O5 TechnologiesNews · November 13, 2025
Launch of the First Nations Meet-Up space (PNMU) at Salon MPA 2025
On November 13, 2025, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, the Espace Premières Nations Meet-Up (PNMU) opened as part of the Mouvement québécois de la qualité's (MQQ) Salon sur les meilleures pratiques d'affaires (MPA) 2025, Canada's largest event on continuous improvement and innovation.
Initiated by Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM), with Société Atisham as ambassador and O5 Technologies as mandated organizer, the PNMU space is a first in Quebec and Canada: a place for Indigenous and non-Indigenous businesses to meet, exchange and collaborate.
Quebec has some 900,000 non-Indigenous businesses and about 4,000 Indigenous businesses, yet no joint event had ever brought them together.
1,400+participants reached by the PNMU space
10Uashat mak Mani-Utenam companies among the exhibitors
83%satisfaction for this first edition
$21,500+in sponsorships
Opening remarks
- Chief Jonathan Shetush, ITUM
- Chief Francis Verreault-Paul, Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador
- Guy Martel, CEO of the MQQ
Two panels
- “Workforce profile within a global performance framework”: ITUM, Société Atisham and MQQ
- “Investment framework for the performance of Indigenous and Quebec businesses”: IPNQ, CDEM, SOCCA and Investissement Québec
What's next
- The Virtual Opportunities Wall (MVO), to post business needs and offers
- Two new awards from 2026: “Réussir Ensemble” and “Connexion & Synergie”
- Making the initiative permanent and taking it to other communities
Partners
- Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM)
- Société Atisham
- Mouvement québécois de la qualité (MQQ)
- Aluminerie Alouette, Hydro-Québec and Ébénisterie Shakashtueu
In the media
- Interview on TVA's “À vos affaires” with Guy Martel and Jonathan Pinette-Grégoire
- Two episodes of the “La Chaise Bleue” podcast
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