Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque | |
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| Born | 1978 or 1979 (age 44–45)
Montreal, Canada |
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| Occupation(s) | Journalist, radio producer, filmmaker |
| Organization | Journalists for Human Rights |
Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque MSM (born 1978 or 1979 in Montreal, Canada) [1] [2] is a Canadian journalist, radio producer, and filmmaker. In 2002, she founded Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) with Benjamin Peterson. [2] Sicotte-Levesque and Peterson were both awarded a Meritorious Service Medal by the Canadian Governor-General for founding JHR in 2016. [3] Sicotte-Levesque has also worked as a radio producer for the United Nations radio in Sudan ( Radio Mirraya). [4] She also worked as the Country Director for the BBC World Service Trust in Sudan. [5]
Sicotte-Levesque has a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from Vassar College [6] and a Master of Science in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). [5]
In 2006 she was awarded a Global Youth Fellowship from the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation [7] for her project When Silence is Golden, [8] looking at the impact of Canadian gold mining activities on a small town in Western Ghana.
Sicotte-Levesque's feature film The Longest Kiss (À jamais, pour toujours), about Sudanese youth ahead of the country's partition, premiered at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) where it received a special mention for the Magnus Isacsson prize [9] and was broadcast on Super Channel. [10]
References
- ^ "Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque and Ralph Mamiya". The New York Times. August 23, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b Marley, Karin (July 1, 2003). "Repaying a favour". Maclean's. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012.
- ^ "Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ "Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque – Nous c'est vous – Indicatif Présent". Radio-Canada. May 29, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ^ a b "Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque". London School of Economics. Archived from the original on November 23, 2009.
- ^ "jhr (Journalists for Human Rights) | Mobilizing Media. Changing Lives". Journalists for Human Rights. Archived from the original on December 23, 2008.
- ^ "2006 Gordon Global Fellows". The Gordon Foundation. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012.
- ^ "Information". When Silence Is Golden. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ^ "Les RIDM se concluent". Cinema Excentris. November 25, 2013. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015.
- ^ "Longest Kiss; The". Rogers Anyplace TV. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
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