Feb
18
2010
From Montreal Gazette:
The Quebec government announced Monday a new program to accelerate permanent residency status for foreign-trained workers.
Immigration and Cultural Communities Minister Yolande James made the announcement at the Science Centre in Montreal’s Old Port accompanied by the executives from two of the city’s leading high-tech firms, Electronic Arts, and CGI.
James said the [...]
Feb
04
2010
MONTRÉAL, le 3 févr. – Le Regroupement des producteurs multimédia (RPM) est heureux d’annoncer le lancement des NUMIX, les premiers prix d’excellence en production multimédia au Québec.
"Pour le RPM, les NUMIX représente une occasion unique de mettre en valeur l’excellence de notre industrie qui regroupe plus de 150 producteurs, lesquels génèrent au-delà de [...]
Feb
04
2010
From CBC.ca:
Premier Jean Charest says Quebec is keen to align provincial visa treatment procedures with those of the federal government to speed up the entry of foreign information technology workers.
Quebec’s premier raised the possibility during a Thursday visit to Infosys, a high-tech multinational company in Bangalore, India, the subcontinent’s IT mecca.
Charest met with [...]
Feb
01
2010
From NewsWire.ca:
PIEDMONT, QC, Jan. 28 /CNW Telbec/ – Hybride Technologies, a division of Ubisoft Montreal, has produced 114 stereoscopic shots for James Cameron’s AVATAR, released December 18, 2009. The creators at the Piedmont VFX studio, located in the Laurentians, also provided numerous graphic and technical elements used in a large number of shots produced [...]
Dec
23
2009
A few language related articles from CBC.
From CBC, Quebec sees growth in English-speaking population:
The number of English-speaking Quebecers is on the increase for the first time in 30 years due to immigration, along with a slowdown in the outflow of Quebec anglophones.
The number has grown by about 5.5 per cent between the censuses [...]
Dec
03
2009
From The Gazette:
Nearly 13 years ago, a little-known French company called Ubisoft decided to open a video game development studio in Montreal, the result of a long charm offensive by the Quebec government who saw its legacy industries – textiles and forestry – slowly wither.
And from that seed sown on a tax credit [...]