Calling all innovative Medtech and Digital Health companies from Québec! Do you want to launch and market your product in the United States? Applications are now open for our US Market Access Acceleration Program with the Medical Alley Association!
You wouldn’t think that the Midwest would be a hotbed for solar energy, but one of Québec’s leading energy producers is making major advances in the region through partnering with one of the largest corporations on earth to help finance it.
We were honored to participate in the Great Lakes Commission’s Semi-Annual Meeting. This year’s gathering was held virtually on May 11-12 and moderated by Erika Jensen, Interim Executive Director of the GLC, and Sharon Jackson, GLC Chair, Head of the Indiana Delegation, and Deputy General Counsel of the Office of the Governor of Indiana.
Despite the pandemic resulting in the cancellation of large trade shows like the Chicago Collective and Stylemax over the past year, Montréal Collections companies were still able to participate with their local sales reps in various shows in the Midwest including Northstar, Livonia, Deerfield, REV Chicago and many more.
Québec is a world-renowned innovation center with a fast-growing health-technology cluster. The province is determined to become one of the five major North American hubs in the life sciences.
The Québec Government Office in Chicago in partnership with the Alliance Française of Chicago organized a cultural presentation on Vietnam, hosted by author and writer Kim Thúy Ly Thanh and Northwestern University professor Lam Thao Nguyen.
Rochef chocolate factory is based out of Quebec in the Outaouais region. Their products are now available in all CVS stores across the nation and even in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has renewed its confidence in Nova Bus, a company based in St. Eustache, Québec with US operations in Plattsburgh NY.
Hosted jointly by the GLC and the Northeast-Midwest Institute, this year the Great Lakes Day Congressional Reception was held virtually on March 3rd, 2021. Speakers included Erika Jensen, Michael Goff, Eric Brown, Debbie Dingell (Co-Chair) (D-MI), Representative Bill Huizenga (Co-Chair) (R-MI), Representative David Joyce (Co-Chair) (R-OH), Senator Todd Young (Vice-Chair) (R-IN), Representative Marcy Kaptur (Co-Chair) (D-OH), and Senator Debbie Stabenow (Co-Chair) (D-MI).
For the full online reception, click here.
To celebrate Black History Month, the Alliance Française of Milwaukee invited two guests on February 27th, 2021, to engage in a conversation on Madagascar and stories of Malagasy enslavement.
Members from the Québec Government Office in Chicago met with colleagues from the Regional Maritime Entity of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers to discuss priorities for 2021 with special regard to Québec’s objectives. Martine Hébert, Québec Delegate to Chicago, had the honor of co-moderating this exchange.