Yolette Lévy Explained

Yolette Lévy
Birth Date:15 May 1938
Birth Place:Haiti
Death Place:Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada
Known For:Municipal councilor, Val-d'Or
Spouse:Jean-Emmanuel Alfred
Children:3
Awards:
  • 2005: Alexina-Croteau Prize
  • 2007: Personality Award from the Val-d’Or Chamber of Commerce
  • 2007: Prix Charlie Biddle
  • 2017: Lieutenant Governor's Medal

Yolette Lévy (May 15, 1938 – December 6, 2018) was a Haitian-born Canadian politician and activist from Val-d'Or, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. She was for many years a municipal councilor in Val-d'Or. Originally a pharmacist, she also worked as a feminist activist, trade unionist, and defender of the rights of seniors.

Early life

Yolette Lévy was born May 15, 1938, in Haiti. She hailed from Cap-Haïtien.[1]

Career

Levy worked as a pharmacist in Haiti,[2] before fleeing Duvalierism, arriving in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), and teaching for four years in the service of UNESCO. She and her husband, Jean-Emmanuel Alfred, then submitted their applications for teaching positions in Val-d'Or.[3] She arrived in Val-d'Or in 1969, to work as a chemistry teacher at the Le Carrefour high school;[4] her husband taught literature.[5] Upon her arrival she and her husband were among the 12 Haitians in the city. [6]

She became involved in the teachers' union in 1972. On April 8, 1982, she was elected president of the French: Syndicat des travailleurs de l'enseignement du Nord-Ouest québécois|italics=yes (Union of Education Workers of Northwestern Quebec) (STENOQ)[7] and held this position until June 1984.[8] In June 1984, she was elected to the executive council of theFrench: Commission des enseignants des commissions scolaires|italics=yes (School Board Teachers' Commission) of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec.[9] During her union career, she defended several issues concerning women, such as maternity leave, the right to abortion, child care services, and led a major push for pay equity. She also led workshops on the involvement of women in politics.

Lévy was one of the founders of French: La Mosaïque|italics=yes, the intercultural association for welcoming and integrating immigrants in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. With several others, she filed the organization's letters patent on November 23, 1990, with the Quebec government. The association received its official recognition on February 13, 1991.[10]

From 1996 to 2009, Lévy sat as a municipal councilor in Val-d'Or. She was re-elected in the municipal elections of 2000, 2001 and 2005,[11] but lost the 2009 elections.[12] During her mandates, she contributed to the revision of the family policy, the implementation of the Taxibus public transport service, defending community organizations, and supporting cultural development.

Lévy served as vice-president of the board of directors of the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) from 1998 to 2005.[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

In 2015, she became president of the section of the French: Association québécoise de défense des droits des retraités et préretraités (AQDR) (Quebec Association for the Defense of the Rights of Retired and Pre-Retired Persons) in Val-d’Or.[19]

Personal life

She was the mother of three children: Yolette, Jean-Emmanuel, and Henry-Philippe Alfred.

Death and legacy

Yolette Lévy died December 6, 2018, at the Maison de la source Gabriel, a hospice in Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada.[20] [21]

In December 2017, the Regroupement des femmes de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue supported the creation of an honorary prize, the Yolette Lévy Award.[22] Élizabeth Larouche was the first person to receive the prize inn 2019.[23] In February 2019 a local beer is created in her memory : Yolette-du-Monde.[24]

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. News: La Valdorienne Yolette Lévy n'est plus . The Valdorienne Yolette Lévy is no more . 28 February 2023 . Radio-Canada.ca . 7 December 2018 . fr-ca.
  2. News: Mathieu . Annie . D'Haïti à l'Abitibi . From Haiti to Abitibi . 28 February 2023 . gazettedesfemmes.ca . 1 March 2009 . fr.
  3. News: Gervais . Lisa-Marie . Une vie harmonieuse en Abitibi . A harmonious life in Abitibi . 28 February 2023 . Le Devoir . 2 December 2017 . fr.
  4. News: . Val-d'Or pleure Yolette Lévy . Val-d'Or mourns Yolette Lévy . 28 February 2023 . www.lecitoyenvaldoramos.com . fr.
  5. News: Sarrasin . Hélène . Je ne suis pas celle que vous croyez . I'm not who you think I am . gazettedesfemmes.ca . Gazette des femmes . 28 September 2024 . fr . 1 March 2005.
  6. Web site: Gervais . Lisa-Marie . 2017-12-02 . Immigration en Abitibi: les ressources manquent pour accueillir les nouveaux arrivants . 2024-09-29 . Le Devoir . fr.
  7. Book: Histoire de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue . 1996 . Institut Québécois de Recherche sur la Culture . 978-2-89224-251-5 . Vincent . Odette . 2. tirage . Les régions du Québec . Québec.
  8. Web site: Présidences . Presidencies . Fseuat.ca . archive.wikiwix.com . 28 February 2023 . fr.
  9. Web site: Yolette Lévy ou l'engagement communautaire . Yolette Lévy or community engagement . L'Indice bohémien . indicebohemien.org . 25 February 2020 . 28 February 2023 . fr-FR.
  10. Web site: À propos de nous. La Mosaïque, association interculturelle d'accueil et d'intégration des personnes immigrantes de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue. . About us. La Mosaïque, an intercultural association for the reception and integration of immigrants from Abitibi-Témiscamingue. . La Mosaïque Interculturelle . 28 February 2023 . fr-FR . 16 November 2020.
  11. Web site: Ville de Val-d'Or . Décès de Madame Yolette Lévy . Death of Mrs. Yolette Lévy . Le Contact . archive.wikiwix.com . 28 February 2023 . 2 . fr . February 2019.
  12. News: Fernand Trahan réélu sans surprise . Fernand Trahan re-elected without surprise . 28 February 2023 . Radio-Canada.ca . 2 November 2009 . fr-ca.
  13. Web site: fr . UQAT . Élection à la présidence et à la vice-présidence du conseil d'administration de l'Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue pour l'année 2003-2004 . Election to the presidency and vice-presidency of the board of directors of the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue for the year 2003-2004 . 18 August 2003.
  14. Web site: fr . Conseil d'administration UQAT . Élection à la présidence et à la vice-présidence du conseil d'administration de l'Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue pour l'année 1999-2000 . Election to the presidency and vice-presidency of the board of directors of the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue for the year 1999-2000 . 16 August 1999 .
  15. Web site: fr . Conseil d'administration UQAT . Élection à la présidence et à la vice-présidence du conseil d'administration de l'Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue pour l'année 2000-2001 . Election to the presidency and vice-presidency of the board of directors of the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue for the year 2000-2001 . 21 August 2000.
  16. Web site: fr . Conseil d'administration UQAT . Élection à la présidence et à la vice-présidence du conseil d'administration de l'Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue pour l'année 2002-2003 . Election to the presidency and vice-presidency of the board of directors of the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue for the year 2002-2003 . 19 August 2002 .
  17. Web site: fr . Conseil d'administration UQAT . Élection à la présidence et à la vice-présidence du conseil d'administration de l'Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue pour l'année 2004-2005 . Election to the presidency and vice-presidency of the board of directors of the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue for the year 2004-2005 . 23 August 2004.
  18. Web site: fr . Conseil d'administration UQAT . Élection à la présidence et à la vice-présidence du conseil d'administration de l'Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue pour l'année 2005-2006 . Election to the presidency and vice-presidency of the board of directors of the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue for the year 2005-2006 . 29 August 2005 .
  19. Web site: Lynch . Pierre . Décès de Yolette Levy - Présidente de l'AQDR Val-D'Or . Death of Yolette Levy - President of the AQDR Val-D'Or . AQDR . 28 February 2023 . fr-FR . 7 December 2018.
  20. Web site: Avis de décès - Lévy, Yolette . Obituary - Lévy, Yolette . residence-funeraire.coop . 28 February 2023 . fr.
  21. Web site: Yolette Lévy: une grande perte pour Val-d'Or . 2024-09-29 . ici.radio-canada.ca . fr.
  22. Web site: Procès verbal de l'AGA de la MRC d'Abitibi tenue le 21 mars 2018 . Minutes of the AGM of the MRC d’Abitibi held on March 21, 2018 . MRC Abitibi - Pour les T.N.O. Lac-Despinassy et Lac-Chicobi . 28 February 2023 . fr.
  23. Web site: ICI.Radio-Canada.ca . Zone Société- . 2019-04-29 . Élizabeth Larouche remporte le 1er Prix honorifique Yolette-Lévy . 2024-09-29 . Radio-Canada . fr-ca.
  24. Web site: Une bière en l'honneur de Yolette Lévy . 2024-09-29 . ici.radio-canada.ca . fr.
  25. Web site: Présentation . Presentation . Prix Charles-Biddle . 28 February 2023 . fr-FR.
  26. Web site: Trouver un récipiendaire . Find a recipient . Lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec . www.lieutenant-gouverneur.qc.ca . 28 February 2023 . fr . 28 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228234624/https://www.lieutenant-gouverneur.qc.ca/distinctions-honorifiques/recherche-recipiendaire.asp . dead .

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