SQI in the news

The SQI acquired an office building for $32.5 million as part of its plan to optimize government spaces and reduce rental costs.

SQI College of ICT has deployed a new Nigeria-hosted private AI and server infrastructure to enhance teaching, research, and hands-on student experience in technology fields.

A judge has prohibited the Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI) from using documents from the Unité permanente anticorruption (UPAC) in a case linked to alleged fraud and corruption.

SQI College of ICT awarded over 3,000 scholarships to African students for technology education to overcome financial barriers.

Beneficiaries of the 2026 SQI College of ICT Annual Scholarship Programme have commenced lectures, starting their tech career journey after a competitive selection process.

The 2026 Quantum Voucher Model offers funding up to CHF 50,000 for projects in quantum technologies with mid-range TRLs.

The Public Market Authority found the Société québécoise des infrastructures non-compliant in awarding a sole-source contract for environmental services, citing procedural breaches and late management.

The Autorité des marchés publics sanctioned SQI for improperly awarding a sole-source contract for the Rivière-du-Loup ferry relocation, failing to follow public procurement rules.

The SQI is criticized for awarding a contract for the Gros-Cacouna ferry crossing irregularly, sparking transparency concerns.

SQI College of ICT launched its 2026 scholarship program with an AI focus for young Africans, emphasizing the integration of artificial and authentic intelligence.

SQI College of ICT launched its 2026 scholarship program to provide technology education to young Africans, focusing on AI and human intelligence.

SQI College of ICT successfully scaled its operations to eight campuses by implementing a unified management system to automate financial, academic, and administrative workflows.

SQI College of ICT partnered with the Ministry of Education to train over 70 school leaders in Ogbomoso on digital transformation, AI, and technology-driven school administration.

SQI College trained 79 Ogbomoso school principals on digital transformation, AI, and digitizing operations in education, introducing them to relevant technologies and applications.

SQI Diagnostics is exiting COVID-19 testing to focus on precision respiratory diagnostics while pursuing financial restructuring and new capital for commercialization.

An investigation was launched into SQI's contract handling for the ferry relocation project to Cacouna, with concerns over transparency and contract procedure but the government considers the decision final.

The CUPE union criticizes SQI's poor management of workplace climate and harassment issues, highlighting a controversial handling of complaints and calling for better leadership accountability.

CUPE condemns the poor management of workplace climate at Société québécoise des infrastructures affecting 1,330 employees.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees condemns poor work climate management and harassment issues at SQI, highlighting leadership failures and costly internal dysfunctions.

MIT's SQI initiative aims to study human intelligence via brain signals but is criticized for conflating this with AI research, lacking a pure focus on brain-based intelligence mechanisms.