Regional Development Network - RDN

09/03/2026

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📣 𝗟𝗲 𝗥𝗗𝗥 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝘂 𝗥𝗲́𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘂 𝗾𝘂𝗲́𝗯𝗲́𝗰𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗹'𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲 (𝗥𝗤-𝗔𝗖𝗔) !
Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer que le Réseau de développement régional (RDR) est maintenant membre du Réseau québécois de l'action communautaire autonome (RQ-ACA).

Le RQ-ACA est l’interlocuteur privilégié du gouvernement en matière d’action communautaire autonome et représente la voix collective des organismes communautaires du Québec. Il contribue également à la mise en œuvre et à l’évaluation du Plan d’action gouvernemental en action communautaire (PAGAC), qui guide le soutien du Québec au secteur communautaire.

📣 𝗥𝗗𝗡 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗤-𝗔𝗖𝗔 !
We’re pleased to announce that the Regional Development Network (RDN) is now a member of the Réseau québécois de l'action communautaire autonome (RQ-ACA).

The RQ-ACA is the government’s privileged interlocutor on autonomous community action and represents the collective voice of community organizations across Québec. It also contributes to the Plan d’action gouvernemental en action communautaire (Government Action Plan on Community Action/PAGAC), which guides Québec’s support for the community sector.

08/31/2026

📅 Official Languages Day is coming up on September 10. This year's theme is Two Voices in Harmony. From 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., you're invited to an online event that will explore the power of music and how Canada's two official language communities come together to share stories and strengthen belonging.
🔖 To learn more about the event and to register: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/campaigns/official-languages-day/event.html

08/26/2026

📣 The Provincial Employment Roundtable - Table ronde provinciale sur l’emploi, based in Montreal, is hiring a policy researcher! Check out the details below.

📢 Join our team! 🚀

PERT is looking for a Policy Researcher

Apply today! https://secure.collage.co/jobs/pertquebec/64993

08/25/2026

📣 Please fill out this survey! The deadline has been extended to September 7. 📣
The Comité consultatif des Québécoises et Québécois d’expression anglaise (CCQEA) is working with the Comité Consultatif Personnes Immigrantes (CCPI) and the Comité consultatif des Premières Nations et des Inuit relatif au marché du travail ( CCPNIMT / Ccpnimt-Fnilmac) on a research project led by Groupe DDM.

As part of the project, they are currently seeking responses from English speakers in the regions of Québec (outside of Montreal) to make sure that regional perspectives are reflected in the results. Can you help circulate this information in your networks? 🔄 Thank you!

➡️ Here's the link to the survey: https://fs30.formsite.com/GDDM/ImpactLoi14-Individu/index

08/24/2026

📣New deadline!
John Abbott College - Centre for Continuing Education has a Non-Profit Leadership Certificate Program starting on September 16. It's the only English-language program like this in Québec, and it covers non-profit leadership, management, and governance.
🔜 The registration has been extended to September 9.

▪️38 hours of training delivered over 11 weeks
▪️Accessible to working professionals: delivered online in a part-time evening format
▪️Affordable and cost-effective professional development
▪️Developed and taught by experienced industry professionals, with expert guest speakers
▪️Subsidies may be available for executive directors, potentially covering up to 75% of program costs, subject to eligibility requirements

➡️ For more information and registration details, please visit: https://continuingeducation.johnabbott.qc.ca/programs/non-profit-leadership-certificate/

08/21/2026

📣 Le CHSSN Community Health and Social Services Network de Québec recrute un-e chargé-e de communication. C'est une excellente occasion de travailler auprès des communautés d'expression anglaise de la province. Consultez les informations ci-dessous. La date limite est le 9 septembre.

📣 CHSSN Community Health and Social Services Network in Québec City is hiring a communications officer. It's a great way to work with the province's English-speaking communities. Check out the information below. The deadline is September 9.

08/20/2026

⭐ 🎂 ⭐ Today is the birthday of our executive director, Cathy Brown! Cathy, we wish you a great birthday and new year to come! Thank you for everything you do for RDN and the English-speaking communities of Québec! Happy birthday! 🎉

08/19/2026

This summer, we were happy to have Emma Ahern working with us in communications for the EnRoute app! She did a wonderful job on all the many tasks we threw her way, and she excelled in both the creative and practical aspects of her work. Emma, thank you for working with us this summer, and we wish you all the best in what's ahead! 💫
P.S. Once the EnRoute app launches, everyone will have the chance to appreciate the three stories Emma wrote for the EnRoute app as part of her many projects this summer. 👀

08/18/2026

We had a productive discussion today with Valérie Boucher and Michaël Bard from the Pôle des entreprises d'économie sociale de la Capitale-Nationale and Jeanne Ayotte-Bournival from the Conseil québécois de la coopération et de la mutualité!

We had a fruitful lunch meeting with local representatives from the Pôle des entreprises d'économie sociale de la Capitale-Nationale and the Conseil québécois de la coopération et de la mutualité where we shared sharing about our organizations' work and brainstorming ways we can work together in the future to meet community needs with social economy enterprises with a focus on integrating English-speaking communities into the social economy. It was beneficial to take the time to nurture these relationships and collaborations.

Photo (left to right): First row: Valérie Boucher, Pôle CN; Mario Oropeza, RDN/SEEnet; Second row: Jeanne Ayotte-Bournival, CQCM; Jenny Montgomery, RDN/SEEnet; Michaël Bard, Pôle CN; Hoffman Wolff, RDN/SEEnet; and Emma Ahern, RDN.

08/14/2026

We are pleased to announce that we have received funding from the Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon (FLAC) to support collective efforts aimed at reducing poverty and social exclusion in Québec’s English-speaking communities.

This investment will enable us to work alongside our network of regional member organizations to strengthen local collaboration, build community capacity, and support initiatives that address the underlying factors contributing to poverty and social exclusion.

The Regional Development Network (RDN) is pleased to announce that it has received funding from the Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon (FLAC) to support collective efforts aimed at reducing poverty and…