Julie Caron-Malenfant

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INSTITUT DU NOUVEAU MONDE (INM), MONTREAL

Ms. Caron-Malenfant holds more than 20 years of experience in public participation. She has advised numerous municipalities and public organizations on participatory governance in Quebec and Canada. She has also worked internationally, notably in Mexico and in the Francophonie. She directed the Institut du Nouveau Monde, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and defense of participatory democracy, before accepting in 2022 the mandate to create the Office de participation publique de Longueuil and to assume it’s presidency.