Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque
Born1978 or 1979 (age 44–45)
Montreal, Canada
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Journalist, radio producer, filmmaker
OrganizationJournalists 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

  1. ↑ "Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque and Ralph Mamiya". The New York Times. August 23, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Marley, Karin (July 1, 2003). "Repaying a favour". Maclean's. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque – Nous c'est vous – Indicatif Présent". Radio-Canada. May 29, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque". London School of Economics. Archived from the original on November 23, 2009.
  6. ↑ "jhr (Journalists for Human Rights) | Mobilizing Media. Changing Lives". Journalists for Human Rights. Archived from the original on December 23, 2008.
  7. ↑ "2006 Gordon Global Fellows". The Gordon Foundation. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Information". When Silence Is Golden. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Les RIDM se concluent". Cinema Excentris. November 25, 2013. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Longest Kiss; The". Rogers Anyplace TV. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.


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