A training session for the CEDOs will be provided by the Centre d’études collégiales à Chibougamau is entitled “Touristic Marketing” (click here to consult the course outline).

This training will focus on the most inspiring initiatives in touristic marketing from Quebec’s native communities (and beyond) and seize opportunities.

The members of the First Nations of Quebec Business Network (FNQBN) may also participate in the training under certain conditions. Please contact us for details on how to participate.

For more information, please contact Anne Esther Legagneur by email at alegagneur@cdepnql.org or by telephone at 418 843-1488, ext. 1223.

To attend this training session, please fill out the attached registration form that will appear by clicking here and return it to us, with your payment, before September 12, 2017. Hurry! Seats are limited and priority will be granted to the CEDOs.

The First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Economic Development Commission (FNQLEDC) would like to invite you to a conference-day on “Female Entrepreneurship”.

This conference was organized to highlight and demonstrate the importance of female entrepreneurship, to focus on women’s business skills, to share experiences, and to give female business owners and Economic Development Officers the opportunity to network. Participants will also discover resources that could help them create a business, as well as existing financial resources.

Consult the preliminary program of the day.

For more information, please contact Emmanuel Bertrand-Gauvin by email at ebertrand-gauvin@cdepnql.org or by telephone at 418 843-1488, ext. 1227.

There are 50 places are available, so we invite you to register as soon as possible. For this, fill in the form that will appear by clicking here. Return it to Lorraine Rheaume by email at lrheaume@cdepnql.org or fax at 418 843-6672.

The forum represents a unique and essential opportunity for networking and growth for those businesses in Québec, Canada and elsewhere which are involved in the natural resource field.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND NATURALLIA 2017?
To connect with more than 200 SMEs from about fifteen countries working in four sectors: forestry, mining, renewable energy and advanced technologies.
You will leave this event with a huge inventory of beneficial links with other entrepreneurs, strategic information and many ideas to ‘boost’ the growth of your business.

MEMO FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES:
To encourage Aboriginal participation, the FNQLEDC has the opportunity to invite enterprises at this event by covering the costs for the registration, including meals.
That is why we are seeking your support in recruiting businesses which could be interested in participating in the forum. Please don’t hesitate to forward their contact information by September 10th and we will communicate with them to finalize all the details.

For more information and to register: http://naturallia2017.com/en/

The enterprise called Open Forum Ouvert (OFO) is organizing a day of conferences and a panel discussion to be held under the theme Consultation & Accommodation With Aboriginal Communities. A variety of subjects related to this theme will be presented throughout the conference day, including the following:

• The Cree-Québec Forestry Regime: Consent, Consultation, Accommodation, Planning, Participation;
• The Notion of Social Acceptability In the Context of Consultation and Accommodation;
• How To Start The Consultation Process To Achieve Your Goals?

For more details, download the bilingual program.

All persons interested in to registering for these events will be offered a $100 discount upon registration with the mention of the promotional code CDEPNQL.

For more information and to register, contact Open Forum Ouvert at 514 887-0963 or at info@openforumouvert.com.

Québec Mines 2017

Come and SHARE with all mining development stakeholders and take advantage of the opportunity to INNOVATE by constantly broadening your knowledge. What better way in 2017 to EXCEL even more?

Once again this year, the congress will offer a full, varied program on topics related to key themes such as exploration, exploitation, the environment, the economy and communities. Join us and take advantage of more than 100 speeches, 10 training sessions and several networking activities featuring key figures from the mining sector.

Don’t miss the Québec mining industry’s leading congress, from November 20 to 23, 2017.

As part of the Aboriginal component of the conference, the FNQLEDC will hold a conference day on November 21st. The details of this day will be communicated later.