Mission
To pool the community’s collective strengths in order to improve quality of life, and to create and carry out actions that foster social inclusion and a sense of belonging.
Vision
Rooted in the North, let us build a community where living together is enjoyable—an attractive and stimulating environment that offers quality services for people of all ages.
Priority issues and themes addressed
• School perseverance and motivation, promoting education
• Positive mental health and social support
• Prevention of violence in all its forms, including equity, diversity, and inclusion
• Food security and resilience
• Early childhood: caring and protection
• Transportation and active mobility
• Well-being of youth aged 12–17
Schefferville Development Corporation
The Schefferville Development Corporation is committed to social and community development and acts as a social development committee. Its activities are part of the broader initiative of the Collectif de développement social de la Côte-Nord. The priority issues are:
- Attractiveness and retention of residents (including housing, recreation, food security)
- Community development and economic diversification (including downtown revitalization)
- Effective and transparent partnership governance (including networking with the rest of Côte-Nord and close partnership with the two Indigenous communities)
Ongoing projects
- Career fair
- Continuing the preventive-approach process to stimulate language development
- Report on the PPNE study, information sharing, and integration workshops
- Sharing tools on the first school transition and enhancing current measures
- Series of workshops on diversity and inclusion
- Continuing targeted interventions for adolescent and men’s health
- Deliver workshops to understand the Active Transportation Master Plan, take ownership of it, and prioritize actions
Completed projects
- Fermont en folie event: gathering to showcase the wide range of local services, build social connections, and have fun
- Update and share the local resource directory
- Conference on mental health and addictions
- New service offering for reading and musical awakening for children aged 0–5
- Active Transportation Master Plan
- Stimulating language skills: workshops for parents, training for CPE educators, and personalized language-stimulation support at the CPE
Relevant documents and links
Contact the Caniapiscau MRC
100, rue Le Carrefour, P.O. Box 2025, Fermont (QC) G0G 1J0
Contact person
Marilou Morin-Lévesque
Development Officer