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2019 Pierre Péladeau Bursaries award $200,000 to young entrepreneurs
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n2019 Pierre Péladeau Bursaries award $200,000 to young entrepreneurs\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nMONTRÉAL, May 9, 2019\n\n\n\nMONTRÉAL, May 9, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - As part of its commitment to supporting the next generation of Québec entrepreneurs, Quebecor was pleased to present four Pierre Péladeau Bursaries totaling $200,000 at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. For the last 21 years, the Pierre Péladeau Bursary has provided students the means to translate their business ideas into reality by supporting for the start-up and development phases.\n\n \n \n\n \n\"Fostering entrepreneurial spirit is important to Quebecor because we firmly believe that creating innovative new companies, especially ones dedicated to new technology and the environment, is essential to diversify Québec's economy going forward,\" says Quebecor President and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau. \"These young people are bursting with talent and creativity: they are the next generation of entrepreneurs who will build the Québec business world of the future.\" \nCongratulations to the 2019 Pierre Péladeau Bursary winners\n$100,000 Bursary - Puzzle Medical DevicesJade Doucet-Martineau, Gabriel Georges and François Trudeau, École de Technologie Supérieure and Université de Montréal\nPuzzle Medical Devices makes minimally invasive medical devices. Its goal is to rethink the way medical devices are implanted using innovative methods to implant and assemble devices inside the human body, thereby reducing complications and offering treatment options for frail patients. \n$50,000 Bursary - BioliftSamuel Lecours, Guillaume Gaudet and Laurent Blanchet, Polytechnique de Montréal\nBiolift helps improve the well-being of people with reduced autonomy and enhances healthcare worker safety and efficiency by developing reasonably priced biorobotic and mechanical physical assistance technologies. Their main products are exoskeletons, braces and custom prost...