Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque
| Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978/1979 (age 47–48) Montreal, Canada |
| 🎓 Alma mater | |
| 💼 Occupation | Journalist, radio producer, filmmaker |
| 🏢 Organization | Journalists for Human Rights |
Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque MSM (born abt 1978) is a Canadian journalist, radio producer, and filmmaker. She is also the co-founder of the media development organisation Journalists for Human Rights.[1]
Early life and education
Sicotte-Lévesque was born in 1978/1979 in Montreal, Canada)[2] Her father was a political science professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal and her mother ran a French program for immigrants.[2]
Sicotte-Lévesque obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from Vassar College and a Master of Science in Human Rights from the London School of Economics (LSE).[2]
Career
In 2002, Sicotte-Lévesque founded the media development organisation Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) with Benjamin Peterson, [1] the largest such organisation in Canada.[3]
In 2006 she was working as a radio producer for the United Nations radio in Sudan (Radio Mirraya).[4] The same year, Sicotte-Levesque was awarded a Global Youth Fellowship from the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation[5] for her project When Silence is Golden,[6] looking at the impact of Canadian gold mining activities on a small town in Western Ghana.[7]
Sicotte-Lévesque also worked as the Country Director for the BBC World Service Trust in Sudan.[8][9] In 2015, her feature film The Longest Kiss (À jamais, pour toujours),[2] about Sudanese youth ahead of the country's partition, premiered at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and was broadcast on Super Channel.[10]
Awards and honours
In 2015, Sicotte-Lévesque's film The Longest Kiss (À jamais, pour toujours), received a special mention for the Magnus Isacsson prize.[11]
In 2016, Sicotte-Levesque and Peterson were awarded Meritorious Service Medals by the Canadian Governor-General for founding Journalists for Human Rights in 2016.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Glauser, Wendy (7 January 2003). "On a Crusade in Africa". The Toronto Star. pp. D1, D3. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque and Ralph Mamiya". The New York Times. 2015-08-23. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ↑ English, Kathy (28 September 2013). "One Cause Journalist Can Support". The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com. p. IN6. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ↑ "Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque – Nous c'est vous – Indicatif Présent". Radio-Canada. 2006-05-29. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ↑ "2006 Gordon Global Fellows". The Gordon Foundation. Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Longest Kiss / A jamais, pour toujours | African Film Festival, Inc". Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ↑ "When silence is golden | Pambazuka News". Pambazuka News. Fahamu. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ↑ MULTIMÉDIA, Qui fait Quoi / Lien (2013-11-29). "« À jamais, pour toujours » à l'affiche le 29 novembre". Qui fait Quoi / Lien MULTIMÉDIA (in français). Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ↑ "Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque". London School of Economics. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Longest Kiss; The". Rogers Anyplace TV. Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ↑ "Les RIDM se concluent". Cinema Excentris. 2013-11-25. Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
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