Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté
AbbreviationIPSO
FormationJune 21, 1995
TypeNon-profit corporation
Legal statusactive
Purposeadvocate and public voice, educator and network
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec
Region served
Quebec
Official language
French
President
Gilbert Paquette
Websitehttp://www.ipsoquebec.org

Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (in English: 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

The IPSO presidency is renewed every year. Since the association was founded, many public intellectuals from Quebec's academic community have assumed this responsibility:[4]

Name Term
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 2008-2012
Pierre Paquette 2013-2014
Gérald McNichols 2014-2015
Pierre Serré 2015-2018
Jean-François Payette 2018-2021
Florent Michelot 2021-

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "A Yes for Change". ipsoquebec.org. IPSO. Archived from the original on 2011-02-03. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  2. ↑ David Biette, Stefanie Bowles (April 29, 2003). "A Roundtable Discussion with Daniel Turp". wilsoncenter.org. Wilson Center. Archived from the original on October 29, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
  3. ↑ Andrew Potter. "And "Non" it is". macleans.ca. Maclean's Magazine. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Historique". ipsoquebec.org. IPSO. Archived from the original on 2011-05-03. Retrieved April 16, 2011.


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