You must first fill out a form to apply for membership. A confirmation of receipt of your request will be sent to you by email.

A representative from your region’s mentoring cell will invite you to a qualification meeting to discuss your approach and determine whether you are eligible for the entrepreneur mentorship service.

Once the qualification stage has been completed, the mentoring cell in your region will assign you a mentor with whom you will form a dyad.

If possible, your mentor will not be in your line of business. This is intended to eliminate potential conflicts of interest or to avoid the temptation of involving technical aspects of the trade.

Membership fees ranging from $0 to $150 per year may apply, depending on your region. By joining the mentorship program, you become a member of one of the five cells in Gaspésie (one per MRC) as well as the cell in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

You must contact the mentor over the phone and schedule a first meeting. If there is “chemistry” as a result of this meeting, the mentoring relationship, known as a dyad, can begin! If not, you can talk to the person in charge of your mentoring cell to see if you can be matched with someone else. As a rule, the meetings last one hour and take place every two months. Initially, however, meetings can be more frequent in order to build trust.