On December 10, 2018, researcher and conference ambassador Matthew Hatvany of the Université Laval Faculty of Forestry, Geography, and Geomatics was presented with a $22,900 grant for helping bring the International Geographic Union (IGU) Regional Conference to the Québec City Convention Centre in August 2018. This grant, which will go toward a Université Laval research fund, was presented as part of the partnership agreement between Université Laval and the Québec City Convention Centre.
