and Field Studies focused on environmental sustainability. As Project Lead of Room to Fight, she guides the vision, design, and coordination of the renter survival escape game and toolkit. She is most excited about co-creating puzzles in a narrative way that makes tenants' rights both fun and unforgettable, especially for first-time or vulnerable renters. RTF builds on what she learned from her last community project, which facilitated the exchange of over 1,000 handwritten letters to loved ones, healthcare workers, and elders during the COVID-19 pandemic. She hopes to pursue a career at the intersection of law, design, and community impact.
Fun fact: She likes to think of herself as a good dog and kid caretaker.
Isabelle is a student in her last semester of Political Science at McGill University with minors in Sociology and International Development. Her main roles consist of conducting legal research on tenants' rights in Montreal and leading outreach efforts to legal experts and housing organizations. As a first-time renter herself, she hopes to leverage her research to help her fellow tenants approach renting with confidence and full knowledge of their legal rights and responsibilities.
Fun fact: Prior to attending university, Isabelle was a ten-year competitive figure skater!
Isabelle is a student in her last semester of Political Science at McGill University with minors in Sociology and International Development. Her main roles consist of conducting legal research on tenants' rights in Montreal and leading outreach efforts to legal experts and housing organizations. As a first-time renter herself, she hopes to leverage her research to help her fellow tenants approach renting with confidence and full knowledge of their legal rights and responsibilities.
Fun fact: Prior to attending university, Isabelle was a ten-year competitive figure skater!
Nancy is a fourth year Computer Science student at McGill University with a specialization in AI. Her main role is to lead the design and development of the Room to Fight Forum website, where renters across Quebec can share their stories and build a community. What excites her most is reading these experiences and watching them take shape within the Room to Fight game. She is happy to use her skills to contribute in a small way to support renters across Quebec through this project. Outside of school, she enjoys dancing, discovering good food, and spending time with loved ones.
Fun fact: Nancy hopes to foster cats one day! 🐱
Nancy is a fourth year Computer Science student at McGill University with a specialization in AI. Her main role is to lead the design and development of the Room to Fight Forum website, where renters across Quebec can share their stories and build a community. What excites her most is reading these experiences and watching them take shape within the Room to Fight game. She is happy to use her skills to contribute in a small way to support renters across Quebec through this project. Outside of school, she enjoys dancing, discovering good food, and spending time with loved ones.
Fun fact: Nancy hopes to foster cats one day! 🐱
After graduating with a Master's in Sustainable Development from Uppsala University in Sweden, Milène is now taking a sabbatical to focus on personal growth and meaningful adventures. As the Community Engagement Lead, she co-designs and facilitates workshops that bring together the voices and experiences of future and current renters to shape the escape game. She is excited to help inform and empower youth and vulnerable tenants with Room to Fight. Passionate about climate and social justice, Milène hopes to create spaces where people can learn, connect, and imagine fairer futures.
Fun fact: Milène loves slow travel, like long train journeys or biking across Gaspésie for 50 days!
After graduating with a Master's in Sustainable Development from Uppsala University in Sweden, Milène is now taking a sabbatical to focus on personal growth and meaningful adventures. As the Community Engagement Lead, she co-designs and facilitates workshops that bring together the voices and experiences of future and current renters to shape the escape game. She is excited to help inform and empower youth and vulnerable tenants with Room to Fight. Passionate about climate and social justice, Milène hopes to create spaces where people can learn, connect, and imagine fairer futures.
Fun fact: Milène loves slow travel, like long train journeys or biking across Gaspésie for 50 days!
Adizetou Teouri is a second-year student at the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management. Passionate about leadership and innovation, she enjoys contributing to projects that support and inspire the next generation. Active and determined, she plays basketball, running, hiking, and skiing. Alongside her community involvement and the successful organization of various events, Adizetou is also exploring the artistic world through videography and photography. Curious and ambitious, she constantly seeks to learn, create, and make a positive impact on those around her.
Fun fact: She loves ketchup chips (Lay's one to be specific)
Adizetou Teouri is a second-year student at the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management. Passionate about leadership and innovation, she enjoys contributing to projects that support and inspire the next generation. Active and determined, she plays basketball, running, hiking, and skiing. Alongside her community involvement and the successful organization of various events, Adizetou is also exploring the artistic world through videography and photography. Curious and ambitious, she constantly seeks to learn, create, and make a positive impact on those around her.
Fun fact: She loves ketchup chips (Lay's one to be specific)
Our Support
Room to Fight is supported by Service Jeunesse Canada and TakingITGlobal through the Sprout Ideas Fellowship