Between Us

What is the place of women in today's business world? A Canadian government study reports that in 2007, majority female-owned SMEs constituted 16 percent of all SMEs in Canada or a little over 260,000 enterprises, including approximately 52,000 in Quebec (20%), compared to 114,400 in Ontario (44%). Furthermore, in 2007, 38% of majority female-owned SMEs were created less than 5 years ago. Read more

For his third film, producer and star presenter Paul Arcand explained that he wanted to "show young people the consequences of car accidents". He invited young people to speak.Read more

About 100 years ago in Lévis, a man spoke about sustainable prosperity, globalization of the economy, savings and making capital work for the community to build our own future. He spoke about such things and he always acted on his beliefs. A century later, the words and actions of Alphonse Desjardins are still very relevant. Read more

It is with utmost sorrow that I and many others heard about the passing of Jean-Rémy Deschênes a few days ago.Read more

Are you a student in need of financial assistance? Fondation Desjardins offers the most university scholarships in Quebec. It also offers some in Ontario and awards prizes to caisse members and Desjardins Group officers and employees who volunteer in the community. Read more

It might be discussed sparingly, but cooperatives have a rich democratic life. At Desjardins, democratic life is in full swing during the first 5 months of the year.Read more

Would it surprise you to hear that 100 million people worldwide work for cooperatives? That 20% of these cooperatives are international businesses? That more than a billion people are members of a cooperative? And that, in 1994, the United Nations estimated that living conditions of 3 billion people (roughly half the current world population) were improved thanks to cooperatives?Read more

The Caisse populaire de Lévis was founded 111 years ago, on December 6, 1900. This caisse, the first founded by Alphonse Desjardins, began its activities on January 23, 1901, in the founder's home. Deposits were $26.40 at the end of the first day. Read more

As of November 25, more than 31,000 people have already used the self-evaluation tool to see how they measure up against the 3,000 Canadians whose results were used as the basis of the Desjardins Personal Finance Index.Read more

Desjardins achieved $445 million in surplus earnings in the third quarter of 2011 and recorded a 16% increase in total income. This good news was announced last week and widely publicized in the media.Read more