Emilie Guimond-Bélanger
Emilie Guimond-Bélanger | |
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 Émilie Guimond-Bélanger during the election campaign of 2012. | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 11, 1988 |
| Nationality | Quebec |
| Political party | Québec solidaire[1] |
| Residence | Québec |
| Education | Université Laval Université du Québec à Montréal |
Emilie Guimond-Bélanger is a social worker,[2] feminist politician and former anti-globalization student activist[1][3] from Quebec. As a member of Québec solidaire, she was the leader of the party's National Women's Commission,[4][5] and acted as co-spokesperson during Françoise David's absence from June to August 2011.[6]
Biography[edit]
Guimond-Bélanger holds a bachelor degree in Social Work from Laval University, with experience from internships in India and Ghana.[4] In 2014 she was a student in international law, studying for a Masters degree at Université du Québec à Montréal.[7]
In 2007, after a trip to India where she encountered empoverished communities, she met Amir Khadir and decided to join Quebec Solidaire.[8] Invested in this party, she was a candidate in the 2008 general election in Beauce-Nord, achieving 1.04% of the vote. In 2008, she was elected head of Québec solidaire's National Women's Commission.[4][5]
On June 27, 2010, while participating in the 2010 G20 Toronto summit protests as a party representative, she was arrested and detained for 60 hours under conditions that raised a number of public issues. After her release, she spoke of police abuses perpetrated during her detention.[8]
On March 27, 2011, at the sixth congress of Québec solidaire, Françoise David announced that she was leaving her position as spokesperson for Québec solidaire until August, in order to devote herself to writing a book. Guimond-Bélanger was then named spokesperson until her return, and therefore assumed the function alongside Amir Khadir.[6][8] At the end of August, David returned and Guimond-Bélanger became a member of the national assembly of the party.
In the fall of the same year, Guimond-Bélanger took part in Occupy Québec, inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.[9]
In the Quebec election campaign of 2012, Guimond-Bélanger was candidate for Québec solidaire in Jean-Talon got 6% of the votes.[10][11]
In 2016 her report for civil rights group Droits Devant on the fines amassed by a homeless man in Quebec reached national news.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lise Payette: «Je ne suis pas tout à fait péquiste»" [Lise Payette: "I'm not a complete fan of Parti Québécois"]. La Presse. August 16, 2015. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Homeless man's $110K in fines sign of 'systemic' issue with police, advocate says". CBC.ca. March 2, 2016. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Labbé, Jérôme (August 15, 2015). "Le fédéral doit en faire plus pour les femmes, plaide Lise Payette" [Federal must do more for women, argues Lise Payette]. Huffington Post Quebec. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Émilie Guimond-Bélanger" (in French). Québec solidaire. 2012. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2017 – via Wayback machine.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Guay-Dussault, Charlotte (2012). La Représentation Politique des Femmes au Québec: Obstacles et Résistances À une Égalité de Fait [Political Representation of Women in Quebec: Obstacles to Equality] (PDF) (Thesis) (in french). Université du Québec à Montréal. p. 100.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Robitaille, Antoine (March 28, 2011). "Québec solidaire veut marginaliser sa «gauche radicale»" [Québec solidaire wants to marginalize its "radical left"]. Le Devoir (in French). Quebec. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Yang, Jennifer (November 24, 2014). "The dark side of this sunny Caribbean island". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Larochelle, Renée (7 April 2011). "Une femme de parti" [A party woman]. Journal le fil (in french) (27 ed.). Université Laval. 46. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Porter, Isabelle (November 5, 2011). "Occupons Québec - Guerre d'usure entre la Ville et les indignés". Le Devoir (in french). Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Les résultats électoraux depuis 1867, Jacques-Cartier à Jonquière-Kénogami" [Electoral results since 1867, Jacques-Cartier to Jonquière-Kénogami] (in french). Quebec National Assembly. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Riding 50 Jean-Talon". CBC.ca. 2014. 2012 provincial election results. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015.
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