Laure Waridel
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January 10, 1973
McGill University,
University of Victoria,
Université du Québec à Montréal
Bourse Laure Waridel
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| Born | Laure Waridel January 10, 1973 Chesalles-sur-Oron, near Vevey, Switzerland |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Alma mater | Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, McGill University, University of Victoria, Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Known for | Her public activity, Bourse Laure Waridel |
| Spouse | Bruce W. Johnston |
Laure Waridel, CM (born January 10, 1973) is a social activist, a writer, an associate professor of environmental studies and sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a radio and TV commentator.[1][2]
Laure Waridel was born in Switzerland, in the village of Chesalles-sur-Oron just north of Lake Geneva in the Canton of Vaud. She has three sisters and a brother. When she was two, their new home was a dairy farm in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, in the Montérégie region. It was not long before Laure became aware of the shift towards industrial farming methods and the vulnerability of farm producers. As a young girl, she worked at the Cadet Roussel organic farm in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec. She lives in Montreal and is the mother of two children, Colin and Alphée; Alphée was the subject of a 2012 documentary film, Alphée of the Stars (Alphée des étoiles), by her father and Waridel's then-spouse Hugo Latulippe.[1] Waridel is now married to Bruce Johnston.[1]
Education
From 1990 to 1992, Waridel studied social sciences at the Cégep Lionel-Groulx. Subsequently, she earned a degree in sociology and international development from McGill University. She continued her university studies with a communications certificate from the Université du Québec à Montréal and a Master's degree in law and environmental studies from the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Waridel earned a doctorate degree at the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
