Trevor Williams grew up in Little Burgundy, an inner-city Montreal neighborhood.  His perseverance and basketball skills landed him the opportunity of a lifetime – a basketball scholarship to an American university and a chance to play for the Canadian Olympic Team.

Trevor returned to Montreal with a vision – to change the lives of youth across the city.  With childhood friend Dean Smith, Trevor founded the Trevor Williams All-Star Basketball Academy in 1992, an instructional basketball camp which continues to run each summer.  The Trevor Williams Basketball Academy had a distinctive mission to create good athletes – but more importantly, good people.  In 1997, Trevor expanded his vision, founding the Trevor Williams Kids Foundation, a non-profit organization aimed at teaching life skills to youth. 

Both the camp and the foundation are clear manifestations of Trevor’s motto: “academics plus athletics equals a perfect education.”  He continually stresses the importance of balance – and the importance of health, well-being and education.  By educating and empowering youth, he has made a tremendous difference in the lives of youth across the city.      

Trevor Williams now coaches basketball at Dawson College, and continues to serve as both Director of the Basketball Academy and President of the Foundation.  He is a well-known and widely respected figure in both Little Burgundy and the wider Montreal community.