Customized Short Digital Trainings Program
Do you need training that meets a specific digital need? This program is for you! Define your project and receive short, personalized training in a wide range of digital skills.
- You can submit an application starting November 3, 2025.
- The call for projects ends on November 30, 2025, at midnight.
- Your training project must begin no earlier than February 2, 2026, and end no later than May 29, 2026.
- The maximum duration of your short digital training project must be 3 hours.
- We will select eight (8) applications based on the program criteria and the feasibility of your project given the number of hours allocated to it.
- Applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis, within the limits of available funds.
Program Eligibility
Eligible training programs
Eligible areas of expertise
Ineligible projects
How do I submit a project?
Duration of the projects
Processing of applications
Financial contribution of the participant
Evaluation
Who can submit a customized short digital training project?
- The program is exclusively for dance professionals (artists, cultural workers, teachers, managers, designers, etc.), whether they are employees (full-time or part-time), self-employed, receiving employment insurance or social assistance, or graduate students (bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral, full-time or part-time).
- Temporary foreign workers in the cultural sector are eligible if they hold a valid work permit at the time of taking their short, customized digital training course.
- Professionals in artistic disciplines other than dance, as well as high school or college students, are not eligible for the short, customized digital training program.
Important: all candidates participating in the same customized short digital training project must meet these criteria.
Types of eligible training courses
- Tailored individual training.
- Tailored training for a small group of participants with the same needs.
Your training project should lead to an improvement in your professional digital skills.
You can apply to the program to acquire knowledge, perform a specific task, address a particular challenge, or solve a digital problem, such as:
- the use of digital management tools (Google Workspace Suite, Airtable, Asana, CRM, etc.);
- using digital communication, advertising, and design applications (Canva, Meta Business Suite, Google Ads Grants, etc.);
- developing strategies or a digital transformation plan;
- cybersecurity for your digital infrastructure and password management;
- compliance with Bill 25 (Quebec’s personal information protection legislation);
- the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in content generation, task automation, data analysis, decision-making process optimization, etc.;
- the digital discoverability of your online professional activities (marketing actions, digital communications, social media, search engines, website).
- All training projects that are not digital in nature. These can be submitted to our Coup de pouce customized training program.
- Hiring a consultant to carry out the project or an employee needed for a digital project.
- Business development projects.
- Purchases of equipment, licenses, or other digital devices.
- Training or internships offered outside Quebec.
- Maintenance and development of skills or qualifications required by law or regulation (e.g., occupational health and safety).
- Self-directed or informal training.
Not sure if your project is eligible? Contact our Director of Digital Transformation and Strategic Partnerships before submitting your short digital training project.
How to submit a customized short digital training project?
- Define your training needs.
- Determine your objectives and service expectations.
- Indicate your desired start and end dates for your training (calendar).
- Fill out the form for the customized short digital trainings program.
The maximum duration of a short digital training course under this program is set at 3 hours. We therefore recommend that you focus on a very specific need, centered on the acquisition of specific digital knowledge and/or skills.
The Director of Digital Transformation and Strategic Partnerships will evaluate projects between December 1, 2025, and mid-January 2026.
He or she will verify that your project is indeed a training activity, that it is eligible, relevant, and focused, and that it has the potential to improve your digital skills.
Eight (8) projects will be selected based on these criteria and on a first-come, first-served basis, within the limits of available funds.
If your project is accepted, the RQD will send you an agreement to sign, as well as an invoice that you must pay within the requested time frame. If there is more than one participant in your training, the applicant must sign the agreement with the RQD on behalf of the group.
Meanwhile, the Director of Digital Transformation and Strategic Partnerships and Sporobole-0/1 Digital Hub will select the best trainer for your project and determine the training schedule based on the availability of the selected trainer and your own availability.
Important: your training can only begin once the RQD has received the signed agreement and your financial contribution.
Participant’s financial contribution
$45 (or 15% of the project cost, i.e., $15 per hour of training).
After your short customized digital training course, the RQD will provide you with an evaluation form that must be completed and returned within the specified time frame. Your responses provide relevant data that is essential to maintaining the quality of our training courses.
This program by the Regroupement québécois de la danse, offered in partnership with Sporobole-0/1 Hub numérique, is made possible thanks to financial support from the Government of Quebec through the Intervention-Compétences of Compétence Culture.
