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{{Infobox person
| name        = Brigette DePape
| image       = Brigette DePape.jpg
| caption     =
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1989|09|14}}
| birth_place = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], Canada
| death_date  =
| death_place =
| other_names = Brigette Marcelle
| known_for   = Protesting in the Canadian Senate
| occupation  = [[Activism|Activist]]
}}

'''Brigette DePape''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[activist]] from [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], who came to Canadian national attention on June 3, 2011.

==Early life==
DePape attended [[Collège Jeanne-Sauvé, Winnipeg|Collège Jeanne-Sauvé]] in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]. She was a recipient of the [[Loran Award]] in 2007 in part for her association with [[Students without Borders: Afrique 2007]] and fundraising efforts for [[Senegal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loranaward.ca/uploaded_files/2007%20Loran%20scholars.pdf|title=2007 Loran S(contracted; show full)/news/politics/celebrity-and-controversy-surround-parliaments-rogue-page/article2048127/|title=Celebrity and controversy surround Parliament’s rogue page|publisher=[[The Globe and Mail]]|accessdate=2011-06-07|date=June 6, 2011|location=Toronto|first=Anne|last=McIlroy}}</ref> DePape's protest featured as the front cover illustration for the book ''Contempt of Parliament'' by Kieron Wood, published in Ireland in January 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.claruspress.ie/
shop/contempt_-of_-parl.htmliament/| title=Clarus Press| publisher=Clarus Press| date=January 8, 2012|accessdate=January 9, 2012}}</ref>

A few days after her protest in the Senate chamber, [[Michael Moore]] offered DePape a job.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/05/michael-moore-depape-harper-protest.html?ref=rss| publisher=CBC| title=Michael Moore offers job to fired Senate page| date=June 6, 2011| accessdate=July 4, 2012}}</ref>  DePape stated that she had also received job offers from the [[Public Service Alliance of Canada]] (PSAC) and the [[Council of Canadians]].<ref name=celebritycontroversy/>

On June 8, 2011, DePape announced the creation of a "Stop Harper Fund" to support "organizations and individuals engaging in creative non-violent direct actions against the Harper government's agenda." The fund planned to organize an advisory committee to direct funds to selected organizations, and legal and fiscal governance to ensure the donations were spent in accordance with the fund's stated mandate.⏎
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<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.stopharperfund.ca/| title=The Stop Harper Fund home page|date=June 8, 2011|  publisher=Stop Harper Fund| accessdate=June 9, 2011}}</ref>

==Other protests and activism==
(contracted; show full)s and apparently against [[Alberta]]'s provincial [[Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta|Wildrose]] party, when she was photographed holding a sign reading "Stop Harper's Gang" when [[Danielle Smith]] (leader of the Wildrose party) cast her vote.<ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/rogue-ottawa-page-protests-silently-as-wildroses-smith-votes/article2411107/ Rogue Ottawa page protests silently as Wildrose’s Smith votes] by The Canadian Press, April 23, 2012</ref>

As of 2pm oOn November 20, 2014, DePape was one of nine people arrested as part of thea protest against [[Kinder Morgan]] on Burnaby Mountain, BC.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

==Theatre==
DePape wrote the one-woman play ''She Rules with Iron Stix'', which she performed in Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Saskatoon at their respective [[fringe theatre]] festivals,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getguerilla.ca/past-issues/archive-18/36-features/141-brigette|title=Twirling in a Fringe Factory|publisher=Guerilla Magazine|accessdate=June 3, 2011}}</ref> as well as the [[TED (conference)#Programs|TEDxYouthOttawa conference]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.te(contracted; show full)
* {{Citation  | title = Brigette DePape, Senate Protester And Performance Artist, And Her Instant Rise To Fame (VIDEO)   | newspaper = Huffington Post  | date = June 9, 2011  | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/06/04/brigette-depape-senate-protest-marcelle_n_871331.html  | accessdate = June 9, 2011}}

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