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11 Dec 2013
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Dominique Poirier appointed Québec Delegate General in New York

Jean-François Lisée, the Minister of International Relations, La Francophonie and External trade, welcomed the appointment of Dominique Poirier as Québec Delegate General in New York. Ms. Poirier’s appointment was confirmed at the end of the Cabinet meeting on December 11, 2013.
10 Dec 2013
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Minister Lisée to lead trade mission to Japan

Minister Jean-François Lisée will lead a trade mission to Japan from January 19 to 23, 2014.
9 Dec 2013
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France-Québec cooperation: school dropout and academic success

School dropout and academic success experts from the Association nationale des acteurs de la réussite éducative (Anaré) in France and the Chaire UQAC-Cégep de Jonquière sur les conditions de vie, la santé et les aspirations des jeunes (VISAJ) in Québec teamed up as part of the 63th Commission permanente de coopération franco-québécoise .
6 Dec 2013
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Nearly 500 qualified workers participate in the Journées Québec event in Barcelona

On November 29, 2012, Barcelona hosted its first ever Journées Québec event. This event was an international recruitment mission for 35 Québec businesses looking for qualified workers. More than 1,000 positions in the engineering, information technology and communications, health, aerospace and metal manufacturing sectors needed to be filled.
6 Dec 2013
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Haitian Minister of Culture at the Salon du livre de Montréal

Josette Darguste, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Haiti, visited Québec from November 20 to 25, 2013, for the 36^th Salon du livre de Montréal, where Haiti was the guest of honour.
4 Dec 2013
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The Québec Government Office in Moscow celebrates its first year

The Québec Government Office in Moscow was in a festive mood last November 21. A number of representatives from Russia’s government, business and institutional communities as well as several of Québec’s partners gathered to mark the first anniversary of the opening of Québec’s office in Russia. The Québec Government Office in Moscow’s initial undertakings have been very promising.
2 Dec 2013
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Journées Québec sans frontières a success

Organized by the Ministère des Relations internationales, de la Francophonie et du Commerce extérieur (MRIFCE) in collaboration with the Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI), the 14th edition of Journées Québec sans frontières (JQSF), were held on November 23 and 24 in Québec.
29 Nov 2013
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Social security agreements with India and Romania

Minister Jean-François Lisée has signed social security agreements with India and Romania to improve the mobility of Québec workers.
28 Nov 2013
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CINÉMA DU QUÉBEC À PARIS wins Rayonnement international award of excellence

The Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) was presented with the Rayonnement international award of excellence for Cinéma du Québec à Paris.
28 Nov 2013
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SHQ signs collaboration agreement in Rome

On November 15, at the Québec government office in Rome, John MacKay, President and CEO of the Société d’habitation du Québec (SHQ), signed an important technical collaboration agreement concerning wood-based construction of social and community housing with the Istituto Trentino Edilizia Abitativa (ITEA), a corporation under the aegis of the autonomous Italian province of Trento, also known as Trentino.