- Manon Barbeau is known for Alain artiste-démolisseur (2001), Nous sommes plusieur beaucoup de monde (1981) and Barbeau, libre comme l'art (2000).
- Producer of "Wapikoni mobile" section at ONF.
- Daughter of Marcel Barbeau and mother of Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette.
- She was awarded the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Canadian Governor General in Outremont, Quebec, Canada.
- She was awarded the Order of Quebec in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
- She was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on November 18, 2016 and Invested on: November 17, 2017 in Outremont, Quebec, Canada. She is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has a particular focus on social justice issues. She transformed the cinematic art form into an intervention tool to reach a voiceless generation. She founded Wapikoni Mobile, a mobile film and music production studio that travels to communities across Canada to meet with Aboriginal youth and empower them to make their voices heard. Wapikoni showcases contemporary Aboriginal culture by celebrating its richness and diversity. This organization has also been active in Latin American Aboriginal communities since 2011.
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