Maja Vodanovic
Maja Vodanović | |
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| Borough Mayor of Lachine | |
| Assumed office November 17, 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 20, 1968 Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Projet Montréal |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
Maja Vodanović was born on January 20, 1968, in Croatia . She is an artist, teacher and politician. She has been the mayor of the Montreal borough of Lachine since November 2017.
Biography[edit]
Maja Vodanović was born on January 20, 1968, in Split, Croatia, at the time a republic part of Yugoslavia.[1] She emigrated to Canada in 1975.[2] She studied at McGill University where she got a B.A. in Art History in 1991 and at Concordia University where she got a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1994.
As a painter, she has been represented by Galerie Valentin in Montreal,[3] Galerie Yvon Desgagnés[4] in Baie-Saint-Paul and Gevik Gallery[5] in Toronto.
Between 1984 and 2013, she taught art to children through projects focused on knowledge of the local fauna and flora and on protection of the environment.[6][7][8][9]
Politics[edit]
Through her educational work, she was involved in creating the Alliance Jeunesse de Lachine (Lachine Youth Alliance)[10] for the purpose of increasing the participation of young people in democracy.
Maja Vodanović was elected borough councillor for the Canal District of Lachine in 2013,[11] as candidate for the party of the incumbent mayor, Claude Dauphin.
In 2016, she disagreed with the way urban planning and contaminated soils were managed in the Lachine-Est zone and left the party of Claude Dauphin.[12][13] In January 2017, she joined Projet Montréal and announced she would be candidate for the position of borough mayor.[14]
In November 2017, Maja Vodanović was elected mayor of the borough of Lachine with 39,57% of the votes.[15] Following the election, she was nominated member of the executive committee of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal[16] and representative of the CMM to the National Zero Waste Council of Canada where she sits on the Management Board[17] and is the co-chair of the plastic advisory panel.[18]
At the November 7th, 2021 general election, Maja Vodanović was reelected with 62,21 % of the votes.[19] On November 24, she was nominated by the mayor of Montreal to the Executive Committee with responsibility for water and coordination between boroughs[20] and delegate to the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Cities Initiative, where she was elected to the 2022-2023 Board of directors.[21]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Maja Vodanovic". Galerie Valentin. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ "Maja Vodanovic: la figure politique". Journal de Montréal: 94. November 20, 2004.
- ^ "Maja Vodanovic". Galerie Valentin. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "Maja Vodanovic". Galerie d'art Yvon Desgagnés. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "Maja Vodanovic". Gallery Gevik. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ Laberge, Corinne (June 22, 2008). "J'ai un ruisseau qui ne veut pas mourir". Cité Nouvelles.
- ^ "Art et environnement". Métro. November 18, 2004.
- ^ Aubin, Jovette (June 1, 2013). "Art et eau: la force d'une collaboration entre enseignants, artiste et communauté". Revue Vision.
- ^ Karmberger, Albert (December 2011). "Art project is about water we drink". Montreal Gazette.
- ^ "L'alliance jeunesse réclame un tramway à Lachine". Métro. November 17, 2016.
- ^ Saindon, Yves. Rapport officiel du recensement des votes, scrutin du 3 novembre 2013. Ville de Montréal. p. 11.
- ^ Demers, Marilyne (November 28, 2016). "Maja Vodanovic claque la porte". Métro.
- ^ Michaud, Victoria (November 9, 2016). "Le projet Lachine-Est divise". Métro.
- ^ Trottier, Marie-Christine (January 23, 2017). "Une élue de Lachine se joint à Projet Montréal". TVA Nouvelles.
- ^ Saindon, Yves. Rapport officiel du recensement des votes, scrutin du 5 novembre 2017. Ville de Montréal.
- ^ Minutes of the meeting of the Council of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal, 2017-11-14, decision no. CC17-042
- ^ "Management Board". National Zero Waste Council. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "Advisory Panel". National Zero Waste Council. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "Summary Election Results by Borough - Lachine". Élections Montréal. December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ Scott, Marian (November 23, 2021). "Women in majority as Valérie Plante unveils more diverse Montreal executive committee". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ "Board of Directors - Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Cities Initiative". Retrieved July 16, 2022.
