canopy · a search that listens

From six words to the right door.

Students describe what they're going through, in their own words.
Canopy finds the door that fits. This page follows one search, start to finish.

scroll — the story starts here

It's 1 a.m.Something's wrong.

You finally decideto look for help.

Here's whatyou get.

A dense official student resource list: dozens of bullet points and underlined links stacked in columns, with no search and no guidance.
an actual resource list sent to students

Scary,
right?

80 links.Zero answers.

When you're already at your limit, a directory is just one more wall.

there had to be another way

What if you could just say it?

No menus. No categories. No perfect keywords.
This is Canopy — watch what happens to six honest words.

step 01 / 07

Say it like you'd text a friend.

Six words, any language. French, English — even both at once.

step 02 / 07

A guardian reads it first.

Before anything else, Canopy checks if someone is in danger. That check lives on the device — it works with no internet at all.

step 03 / 07

It hears more than words.

Who's asking. How heavy it sounds. Which language it's in. None of this is sent anywhere.

step 04 / 07

Every door gets weighed.

Hundreds of real resources — counselling, money, housing, legal — compared in milliseconds, right on the phone.

step 05 / 07

It reads between the lines.

No brochure says the word "pressure". Canopy still understands what it can mean.

step 06 / 07

One honest question.

Never a form. Never twenty filters. One small question — then it steps aside.

step 07 / 07

Everything narrows to one.

Not fifty links. Not a "maybe". The one door that fits tonight.

the answer

The right door.

Santé mentale · Mental health Peer Support Centre Free · drop-in · FR / EN What happens: a trained peer listens. No forms first. No diagnosis. No waitlist.

Cost, language, what to expect — and the crisis button stays one tap away, even offline.

one last thing

That doorwasn't alone.

Santé mentale · Mental health Peer Support Centre

it was chosen among

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real doors — bilingual, all of them

move your cursor — every card is a real resource

a personal project

Want these doors for your students?

Canopy is built, funded and cared for by one person. I'd love to tailor the catalog to your community and figure out what a pilot could look like.

Write to Célestin

Célestin Lapointe · [email protected]