Alejandra Zaga Mendez
- Member for Verdun
- Québec solidaire
- Whip of the Second Opposition Group
- Member of the Office of the National Assembly
- Second Opposition Group Critic for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Second Opposition Group Critic for Economy and Innovation
- Second Opposition Group Critic for Higher Education
- Second Opposition Group Critic for Finance
- Second Opposition Group Critic for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers
- Second Opposition Group Critic for Natural Resources and Forests
- Second Opposition Group Critic for the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Region
- Second Opposition Group Critic for the Outaouais Region
- Second Opposition Group Critic for the Metropolis
Biography
Born in Lima, Peru in 1988
Education
- Post-doctorate in geography, Université Laval (2021)
- Doctorate in sustainable development and conservation, Université du Québec en Outaouais (2021)
- Master's degree in natural resource sciences, McGill University (2016)
- Bachelor's degree in agricultural and environmental sciences, McGill University (2013)
Professional Experience
- President, Québec solidaire (November 2021 to October 2022)
- Research assistant, of basic sciences department, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (June to November 2021)
- Postdoctoral fellow in geography, Université Laval (2021)
- Lecturer in ecological economics, Université du Québec en Outaouais (2019-2021)
- Research assistant, Faculty of Law, Université Laval (2018)
- Teaching assistant, School of Environment, McGill University (2014)
- Office and internal communications coordinator, Sustainable Concordia, Concordia University (2012-2013)
Community and Political Involvement
- Collaborator, Canada Research Chair in Ecological Economics, Université du Québec en Outaouais (2016-2022)
- Member, Canadian Society for Ecological Economics, event organizing and network development (2015-2022)
- Involvement in the organization Thèsez-vous (2020-2021)
- Person responsible for policy directions, Comité de coordination nationale de Québec solidaire (2019-2021)
- Board member, Parole d'ExcluEs (2018-2021)
- Recipient, doctoral scholarship, Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) (May 2017 to April 2020)
- Recipient, Hydro-Québec excellence scholarship, awarded to doctoral students, Fondation de l'Université du Québec en Outaouais (April 2018)
- Recipient, Graduate Excellence Award in Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University (January 2014)
- Recipient, Master's scholarship, Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (May 2013)
- Recipient, CMSF Excellence Awards, Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation (September 2009)