Protect and promote the economic interests of the St. Lawrence maritime community from a sustainable development perspective
Mr. Girard is known for his vision and ability to successfully build and mobilize working teams in carrying out large-scale projects. A certified company administrator (ASC), Mr. Girard has sat on the boards of private, public and listed companies for over 20 years.
In order to sustain our economy, it is both crucial and critical to provide the Coast Guard with new and powerful state-of-the-art icebreakers necessary to deliver the level of service it has committed to by agreement with the industry.
A PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering at Université Laval, Éric Walling stood out for the excellence of his file and the applied research potential of this research topic.
Cargo shipments to ports on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River waterway generate CDN$60 billion worth of economic activity and 328,500 jobs in Canada and the U.S. That breaks down to 181,000 jobs and CDN$26 billion in economic activity in Ontario and Quebec.
On June 14, at its luncheon conference at Aquarium du Québec, SODES welcomed Québec Premier Philippe Couillard and Minister for Maritime Affairs Jean D’Amour.
The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES) is proud to present its travelling marine industry art exhibition on June 13 at the Baie de Beauport alongside the 16th international conference of the Worldwide Network of Port Cities (AIVP) to run at the Port of Québec June 11-14.
Today, at a luncheon conference organized by SODES in Montréal, Michel Tosini, SODES Chairman of the Board, awarded David Didier, PhD candidate in Environmental Sciences at the Université du Québec à Rimouski and Montréal, the 2017 SODES Next Generation Scholarship
It was under the banner Ship differently + effectively that the 17th edition of Québec Marine Day (QMD), the key annual meeting between elected officials and marine-sector representatives, ran today at the National Assembly of Québec.
The St. Lawrence Economic Development Council announces the arrival of its travelling exhibition of artistic marine-sector photos at the Hotel Rimouski. This very unique exhibition, developed by SODES and designed by EXMURO arts publics, features photos of marine infrastructures displayed in an art gallery set up inside a shipping container.
As part of its marine industry promotional campaign, SODES awards two $1,500 grants to graduate and postgraduate students studying in fields related to the maritime industry.