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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 Scholars|author=[[Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation]]|date=March 10, 2007|accessdate=Feb 5, 2012}}</ref>

==Stop Harper!==
While a participant in the [[Canadian Senate Page Program]] in 2011, DePape stood in protest during the [[Speech from the throne|Throne Speech]] in the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]], silently holding up a sign that said "Stop Harper!" This action led to her prompt dismissal, for breaching the non-partisan nature of the page position and disrupting the [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] in Parliament.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/03/pol-senate-page.html| title=Senate page fired for anti-Harper protest| last=Payton| first=Laura| date=June 3, 2011 |publisher=CBC| accessdate=June 3, 2011}}</ref> In a subsequent interview, DePape explained that she disagreed with [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]]'s policies.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110603/throne-speech-protester-110503/| title=Page with 'Stop Harper' sign fired from Senate| date=June 3, 2011| publisher=CTV| accessdate=June 5, 2011| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606121316/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110603/throne-speech-protester-110503| archivedate=June 6, 2011| df=}}</ref>

In an interview, then [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)|Opposition Leader]] [[Jack Layton]] voiced  disapproval of DePape's protest, stating "We have been pushing for decorum in the House of Commons. You don't have decorum if people are standing up holding up signs in the middle of debates and solemn moments... We encourage protests... But it should be happening at the proper place and at the proper time."<ref name=celebritycontroversy>{{cite news|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/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-parliament/| 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.<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| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612054352/http://www.stopharperfund.ca/| archivedate=June 12, 2011| df=}}</ref>

==Other protests and activism==
Between June 26–27, 2010, DePape participated in protests at the [[2010 G-20 Toronto summit|G20 summit in Toronto]].<ref>{{cite web| last=Drake| first=Tomasz| title=Interruption du discours du trône: Qui est Brigette DePape?| url=http://www.polyscope.qc.ca/spip.php?article1752| publisher=Le Polyscope| accessdate=June 12, 2011}}</ref> On September 26, 2011, she took part in a protest on [[Parliament Hill]] against [[Oil sands|Alberta oil sands development]] and [[TransCanada Corporation|TransCanada Corp.]]'s proposed [[Keystone Pipeline|Keystone XL pipeline]].<ref>[http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/09/26/anti-oilsands-protesters-arrested-at-parliament-hill-rally/ Anti-oil sands protesters arrested at Parliament Hill rally] by Carmen Chai, Postmedia News (National Post), September 26, 2011.</ref> On April 23, 2012, DePape was again silently protesting in an unofficial page uniform, this time outdoors 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>
On November 20, 2014, DePape was one of nine people arrested as part of a 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.tedxyouthottawa.org/?page_id=13|title=TEDxYouthOttawa - Presenters|publisher=FYBY (For Youth, By Youth) News|accessdate=June 4, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905194541/http://www.tedxyouthottawa.org/?page_id=13|archivedate=September 5, 2013|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tedxyouthottawa.org/?page_id=2|title=TEDxYouthOttawa - About|publisher=FYBY (For Youth, By Youth) News|accessdate=June 4, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929172742/http://www.tedxyouthottawa.org/?page_id=2|archivedate=September 29, 2010|df=}}</ref> DePape missed her [[convocation]] [[ceremony]] at the [[University of Ottawa]] to do media interviews.<ref name=celebritycontroversy />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110612054352/http://www.stopharperfund.ca/ Brigette DePape's fund to support organizations in opposition to Stephen Haper's political agenda], June 9, 2011
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX5I1hRcLNU The CBC's Evan Solomon speaks with Brigette DePape about the incident on the Senate floor], June 3, 2011
* {{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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