{"id":10473,"date":"2026-01-28T08:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.criaq.aero\/?p=10473"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:32:02","slug":"episode-3-when-technology-lands-in-our-neighborhoods-advanced-air-mobility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criaq.aero\/en\/episode-3-when-technology-lands-in-our-neighborhoods-advanced-air-mobility\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 3 &#8211; When Technology Lands in Our Neighborhoods: Advanced Air Mobility"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">WHEN TECHNOLOGY LANDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS: ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"348\">In Qu\u00e9bec, the vastness of the territory poses a challenge for access to emergency healthcare. In response to this issue, John Valley founded Vertiko Mobilit\u00e9 in 2021, with the ambition of developing a network of Qu\u00e9bec vertiports to reconnect regions and urban centers by air.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"774\">In the episode titled <em data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"442\">\u201cWhen Technology Lands in Our Neighborhoods: Advanced Air Mobility,\u201d<\/em> we explore the entrepreneurial journey of John Valley, President, and Yannick Richard, Vice President of Vertiko Mobilit\u00e9. They share the path that led them to the CorridAir project, a collaborative research and development initiative supported by CRIAQ, aimed at connecting Joliette and Manawan to support the Atikamekw community.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"801\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Ready for takeoff?<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LUxX93rOV3U?si=GMwnyMGLligsfpEM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-teams=\"true\">Acknowledgements<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"none\"><br \/>\nWe would like to thank our guests, John Valley, CEO of Vertiko Mobilit\u00e9, and Yannick Richard, Vice-President, for their valuable contribution.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Production<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><br \/>\n<\/span>This project was led by Lise Neyssa Sylvain, a communications student at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, under the supervision of St\u00e9phanie Dion (CRIAQ).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHEN TECHNOLOGY LANDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS: ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY In Qu\u00e9bec, the vastness of the territory poses a challenge for access to emergency healthcare. 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