PIERRE PÉLADEAU BURSARIES

HELPING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS, BUILDING OUR FUTURE TOGETHER

In May 2019, at its annual meeting of shareholders, Quebecor presented the Pierre Péladeau Bursaries for the 21st consecutive year. The purpose of the bursaries is to stimulate and support business start-ups in Québec. Quebecor believes that innovative new business start-ups play an essential role in diversifying Québec’s economy. The Corporation was proud to present Pierre Péladeau Bursaries with a total value of $200,000 in 2019 to help students turn their business plans into reality. Congratulations to the 2019 Pierre Péladeau Bursary recipients.

$100,000 BURSARY

Puzzle Medical Devices

Jade Doucet-Martineau, Gabriel Georges and François Trudeau from École de Technologie supérieure and Université de Montréal have started a company that manufactures minimally invasive medical devices. Its goal is to rethink the way that medical devices are implanted in the human body, in order to reduce complications and provide treatment options for frail patients. 

$50,000 BURSARY

Biolift

Samuel Lecours, Guillaume Gaudet and Laurent Blanchet from Polytechnique Montréal have started a company called Biolift, which develops reasonably priced custom exoskeletons, prostheses and braces, thus improving the well-being of people with reduced autonomy and the safety and efficiency of health-care workers.

$35,000 BURSARY

DeLeaves

Hughes Lavigne and Guillaume Charron from Université de Sherbrooke have been developing DeLeaves, a drone used to collect leaf samples from the top branches of trees. It works for all tree species, regardless of height, vegetation density or surrounding terrain.

$15,000 BURSARY

Cigogne Technologies

Rosemarie St-Yves Ferron and Alexis Chabot-Tremblay from Université de Sherbrooke have developed Cigogne, an innovative biomedical transportation solution. It is a chemically refrigerated smart compartment that provides fully autonomous temperature regulation when transporting vaccines, organs or biomedical products.