It is essentially health sciences dominate the publications on the subject, and the environmental, human and social sciences are other disciplines that are interested in it.

For a long time, veganism has been considered as a lifestyle. With the proliferation of anti-speciesist actions and the increasing visibility of veganism, the emphasis has been placed on the collective, even political extent of this individual action. In this conference, we will try to define what a social movement is from the opposition between individual and collective action.

Rose Gergely was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and has loved animals since a young age. At the age of 11 shebecame aware of the horrific cruelty of the Canadian seal hunt and became active in raising awareness about it. It was also at this time that she stopped eating animals and adopted a vegetarian diet.

At age 13 she bought her own horse who was boarded in a riding facility but she soon discovered that many people had no love or respect for their horses and only used them for sport and profit, eventually discarding them, selling them or sending them to slaughter. She embraced veganism when she was 18 years old, and as her awareness of animal cruelty grew so did her passion and drive to help them.

When Élise Desaulniers began to take an interest in animal ethics a dozen years ago, she attended her first vegan conference which was presented by Valéry Giroux. Valéry gave her a recipe book and she answered all of Elise’s questions. They have become friends.

A few years later, it was the Elise’s book’s turn to play an important role in the transition of Eve-Marie Gingras. She talks about it in her first vegan comic book which Élise wrote the preface.

Then, there is this young student, Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert, who writes a book about the 150-year long history of the Montreal SPCA commissioned by Élise while she does her master’s degree in philosophy supervised by … Valéry.

Behind all this, there is a lot of solidarity, inspiration, mutual aid and friendship.

After doing some ready-to-eat services The Vegangels, she starts renovations for her next project. Recipient of the Golden Tofu organized by AVM and Vegan for nearly 12 years, she opens Mimi & Jones in the summer of 2019, the first vegan “diner” located in Mile End.
Fall 2020, Sata Sushi will be renovated and Jones Café will be launched!

Since 2007, he has been sharing his know-how and expertise on the Internet through various media and social networks. Since 2018, he has devoted himself to his YouTube channel where he shares his restaurant reviews, vegan product trials, recipes and travel diaries, always from the angle of a daily vegan life.

Cuisine vegan is more than a simple plate of vegetables. Do not wait any longer to discover the vegan cuisine which offers us easily a wide variety of dishes by traveling from Mont Tremblant within the comforting Cabane à Tuque and passing through Trois Rivières to discover a trendy place like Café Frida, before finding a flourished and colorful restaurant like Ohana Sushi Vegan in Montréal, then finalize with the delicious desserts of Sophie Sucrée.

What about the lifestyle of vegan families?

We invite you to discover 3 families with different backgrounds:

Sophie and Vincent for whom raising their child Lévi in a vegan lifestyle being obvious.

Marie and Olivia and their two young children, Florian and Francis, convinced like their mothers of the merits of the vegan lifestyle.

And finally, Sara-Maude & Mario, happy parents of Rose-Elysabeth and Ocean Mateus, and their two pigs Babe and Sissi, completing blissfully this nucleus family.

We will also have insights from a clinical nutritionist at Sainte-Justine Hospital, Thao Bui who supports parents in their efforts to raise their children vegan with confidence and simplicity!