The organization ÉquiLibre unveils this Monday the five finalists of the 13e edition of its namesake prize, which each year rewards Quebec initiatives that have been able to promote the acceptance of body diversity.
Until March 19, the public is invited to vote for one of the finalists, the Instagram account @_sonia_tremblay, hosted by Sonia Tremblay, the show good wordsthought and animated by Gabrielle Morissette and produced by MAtv Québec, the children’s book Marion’s pretty round bellywritten by Renee Wilkin and illustrated by Annie Boulanger, the series of video capsules Fatphobiaproduced by Arrimage Estrie, and the podcast Flat belly: the culture of diets with Loouniehosted by Caroline Huard and produced by Radio-Canada.
In a Léger poll conducted on behalf of ÉquiLibre, 18% of Quebecers answered that the standards of beauty conveyed by the media make them doubt their worth as a person. “Even if body diversity is more represented than before, there is still a lot of work to be done for it to become the norm,” said Andrée-Ann Dufour Bouchard, nutritionist and project manager at ÉquiLibre, in a press release.