Coup de pouce Montérégie Program
Thanks to a new collaboration with Culture Montérégie, the RQD can now offer its renowned customized training program specifically to dance professionals in the region.
- This component of the Coup de pouce program is exclusively for dance professionals in the Montérégie region.
- You can submit an application now.
- The deadline for submitting your training project is September 30, 2025, at midnight.
- The review of your application may take up to two (2) weeks.
- Your training project must begin no earlier than October 15, 2025, and end no later than November 30, 2025.
- Applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis until funds are exhausted.
Program Eligibility
Eligible training programs
Eligibiliy areas of expertise
Inteligible projects
How do I submit a project
Duration of the projects
Processing of applications
Financial contribution of the participant
Évaluation
Who can submit a Coup de pouce Montérégie project?
- The program is aimed exclusively at dance professionals (artists, cultural workers, managers, designers, etc.), whether salaried (full-time or part-time), self-employed, receiving employment insurance or social assistance, or graduate students (bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate, full-time or part-time).
- Temporary foreign cultural workers are eligible if they hold a valid work permit at the time of their Coup de pouce training activity.
- The Coup de pouce Montérégie program is exclusively for applicants based in this region, as the funds that finance it come from a budget dedicated to training projects in the Montérégie region.
- You do not have to be a member of the RQD or Culture Montérégie to receive a Coup de pouce grant.
- Professionals in artistic disciplines other than dance, as well as high school or college students, are not eligible for the Coup de pouce Montérégie program.
Important: all candidates participating in the same Coup de pouce project must meet these criteria.
- Customized individual training.
- Customized training for a small group of participants with a similar need.
Your training project must lead to an improvement in your skills, employability or employment conditions in any field of skills, such as:
- Artistic, discipline-based or related artistic skills.
- Career, cultural organization and human resources management.
- Overall knowledge of the cultural community, of law, and of the globalization of artistic activities.
- Advertising, communications, development and marketing.
- Audience development and cultural mediation.
- New technologies.
- Projects from dance professionals working outside the Montérégie region.
- Training programs, classes or internships already eligible for the Dance Training Support Program.
- Hiring of a consultant mandated to carry out the project or of a collaborator required for the project.
- Learning or rehearsing a show.
- Participation in an information session, a conference, a colloquium, a convention, a seminar, a symposium, a lunch-and-talk or any other event of this type.
- Learning a second language or participating in a francization project.
- Training or internship offered outside Quebec.
- Maintenance and development of skills or qualifications required by law or regulation (example: health and safety at work).
- Self-taught training or without a formal framework.
Not sure if your project is eligible? Contact the RQD,s Director of Professionnal Development or cCulture Montérégie’s Continuing Education and Professional Coordinator avant submitting your projet Coup de pouce project.
How do I submit a Coup de pouce Montérégie project?
- Define your training needs.
- Determine your objectives.
- Contact the trainer of your choice.
- Outline your training plan with the trainer; get their complete contact information and hourly rates, and find out if they are registered to charge taxes.
- Complete our Coup de pouce application form.
The maximum duration of a Coup de pouce Montérégie project is set at 12 hours.
The Director of Professional Development and the Continuing Education and Professional Development Coordinator will normally evaluate your project within two weeks of submission. They will ensure that it is eligible, relevant, and realistic, that it consists of a training activity, and that it has the potential to improve your employment situation. They will also verify your eligibility for the program and the expertise of your trainer. If necessary, they can help you refine your project or recommend a trainer.
Participant’s financial contribution
- 15% of the total project cost, including 10% management fees.
After completing your Coup de pouce Montérégie training, Culture Montérégie will provide you with a satisfaction survey that is important to complete and return within the specified time frame. Your responses provide relevant data that is essential to maintaining the quality of our training programs.
This program by the Regroupement québécois de la danse, in collaboration with Culture Montérégie, is made possible thanks to financial support from the Quebec government, through the Intervention-Compétences program of Compétence Culture.
