Organization: City of Montreal

UQAM launches incubator for tourism, culture and other retail service industries

The Univ of Quebec at Montreal’s School of Management has launched MT Lab, North America’s first incubator dedicated to the tourism, transport, festival, culture, hotel, restaurant and entertainment sectors. Established in conjunction with the City of Montreal and Tourisme Montréal, MT Lab is supported by a $200,000 grant from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and…

OECD calls on Montreal to improve governance

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is calling on the City of Montreal to implement new policies to increase productivity and reinforce existing regional clusters. The message was contained in the OECD Territorial Review of Montreal, to be released today. It notes that relatively low education levels, insufficient R&D investment and a complex…