The summer vacations are over and the Copibec team is gradually making its way back into the office while following public health guidelines. Most of our work is still being done remotely to protect our team members and their families. Of course, we鈥檙e available to answer your questions.聽Feel free to get in touch with us!
Visual arts payment
As the summer came to a close, we made our (highly anticipated)聽payment to visual artists. It was a lengthy project that ended when we implemented royalty payments via direct deposit. Despite having taken longer than expected, the rollout of this new system will make future payments easier, whether there鈥檚 a pandemic or not!
Copibec Hub
We recently announced that we鈥檝e obtained financial support and advice under the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program to develop a hub.聽The聽Copibec Hub, built using blockchain technology, will enable Quebec businesses to manage content more effectively.
New faces
There have been some changes in our personnel. The Businesses and Governments team bid farewell to officers Roseline H茅bert and M茅lissa Nilsson and welcomed 脡ric Bolduc as Content Marketer.
Our Education team now has a new assistant to handle聽DONA service聽requests for digital content for students with special learning needs. Her name is Myl猫ne Boutin-Jacob and she鈥檒l be with us until mid-December.
We鈥檙e also very pleased to have Rabii Kharbouch back with us. After working at Copibec last winter, he鈥檚 back for 6 months to lend a land to the various teams as a multi-skilled administrative support and customer service assistant.
Lastly, our accountant Nicole Blanchet has retired after 15 years of service. We鈥檇 like to wish her health and happiness in her new endeavours.
Even with the pandemic as a backdrop, your copyright collective has numerous projects underway. We鈥檙e starting the new season with an optimistic outlook and we鈥檙e ready to take on new challenges. Follow us on聽Facebook聽and聽Twitter聽to make sure you don鈥檛 miss anything.
To those of you who work in an educational institution as well as those who don鈥檛, we鈥檙e wishing everyone a great school year and a colourful fall season.
Fr茅d茅rique Couette
Executive Director