Quebec Intellectual Disability Week
Quebec Intellectual Disability Week, which celebrated its 35th anniversary in March (19-25) 2023, is a week of provincial awareness raising, the goal of which is to bring the general public and people with an intellectual disability closer together, to create a more inclusive society. A full week of activities is held across Quebec.
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OUR SPOKESPEOPLE
Laure Waridel
Laure Waridel is an ecosociologist and associate professor at the Institut des sciences de l’environnement of UQAM. She is also the mother of Alphée, a 16-year-old girl living with an intellectual disability.
Conscious of the fact that society is being transformed through citizen involvement, she has been seen wearing the work boots of large ecological and solidarity projects as much as the velvet gloves of sustainable development. Co-founder of Équiterre, a pioneer of fair trade and responsible consumption in Quebec, she is also co-author of the Pacte pour la transition and co-instigator of the Mères au front movement.
Julie Bourque
Julie Bourque, living with an intellectual disability, is a very active young woman: she has been interning in a daycare center for years, she has been practicing Zumba regularly, she has been living in an apartment for the past 7 years, and since November 2020, she has been sitting on the board of directors of the Quebec intellectual Disability Society.
MATERIALS FOR THE 2023 EDITION
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