The Corporation d’innovation et de développement des Îles, LA VAGUE, is an organization that creates a place of excellence to foster synergy between socio-economic stakeholders from the Magdalen Islands and elsewhere. Its vision is oriented towards a sustainable and wealth-creating Island economy. It offers specialized support to accelerate innovative projects that emerge on its territory, by bringing together key players around the inventors. It is involved in promising and structuring initiatives that have a strong impact on the maritime community.
The LA VAGUE team collaborates with a vast network of experts to create stimulating partnerships and contributes to the transfer of knowledge. It deploys concrete promotion, attraction and recruitment actions to develop value-added organization and investment strategies.
AN ISLAND TERRITORY CONDUCIVE TO EXPERIMENTATION
The Magdalen Islands archipelago is a real living laboratory for innovation.
This isolated microcosm with a natural diversity unique in Quebec and Canada offers vast possibilities for testing technological, social and environmental innovations. The local economy participates in the blue economy (ocean potential and circular economy), the green economy (human well-being, social equity and sustainable development) and the orange economy (creative industries and tourism). The Island environment benefits from a wealth of locally active organizations as well as advantageous infrastructures (research center, lab-factory, transporters, shipyards, ports, etc.).
Gino Thorne – General Manager
LA VAGUE is a local strategic partner that offers its expertise in the network and territorial issues. It acts as a facilitator with the stakeholders involved and as an ambassador to open the doors of the industry. It intervenes to enhance the value of the experiments in a commercial perspective.
Emmanuelle Cyr – Development and Operations Advisor
INSULARITY AS A SOURCE OF INNOVATION
The constraints imposed by the island reality are a source of innovation for the Islands community. Synergy, humanism, responsibility and creativity are values that are part of its DNA. They are transposed to the scale of the companies and organizations that continuously combine with the limits in an ingenious way. For generations, Madelinots have been innovating in a unique way, just like their territory.
Stéphanie Larocque – Communication and Operations Advisor
In Quebec and Canada, the Magdalen Islands are a strategic stopover for mutual innovation. An island environment within your reach!
