Alice Miquet

Alice Miquet is President of the Montreal Youth Council. Her work aims to make cities more inclusive with a focus on vulnerable groups.

It was while pursuing a master’s degree in urban planning at the University of Montreal that she began to think about ways to improve the city, whether through concrete or political actions. Her academic research focused on youth and public spaces in Hanoi, Vietnam, and aimed to make the voice of youth heard, often neglected in issues of planning and democracy. She works as a community housing project manager, helping to build and provide affordable housing for those in need, while revitalizing Montreal’s neighborhoods.

Alice Miquet chaired the “Regroupement des étudiants à la maîtrise en urbanisme (RÉMU)”, which allowed her to realize that she can improve the program as well as the relations between the administration and the students in a concrete and significant way. She also coordinated an integrated urban revitalization, consultation and action body in a disadvantaged neighbourhood. It helps to identify issues, find a way to respond to them, and put in relation several actors and actresses of the district.