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Investment of $9.62 million at Cégep de Victoriaville will support research and innovation activities

May 30, 2017, Victoriaville, QC – The Government of Canada is investing $4.28 million in a project at Cégep de Victoriaville. 

Federal funding is allocated through the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund, which will enhance and modernize research facilities on Canadian campuses and improve the environmental sustainability of these facilities.

Cégep de Victoriaville will use the funds to establish an organic agriculture research facility. The facility will include multi-purpose buildings and greenhouses where work will be done in plant breeding and organic fruit and vegetable production, enabling Canada to be more competitive in the organic food market.

Operations of this new research infrastructure will be managed by the cégep’s Centre d’expertise et de transfert en agriculture biologique et de proximité (centre of expertise and knowledge transfer in organic agriculture and local farming).

A total of $9.62 million is being invested in this project:

• The Government of Canada is providing $4.28 million
• Cégep de Victoriaville and other partners are providing $5.34 million