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Skills Development Program

Unlock your potential and embark on a new professional journey!

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Skills Development Program

Our Skills Development Program is specifically designed to help you unlock, enhance, and develop essential transferable soft skills needed to achieve your professional or entrepreneurial goals.

Certified by Concordia University, this program combines group workshops and individual coaching sessions to help you identify and leverage your professional skills and attitudes. Through these workshops, you will explore new career opportunities while building confidence in your abilities.

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Program Objectives

By the end of this program, you will be able to: 

  • Identify, recognize, and apply your transferable skills to a new professional or entrepreneurial project
  • Define realistic goals aligned with your aspirations
  • Clarify your professional needs and values
  • Identify potential obstacles and develop solutions to overcome them
  • Create a strategic action plan for success

Duration and Commitment 

  • Duration: 8 weeks   
  • Schedule: Daytime (in person)   
  • Support Format: 8 group workshops + individual meetings 
  • Commitment: 
    • 3 hours of workshops per week  
    • 3 hours of preparation per week

Admission

Important Dates 

The Let’s Start Up Pathway begins with the Skills Development Program, offered twice a year.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION PERIOD

  • WINTER COHORT: December 2, 2024, to January 31, 2025   
  • FALL COHORT: June 20, 2025, to September 6, 2025

PROGRAM START DATE

  • WINTER: February 2025   
  • FALL: September 2025   

Eligibility Requirements 

The Let’s Start Up Pathway is for you if: 

  • You are a woman aged 18 or older
  • You are in a stable life situation that allows you to fully commit to your journey
  • You are ready to take charge of your life

Submit your application 

Ready to transform your professional future? Enroll in our Skills Development Program and embark on your journey to success. 

Ready to transform your professional future? Enroll in our Skills Development Program and embark on your journey to success.

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“The training was not only enriching on a professional level, but it was also a true source of empowerment for each of us. We acquired new skills, strengthened our self-confidence, and broadened our horizons. We are grateful for the opportunity to benefit from your quality training and invaluable support. Thank you for everything you do to help us grow, thrive, and realize our full potential.”

 

Khadija
Skills Development Program

Program Partners

MARIE-ÈVE

Graduate of the Entrepreneurship Program

The Lise Watier Foundation offers the Let’s Start Up Pathway in Montreal, Quebec City, the Laurentians, Montérégie, Sherbrooke and Toronto. More than 300 women a year are committed to taking action through the Let’s Start Up Pathway. They graduate with a better understanding of their strengths and skills, as well as the knowledge and tools to implement their professional project. Women thus begin a new journey towards financial independence through entrepreneurship, a return to school or a more fulfilling job.

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