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Press Releases
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Spokespeople
Executive Director
Daniel Rotman
Executive Director
Daniel is an experienced and passionate advocate for social and environmental change. With more than 15 years of experience working with non-profit organizations, international agencies, and social enterprises, Daniel has developed numerous creative, inclusive, and human-centered solutions to address systemic and structural challenges.
Appointed Executive Director of Équiterre by the Board of Directors in December 2025, Daniel had first joined the organization in January 2025 as Deputy Executive Director as part of a structured leadership transition. He now leads Équiterre with a focus on strengthening its impact, agility, and relevance in an increasingly complex social and environmental context.
Before joining Équiterre, Daniel was Executive Director of SRC Initiative, an international NGO supporting communities in preventing plastic waste from entering the environment. He has worked internationally with the United Nations and Innovations for Poverty Action, and locally as Executive Director of The Depot Community Food Centre, and as a consultant for community organizations and social enterprises across Quebec.
Daniel holds an MBA with a focus on social entrepreneurship from HEC Paris and IESE Business School in Barcelona.
Since joining Equiterre in January 2025, Daniel first served as Deputy Executive Director before being appointed Executive Director of the organization in December 2025. Before joining Equiterre, he notably led SRC Initiative, an international NGO working to prevent plastic waste from entering the environment, as well as The Depot in Montreal.
Areas of expertise and key topics
- Social and environmental change
- Social innovation
- Social entrepreneurship
- Food security and community action
- Just transition and systemic challenges
Director, Government Relations
maviau@equiterre.org
Marc-André Viau
Director, Government Relations
With a master's degree in political science, Marc-André has worked as a political strategist at various levels of government. After an internship at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, Marc-André worked for several years on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in various capacities, including as senior press officer in the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons.
He subsequently contributed to the victory of Valérie Plante, the green mayor of Montreal, and worked as director of communications and senior political advisor. Since joining the Équiterre team in 2019, Marc-André has led the development of political advocacy, regularly making presentations to parliamentary committees and meeting with ministers, elected officials and other political decision-makers.
After several years in key roles in federal and municipal politics and having led numerous election campaigns, Marc-André joined Équiterre in 2019 as Director of Government Relations. His approach, which focuses on rigor, dialogue and transparency, allows him to lead Équiterre's collective choices team in order to exert maximum influence on our governments and accelerate change.
Expertise and preferred topics:
- Governance
- Legislative and regulatory policy issues
Analyst, Source reduction
jdenoncourt@equiterre.org
Julie-Christine joined Équiterre in 2020 as a mobility intern before advancing to research and project management roles in waste reduction and circular economy. She has led major projects on the right to repair and the impact of advertising in the automotive sector.
She became an analyst in December 2024. Julie-Christine holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from the Université de Montréal, which led her to pursue a master's in applied political studies – environment – at the Université de Sherbrooke.
Expertise & Key Topics
- Repairability and durability
- Reuse
- The role of advertising and marketing in consumption
Analyst, Sustainable Mobility
With a degree in computer engineering in France, Blandine held several jobs in the european banking sector, first in software programming and then in organizational consulting.
During a professional break of a few years, Blandine discovered the planetary limits model, which led her to a profound career path change and brought her to return school at Université de Montréal to earn a Master's degree in environment and sustainable development. Blandine also holds a certificate in international climate policy and negotiations from Université de Sherbrooke. Blandine joined Équiterre in May 2022. As head of her team, she masterfully managed various sustainable mobility projects before being appointed analyst in the summer of 2024.
Expertise and preferred topics:
- Transport electrification
- Vehicle life cycle analysis
- Carsharing
Chargé de projet, Agriculture durable
oflamandlapointe@equiterre.org
Olivier holds a master's degree in development studies, during which he specialized in public policies in the environmental and agricultural sectors. He has various professional experiences in project management, analysis and research.
As a project manager at Équiterre since January 2024, he is responsible for coordinating the Bean Project and analyzing local agricultural policies.
Expertise and preferred topics:
- Agroecology
- Food autonomy
- Local agricultural development
Analyst, Climate and Energy policy
Charles-Édouard joined Équiterre in June 2024, and holds a bachelor's and master's degree in applied politics from Université de Sherbrooke. He has specialized in the adoption of a just transition in Quebec. As a member of the Pôle intégré sur la recherche en environnement, santé et société (PIRESS), he has also studied the role of electricity exports and Hydro-Québec's role on the international scene. For the past two years, he has been working in the municipal sector as a sustainable development consultant in Victoriaville, perfecting his expertise in land use planning, sustainable mobility and social acceptability issues.
Expertise and preferred subjects
- Just transition
- Energy policies
- Climate and land use planning