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Aux toilettes in Contention for the TD Award

The five finalists for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award have been announced. They include Aux toilettes, written by André Marois and illustrated by Pierre Pratt.
Established in 2004 by the TD Bank Group and the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, the annual TD Award recognizes the excellence...

Typing Pal’s New Features for 2016

Druide informatique is delighted to announce that an improved version of Typing Pal Online is now available. The web-based typing tutorial application is easier to access, thanks in large part to the inclusion of Google Sign-In and personalized URLs, while also providing new ways of helping students increase...

Druide Raises $40,000 for the Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation

This week, Druide informatique and its subsidiary Éditions Druide held their eighth annual golf classic for the Paul Gérin-Lajoie foundation. The event raised $40,000, bringing the total for the Foundation to more than $300,000 since the classic began in 2009.
The money raised this year will allow the...

André d’Orsonnens Wins the MÉRITIC Honoris Causa Award

Druide informatique is pleased to announce that its Chairman of the Board and CEO, André d’Orsonnens, won yesterday’s annual MÉRITIC Honoris Causa award from Réseau Action TI. The award recognizes exceptional people in the information technology sector who, throughout their careers, have distinguished themselves in terms of both...

Druide Earns VÉLOSYMPATHIQUE Certification from Vélo Québec

Druide informatique is delighted to announce that it is among the first organizations in Quebec to earn VÉLOSYMPATHIQUE certification. This new award from Vélo Québec, a cycling advocacy group, celebrates efforts by companies or organizations to promote cycling.
Druide has taken several steps to facilitate bicycle commuting among...

Benoît Bouthillette and Chrystine Brouillet Win Tenebris Prizes

The fifth international crime fiction festival, Les Printemps meurtriers de Knowlton, took place between May 19 and May 22 and hosted the Tenebris Prize during its closing ceremony.
This year, Les Printemps meurtriers de Knowlton introduced a Tenebris Prize for best Quebec novel in the “roman noir” genre, celebrating its...

Lili Chartrand and Annie Rodrigue Honoured

The Forest of Reading presented its awards for French-language literature at the Festival of Trees, held on May 19 in Toronto. A group of children aged between four and eight awarded an honourable mention to author Lili Chartrand and illustrator Annie Rodrigue for the picture book Millie Rose,...

Krome Wins Druide’s Grand Prize for Entrepreneurship

At the Gala for the Montreal region’s 18th OSEntreprendre challenge, held on April 28, Krome Services won Druide’s Grand Prize for entrepreneurship, earning a grant of $3000. The winners of each category also received a prize from Druide, which included a copy of its renowned software Antidote. ...

André Jacques Among Finalists for the Arthur Ellis Awards

The Crime Writers of Canada association presents the annual Arthur Ellis Awards in recognition of excellence in Canadian crime writing. In the category for best French-Language book, André Jacques is one of the five finalists for his novel La bataille de Pavie. Protagonist Alexandre Jobin’s previous inquiry, De...

Honourable Mention for Annie Perreault

The Adrienne-Choquette prize, prize, awarded at the Salon international du livre de Québec, recognizes the best collection of short stories published in Quebec during the last year. Annie Perreault received an honourable mention for _L’occupation des jours, _a book which, according to the jury, “stands out thanks to both its ambitious...