Julie hrdlicka

Julie Hrdlicka born in Thunder Bay, Ontario is the Southern Alberta Outreach and Promotion Coordinator for the Parkland Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is the candidate in the riding of Calgary Fort for the Alberta New Democratic Party in the 27th Alberta general election . She also works for Faith and the Common Good, a national multi-faith network, which encourages people and communities of faith to actively work to create a sustainable world.

During her youth, Hrdlicka spent her childhood in several parts of the world including; the UK, Iran, Colorado, Singapore and several parts of Alberta, due to her family working in the oil industry. Hrdlicka received a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Calgary. She settled in Calgary and has spent most of her adult life in Calgary.

As the Southern Alberta Outreach and Promotion Coordinator Hrdlicka is responsible for distribution of public policy research produced by the Parkland Institute. Hrdlicka’s work also includes creating relationships and networks with individuals and organizations working on issues of poverty, housing, health care, education, energy, environment and the growing gap between rich and poor.

Hrdlicka has been a community leader for a decade in Calgary. She has been an advocate for human rights and peace for people around the world. From 2000 to 2006 she was the Executive Director for CANDIL (formally CANESI) where she spent addressing the issue of Iraq. She visited Iraq twice since the war began as a human rights observer for Life for Relief and Development and the Christian Peacemaker Teams.

She has also done contract work for Project Ploughshares Calgary and Friends of Medicare. She sat on the boards of Irma M. Parhad Program at the University of Calgary, and the Consortium for Peace at the University of Calgary, and Project Ploughshares Calgary.

Hrdlicka has received the Alberta Centennial Medal in recognition of her advocacy work and commitment to human rights and social justice in Alberta. She has also received the YMCA Peace Award for her work in Iraq.

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