The Government of Québec is allocating $42.6M to the Université du Québec to increase collaboration between educational institutions and arts and digital creativity businesses. The funding will support the creation of new spaces dedicated to learning, experimentation, design, creation, and research in digital arts and creativity. This funding will allow businesses, students, professors, researchers, and creators from different postsecondary institutions and departments to collaborate in rented space at Îlot Balmoral. Participating schools include the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi’s École des arts numériques, de l’animation et du design; the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue’s Unité d’enseignement et de recherche en création et nouveaux médias; and the digital arts programming of Collège Bois-de-Boulogne, Collège Dawson, Cégep de Matane, Cégep Limoilou, and Cégep de Vieux Montréal.