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Marie-Claude Francoeur

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201, Washington Street, Suite 3850 Boston, MA 02108
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Québec has maintained an office in New England since 1970, recognizing the region’s importance as a neighbour and a partner in a wide array of sectors.

The Québec Government Office in Boston’s mandate is to defend and promote Québec’s interests throughout the region and to foster economic, political, artistic, academic and institutional exchanges with the six New England states.

Québec and the United States: Prospering together

Bilateral trade

$66 billion

Québec is the United States’
10th trading partner

Tourism

$3.4 billion

Spent each year by
Quebeckers traveling to the U. S.

Québec Presence
in the U. S

More than 12 000 Québec
companies do business
in the United States

Job Creation

255k U. S. jobs

Over 250 000 Americans
work for Québec-owned businesses
in the United States

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Covered territories

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

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Government Relations Internship for students attending American universities February 15, 2018 New England enters 2018 with all six of its governors and a number of its congressional and state representatives up for re-election. The Public Affairs team at the Québec Government Office in Boston (DQB) is tasked with analyzing these mid-term elections and maintaining the strong New England-Québec relationship once...

Research, Innovation and Industry Internship - Summer 2018 March 27, 2018 Research, Innovation and Industry Internship Summer 2018 35 hours per week This internship is open to students enrolled in an American university

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - Parlement francophone des jeunes des Amériques July 8, 2018 to July 15, 2018 | Politics Please refer to the French version of this event for more information on how to submit your application.

THEATRE : Jabber by the Geordie Productions February 15, 2018 to February 15, 2018 | Arts and Culture 9:30 am Flynn Center- Burlington, VT -- The Québec theatre company Geordie Productions will be presenting its touching play Jabber at the Flynn Center, in Burlington, VT, in February 2018. This presentation is part of the Student...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - 21st biennial conference of the ACQS November 1, 2018 to November 4, 2018 | Francophonie The American Council for Québec Studies invites proposals for papers and panels for their upcoming conference in November 2018, taking place in New Orleans. Proposals related to any aspect of Québec studies are welcome and will be...

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Public Affairs

Maintain strong bilateral relations between the governments of Québec and of the New England states.
Organize political missions in sectors of shared interest such as energy, transportation and the environment.
Provide information on Québec to the general public, businesses, government, opinion leaders and the media.
Monitor regional issues and legislative development of interest to Québec.
Coordinate Québec’s Francophonie initiatives among the region’s Francophone and Francophile communities.
Promote Québec studies and Québec culture in New England universities and develop relations between these institutions and potential Québec partners.
Support and promote appearances and exhibitions by Québec artists on the territory and by artists from New England at cultural events in Québec.

Economic Affairs

Promote Québec’s industries and sectors of excellence.
Assist Québec exporters in seeking and identifying appropriate distribution channels (retailers, distributors, representatives, manufacturing agents, etc.).
Provide Québec exporters with strategic information and guidance pertaining to markets and regulations.
Assist companies seeking partners for joint ventures, strategic alliances, scientific collaborations and technology transfers.
Promote US investments in Québec.
Organize trade missions on the occasion of major trade shows and economic events on the territory.

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Marie-Claude Francoeur Delegate +1 617 482-1193 marie-claude.francoeur@mri.gouv.qc.ca Biography

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Marie-Claude Francoeur was appointed the Québec Government Delegate in Boston in May 2014. This is her second term in Boston.

Ms. Francoeur formerly served as the Assistant Deputy Minister for Policies, Multilateral and Francophone Affairs and as Acting Chief of Protocol, from 2011 to 2012, at the Québec Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie.

Ms. Francoeur was also Chief of Staff for the Québec Minister of Transportation and the Minister of Labour. Throughout her career, Ms. Francoeur has worked to shape and promote Québec’s policies on climate change, labor, transportation, energy and francophonie, both at home and internationally.

Ms. Francoeur holds masters’ degrees in both public administration and international relations from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in applied sciences from Laval University in Québec and a certificate in advanced management from the McGill Executive Institute. Ms. Francoeur has also completed the Senior Managers in Government program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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