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Brigette DePape

Brigette DePape

Brigette DePape burst on the Canadian scene as the "rogue page" who held up a "Stop Harper" sign in Parliament last year during the Throne Speech. Her reports from the front lines of social activism have appeared in The Tyee, Rabble and elsewhere.

Reporting beat: Social Activism, Politics

Twitter: brigettedepape

Stories by Brigette DePape

blogs

VIEW: Eight wisdoms from Arundhati Roy's Vancouver talk

By Brigette DePape, 2 Apr 2014


blogs

VIEW: Two youth vow to fight for Filipino climate justice, but need support

By Brigette DePape, 24 Mar 2014


opinion

Mandela: Five Lessons for Canada's Activists

Brigette DePape reflects on the great South African's victory and legacy.

By Brigette DePape, 14 Dec 2013


opinion

Brigette DePape: Imagine a Throne Speech for the 99 Per cent

Stop Harper page on 'stepping into our power' as more than consumers.

By Brigette DePape, 16 Oct 2013


opinion

A Tyee Series

DePape in Durban: Witness to a Tipping Point

The underplayed story of the climate summit was the mobilization of global youth.

By Brigette DePape, 12 Dec 2011


opinion

A Tyee Series

Brigette DePape: Notes on an Occupation

What I experienced across Canada shows me Occupy is just a beginning, says 'Stop Harper' page.

By Brigette DePape, 23 Nov 2011


opinion

A Tyee Series

'Taking Back Their Power' on Parliament Hill

Some walked for weeks to this rally for missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Brigette DePape's latest dispatch.

By Brigette DePape, 22 Sep 2011


opinion

A Tyee Series

Inside the Keystone XL Protests

From Washington DC, Brigette DePape's latest Tyee dispatch.

By Brigette DePape, 9 Sep 2011


opinion

A Tyee Series

Brigette DePape: Life After Parliament

How I spent my Power Summer -- first of my Tyee dispatches from hotbeds of new activism.

By Brigette DePape, 2 Sep 2011