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Interview with Vyckie Vaillancourt, owner of O’Citrus

Interview with Vyckie Vaillancourt, owner of O’Citrus, and the seventh-generation successor of the Auteuil, Laval, farm [Vyckie Vaillancourt]: My name is Vyckie Vaillancourt and I’m the owner of […]

The Next Generation

Today, more and more women are running businesses, even in traditionally male domains. For example, Vyckie Vaillancourt, owner of O’Citrus, is the seventh generation to take over her […]

Businesswomen Join Forces

In the early 1980s, businesswomen began to organize and network. Laval was no exception and organized activities so that women could share their experiences. Among the businesswomen in […]

Future Nurses

Women have long worked in so-called traditional occupations. Cécile L. Dagenais founded and ran the Sainte-Rose General Hospital in 1957. In 1962, she founded and ran the École […]

Everything!

The Ouimet sisters ran a general store in the village of Sainte-Rose for many years. You could find a little bit of everything there: fabric, perfume, dolls, flowers, […]