Abbreviation IPSO Type Non-profit corporation | Formation June 21, 1995 Legal status active | |
Motto Tant que l'indépendance n'est pas faite, elle reste à faire. (As independence has not happened, it remains to be done.) (Gaston Miron) Purpose advocate and public voice, educator and network | ||
Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (in English: Intellectuals for Sovereignty), or IPSO, is a group of intellectuals studying and promoting Quebec independence.
It was created on June 21, 1995 by the publication of their manifesto, four months before the second referendum on Quebec sovereignty took place. Among its founding members were politician and constitutional law professor Daniel Turp, Michel Seymour, Jacques-Yvan Morin, Kai Nielsen and others.
IPSO promotes Quebec sovereignty through the publication of works, organization of events (debates, conferences, protests) and participation in political activities. It was part of the Partenaires pour la souveraineté coalition.
Presidents
Three men and four women, all university professors, have held the IPSO presidency since its foundation:
Since 2008, IPSO is presided by Gilbert Paquette, former Quebec Minister of Science and Technology in the government of René Lévesque.