Michel Venne (born in 1960) is a Canadian journalist, author and intellectual. He is a columnist for the

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newspaper ''

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''. He is founder and director of the Institut du Nouveau Monde. Venne is a vocal advocate of

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and of

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politics. Venne studied communications at the

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(UQÀM) and political science at

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, in

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. At ''Le Devoir'', he has been parliamentary correspondent at the

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, editor, and news director. He is editor of '' L'annuaire du Québec'', an exhaustive annual publication on Quebec affairs, sold in bookstores. on June 23, 2021, Venne was found guilty of sexual assault against Quebec media personality

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when she was a minor. This verdict was appealed.

Bibliography

Author

*''Vie privée et démocratie à l'ère de l'informatique'' (1994) *''Ces fascinantes inforoutes'' (1995) *''Les Porteurs de liberté'' (2001) *''Souverainistes, que faire?'' (2002)

Director

*''Penser la nation québécoise'' (2000) *''La Révolution génétique'' (2001) *''Santé : Une thérapie de choc'' (2001) *''Justice, prospérité et démocratie. L'avenir du modèle québécois'' (2003)

Awards

*Judith-Jasmin Award (1993) *Michener Grant (1997)

References

Sources

Biography of Michel Venne
at the Institut du Nouveau Monde website

External links

(1996 to 2004) at Vigile.net Writers from Quebec Le Devoir people Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Canadian non-fiction writers in French 1960 births Living people Quebec sovereigntists Canadian male non-fiction writers People convicted of sexual assault {{Quebec-bio-stub