Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté

Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté
Abbreviation IPSO
Motto Tant que l'indépendance n'est pas faite, elle reste à faire. (As independence has not happened, it remains to be done.) (Gaston Miron)
Formation June 21, 1995
Type Non-profit corporation
Legal status active
Purpose advocate and public voice, educator and network
Headquarters Montreal, Quebec
Region served
 Quebec
Official language
 French
President
 Gilbert Paquette
Website http://www.ipsoquebec.org

Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (Intellectuals for Sovereignty), or IPSO, is a group of intellectuals studying and promoting Quebec independence.

It was created on June 21, 1995 by the publication of their manifesto, four months before the second referendum on Quebec sovereignty took place.[1] Among its founding members were politician and constitutional law professor Daniel Turp,[2] Michel Seymour, Jacques-Yvan Morin, Kai Nielsen and others.[1]

IPSO promotes Quebec sovereignty through the publication of works, organization of events (debates, conferences,[3] protests) and participation in political activities. It was part of the Partenaires pour la souveraineté coalition.

Presidents

Three men and four women, all university professors, have held the IPSO presidency since its foundation:[4]

Nom Période
Michel Seymour 1995-1999
Jocelyne Couture 1999-2001
Pierre Noreau 2001-2003
Ercilia Palacio-Quintin 2003-2006
Anne Legaré 2006
Marylise Lapierre 2006-2008
Gilbert Paquette 2008-

Since 2008, IPSO is presided by Gilbert Paquette, former Quebec Minister of Science and Technology in the government of René Lévesque.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IPSO. "A Yes for Change", ipsoquebec.org, retrieved January 31, 2011
  2. ↑ David Biette, "A Roundtable Discussion with Daniel Turp", wilsoncenter.org, retrieved February 24, 2011
  3. ↑ Andrew Potter, "And “Non” it is", macleans.ca, retrieved February 24, 2011
  4. ↑ IPSO. "Historique", ipsoquebec.org, retrieved April 16, 2011

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