“Tourism becomes a quest for new experiences and knowledge. Visitors meet others as they go about their daily lives, through their traditions, festivals, celebrations and realisations.”
Claude Moulin
Société ÉCONOMUSÉE® du Québec
Contact Info
Société ÉCONOMUSÉE® du Québec (SÉQ)
Louis S. St Laurent House 203 East Grande-Allée Québec (Quebec) G1R 2H8 CANADA
Telephone: (418) 694-4466 Fax: (418) 694-4410 E-mail: info@economusees.com Internet site: www.economusees.com
President – Chief Executive Officer Cyril Simard
Assistant Chief Executive Director Réjean Tardif
Architect and Interior Designer Christine Vallée
Executive Secretary Gabrielle Nammour
Finance and Administrative Coordinator Carole Gosselin
AMBASSADOR Honourable Martin Cauchon, Lawyer, Gowling, Lafleur, Henderson
Executive Committee
President and Representative of the IENS Cyril Simard, Ph.D., CEO of the IENS
Vice President, Public Relations Paule D. Houle, Public Relations Advisor
Vice President, Finance Laurent Tremblay, Federal Commissioner Quebec's 400th anniversary
Secretary Treasurer Mr. Claude Robitaille, Notary, Côté, Taschereau, Samson, Demers
Administrators
Mr. Denis R. Cloutier President, Hydroreptec aéronautique
Richard Dion Lawyer, Dion Roy Parent Rivard
Michel Gervais Director, Centre hospitalier Robert-Giffard
Normand Gervais Senior Director, Control and Taxation, Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services
Vallier Robert Owner of Domaine Acer (representative of the artisans)
Jules Saint-Michel Owner of Jules Saint-Michel, luthier (representative of the artisans)
Philippe Sauvageau Director, Library of the Assemblée nationale du Québec
Advisory Committee
Set up by the Société ÉCONOMUSÉE® du Québec, its role is to assist management in making judicious decisions regarding services to be provided to the network. The committee also maintains good relationships between Quebec members and the IENS. Three members of this committee sit on the Board of Directors.
The mandate of the Advisory Committee is to listen to the members, to set up lines of communication with them, to make recommendations to management and to receive and handle all requests from Quebec members.
The Advisory Committee is made up of seven members: five regional representatives of ECONOMUSEUM®, elected for a two-year term by the members at the symposium of the Société internationale; the President / Executiv Director, and the Director.
The committee meets at least three times a year or as required.
The Admissions Committee
This committee decides on the admission of new members to the network.
Regarding admission, the committee plans the setting up of ECONOMUSEUM® according to a strategy that it develops regarding the number of businesses, the regions and the themes. It decides on the admissions criteria and on the selection of candidates. Committee members study the applications sent by management and decides whether or not to recommend feasibility studies. Once these studies are completed, the committee analyses them, makes recommendations as required and approves requests for accreditation.
The Admissions Committee is made up of six members including four people elected for a two-year term:
- Paule D. Houle, Board of Directors of the SÉQ
- Cyril Simard, President – Chief Executive Officer of the SÉQ
- François Tremblay, Representative of the IENS
- Two representatives of the artisans
- A representative from Canada Economic Development for the Quebec region acting as an observing party
The committee meets upon request by management.
Thank You to our Partners
The Société ÉCONOMUSÉE® du Québec would like to thank it's "Sustainable Development" Partners:
Canada Economic Development, the Ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions du Québec, the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries, et de l'Alimentation du Québec, the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, the Ministère du Tourisme du Québec, the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles, the National Bank, and Loto-Québec.

Thank you to our "Living Heritage" and "Regional Diversity" partners:

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