Alexa Conradi

Alexa Conradi (born 1971) is a Canadian activist and former president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ).[1]

Alexa Conradi
Born1971 (age 51–52)
United Kingdom
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActivist

Career

In 2009, she was named president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec, succeeding Michèle Asselin in the post, and stating that she wanted to fight the misconception that the struggle for gender equality in Québec was mostly over.[2][3][4] She was re-elected FFQ president for a second mandate in May 2013.[5]

As part of her presidency of the FFQ, she opposed the Quebec Charter of Values.[6] In 2014, after high-profile sexual assault allegations leveled against CBC Radio presenter Jian Ghomeshi, she spoke publicly about her experience of having been sexually assaulted by an ex-partner.[7][8]

In February 2015, she criticised Coalition Avenir Québec MNA André Spénard following a confrontation between the two at a parliamentary commission meeting studying Bill 28, stating that he had a regressive vision and that she "wasn't often shocked like this."[9] Later that year, Conradi united with the heads of seven other women's organisations in Québec to condemn austerity politics by the government of Québec, stating that "elsewhere in the world, in England, in France, in Greece, austerity has led to major regression of women's rights."[10]

After leaving the FFQ and suffering from burnout, she moved to Germany.[11][12] In 2017 announced the publication of a book titled Les angles morts.[13][14] The book was a finalist for the 2018 Prix du livre politique of the Salon international du livre de Québec.[15]

Personal life

Conradi was born in England in 1971 to a Norwegian father and an anglophone Quebecker mother.[16] In 2004, she earned a degree from the École des affaires publiques et communautaires (ÉAPC) at Concordia University.[17] She was previously in a relationship with Québec solidaire politician Manon Massé for twelve years; they adopted and raised two children together.[18]

References
  1. Millette, Lise (12 January 2014). "Les Femen québécoises ont des projets pour 2014". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. "La Fédération des femmes du Québec a une nouvelle présidente". TVA Nouvelles (in Canadian French). 26 September 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. Poulin-Chartrand, Sarah (8 March 2014). "Non, l'égalité homme-femme n'est pas acquise !". Le Devoir (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. Lortie, Marie-Claude (28 September 2009). "Femmes et indépendance". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  5. "Un dernier mandat à la présidence de la FFQ pour Alexa Conradi". Cision (in Canadian French). 27 May 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. "Conradi espère toujours convaincre Québec de retirer le projet de Charte". Le Devoir (in Canadian French). 11 January 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  7. Elkouri, Rima (5 November 2014). "Le courage de dénoncer". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. Caillou, Annabelle (21 October 2017). ""La violence sexuelle est une arme de destruction massive"". Le Devoir (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  9. "Le caquiste André Spénard s'attire les foudres de la féministe Alexa Conradi". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). 22 February 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  10. Levesque, Lia (25 November 2014). "Les politiques d'austérité du gouvernement Couillard pénalisent plus les femmes". Huffington Post (in Canadian French). Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  11. Millette, Lise (17 April 2016). "L'ex-présidente de la FFQ Alexa Conradi part relever de nouveaux défis en Allemagne". Journal de Montréal (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  12. Caillou, Annabelle (7 March 2016). "L'union fait la force féministe". Le Devoir (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  13. Shaffer, Meve (23 October 2017). "Alexa Conradi: "Je crois que la société peut faire mieux"". Journal Métro (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  14. Chartrand, Suzanne-G.; Émery-Bruneau, Judith (12 June 2017). "Un engagement féministe qui s'approfondit dans les luttes : entrevue avec Alexa Conradi". Nouveaux Cahiers du socialisme (in French) (18): 161–176 – via erudit.org.
  15. Laliberté, Claire (12 April 2018). "Salon international du livre de Québec – L'Assemblée nationale dévoile les lauréats de la 16e édition des Prix du livre politique". Assemblée nationale du Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  16. Chartrand, Suzanne-G.; Émery-Bruneau, Judith (2017). "Un engagement féministe qui s'approfondit dans les luttes : entrevue avec Alexa Conradi". Nouveaux Cahiers du socialisme (in French) (18): 161–176. ISSN 1918-4662. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  17. "École des affaires publiques et communautaires – Diplômés de l'ÉAPC". Concordia University (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  18. Pilon-Larose, Hugo (17 March 2018). "Cœur de rockeuse". La Presse+ (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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