Sophie D’Amours in a Virtual Face-to-Face Meeting with 6 Alumni at FSA ULaval

Wednesday April 7th, 2021

The 6th edition of our Conversations with Leading Business Personalities was held on Friday, March 26. Université Laval Rector Sophie D’Amours was the guest at this meeting with 6 alumni who have attended the Faculty.

The participants were appreciative of the Rector’s generosity, authenticity, frankness and humanity. She discussed several topics during this exchange, including:

• the importance of caring and agility in the workplace
• women entrepreneurship
• strategic management in crisis situations
• the university of tomorrow and the challenges of transformation
• business-university partnerships
• mental health
• artificial intelligence 

The 6 alumni who took part in the virtual event:

• Julie Bédard, President and COO, Médicart
• Joanne Desjardins, Partner and Head of the Québec City Office, Brio Conseils
• Marie-Noël Grenier, President, Jambette
• Mélanie Raymond, General Manager, Carnaval de Québec
• Marie-Pier St-Hilaire, President, Edgenda
• Julie Sirois, Vice-President of Sales, Mondelēz Canada

FSA ULaval’s philanthropic development team wishes to thank the Rector for the time she has dedicated to this initiative and the alumni for their participation.