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Cocktail reception at the Outstanding Women Awards ceremony. Front row center: Valérie Pelletier, winner in the Outstanding Woman category, and Stéphanie Delagrave, winner in the Next Generation category, surrounded by the other 10 finalists, members of the jury and the Quebecor executive committee.

RESPECT, INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE

Quebecor is committed to creating an inclusive, respectful, fair, equal-opportunity workplace for all. Every employee, regardless of gender, culture, religion, disability or sexual orientation, has the opportunity to apply his or her skills and strengths in the workplace.

QUEBECOR WELCOMES ITS FIRST EMPLOYEE FROM LES PETITS ROIS FOUNDATION

In partnership with the Fondation Les Petits Rois, Quebecor participates in an on-the-job mentoring program designed to ease the path to independence for young people with slight to severe intellectual disabilities. Quebecor welcomed its ﬁrst employee under this program in January 2019. Supporting the Environmental Affairs Department at Quebecor’s head office, she is helping Quebecor meet its commitment to reduce its environmental footprint by managing reusable dishware and maintaining conference rooms, plants and recycling bins.

QUEBECOR LAUNCHES OUTSTANDING WOMEN AWARDS

In 2019, Quebecor held the ﬁrst edition of its Outstanding Women Awards competition, an initiative designed to recognize the talent and leadership of women who have distinguished themselves at Quebecor through their creativity, boldness and determination.

Out of the 70 women nominated for the awards, 12 were selected as ﬁnalists. The jury composed of Pierre Karl Péladeau, President and CEO of Quebecor, Sylvie Lalande, Vice-Chair of the Board of Quebecor and Chair of the Board of TVA Group, Jean-Marc Léger, President of Léger and member of the Board of TVA Group, and Isabelle Boulanger, General Manager, Talent and Culture of Quebecor, then picked the two winners, who were announced in February 2020 at a cocktail reception emceed by Marie-Claude Barrette. The awards went to Stéphanie Delagrave, Product Manager, Mobile Apps at NumériQ, in the Next Generation (under 35) category, and Valérie Pelletier, Senior Director, Video Technologies at Videotron, in the Outstanding Woman category.

FEMALE LEADERSHIP TRAINING

To encourage women to aspire to management positions at Quebecor, and to ensure gender diversity at all levels of the organization, Quebecor gave 25 female employees from its subsidiaries the chance to participate in L’Effet A, a 100-day challenge designed to develop female talent and leadership.

GENDER PARITY ACTION PLAN FOR WOMEN IN PRODUCTION

To encourage and support the next generation of women in the television industry, TVA has launched its Gender Parity Action Plan for Women in Production. The plan’s objective is to have women occupy 50% of key positions (director, producer and screenwriter) on TVA’s original French-language television productions by 2025.

Women are strongly represented at Quebecor and its subsidiaries