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UNIVERSITIES AND THE CITY OF MONTRÉAL
A NATURAL ALLIANCE BY GABRIELLE BRASSARD-LECOURS, JOURNALIST
With its four universities and other institutions of higher education, Montréal is a city of knowledge. It is thus quite natural that Valérie Plante’s administration is forging strong links with the educational milieu so as to use that know-how to improve services provided to citizens, and to resolve problems and overcome obstacles.
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Some agreements were signed between the City and educational institutions in the past, but in the last eighteen months concrete work has been underway to raise the prestige of higher education," said François Croteau, mayor of the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough. He is the person in charge of smart city, technology, information and innovation files for the City of Montréal executive committee. The Plante administration has initiated discussions to generate ideas and possible solutions in order to highlight three main areas of intervention that are to be a top priority: talent, knowledge and improving citizen services using an evidence-based approach. With that emphasis, several projects have taken shape in partnership with 12 educational institutions and departments of higher education in Montréal.
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FRANÇOIS CROTEAU Mayor of the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough, in charge of smart city, technology, information and innovation files for the City of Montréal executive committee
MONTRÉAL ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE : : 2020 EDITION
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