Jean-François Gariépy | |
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 Gariépy in January 2020 | |
| Born | (1984-04-12)April 12, 1984 Québec, Canada |
| Education | PhD |
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| YouTube information | |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
| Genre | Political commentary |
| Subscribers | 8.94 thousand |
| Views | 79.2 thousand |
| Last updated: 12 December 2025 | |
| Website | jfg |
Jean-François Gariépy (born 1984) is a Canadianwhite supremacist,[1][2][3] formerneuroscience researcher,[4] andalt-right[5] political commentator. Gariépy hosted the YouTube channelThe Public Space before launching his current channelJFG Tonight where he calls for the creation of awhite ethnostate, promotesantisemitic messages, and advocates for the genetic superiority ofwhite people.[6][7][8] TheAnti-Defamation League listsThe Public Space among "White Supremacist Channels".[9] Gariépy has been described as a "standard bearer of the alt-right."[5]
Gariépy was raised inSaint-Sophie inQuebec. Gariépy studied biology at theUniversité de Montreal. In 2008, theSociety for Neuroscience awarded Gariépy the Next Generation Award.[10] In 2012, he finished a doctoral thesis in French about the neural networks involved in the respiratory rhythm inlampreys.[11] From September 2011 until September 2015, Gariépy studied social interactions in monkeys at the Institute for Brain Sciences atDuke University.[12] Over his scientific career, Gariépy published 13 research papers that have been cited 943 times.[13]
Gariépy was not asked to return to his postdoctoral position. At this time, Gariépy was in a relationship with one of his undergraduate lab assistants. Gariépy toldThe Daily Beast he left Duke University for Canada because "he'd grown disillusioned with the scientific community."[14] In a Facebook post, Gariépy said he wasleaving academia because it was "defective" and was interfering with "a true search for knowledge". He said he would continue to search for "a better way" to satisfy his scientific curiosity.[15] As of 2018, he had moved back to Canada following changes to his legal immigration status related to his divorce from his third wife.[14]
Gariépy made his first public appearance on episode 76 of the podcastDrunken Peasants in 2015.[14] In 2017, Gariépy joined the YouTube channelWarski Live as co-host.[16] At Warski Live, Gariépy introduced topics likescientific racism by discussing ethnic differences with guests likeRichard B. Spencer,Millennial Woes,Andrew Anglin andSargon of Akkad.[5][17] At Warski Live, Gariépy gained notoriety among the alt-right as a moderator of the so-called "YouTube Bloodsports" where two or more mainly right-wing guests engage in often highly abusive discussions on politics.[18]
After a falling out with his co-host, Andy Warski, in April 2018, Gariépy founded his own YouTube channel "The Public Space". The channel has, among many others, featured white nationalists and alt-right figures like Richard B. Spencer,David Duke,Mike Peinovich,Nick Fuentes,[19]Greg Johnson,[18] in addition to anti-transgender activistPosie Parker.[20]
Gariépy has been married and divorced three times. His first marriage occurred when he was 18, and lasted five years.[14]
In 2018, following his third divorce, Gariépy was the defendant in a guardianship lawsuit over a 19-year-old he was claiming as his fiancée. A doctor said had this woman had autism and "the social and mental maturity of a 10 or 11-year-old child." Gariépy had made contact with the woman online before she decided to travel to North Carolina to see him in July of 2016. According to the woman, Gariépy intended to impregnate her. The parents of the teenager won guardianship and returned her home. Gariépy had said that a white ethnostate would've prevented these legal issues.[14]
In June 2023, Gariépy's partner Élora Patoine (also known as "Mama JF") disappeared, having last been seen inMoncton on June 19, two days after being left at a gas station. Gariépy subsequently announced a deep cleaning of his house. He believed that she left voluntarily (as an act of off-the-grid living) in explaining why he never reported her absence to police. In September/October 2023, she was reported missing.[21][22][23] From October 2024 to at least August 2025, theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police was seeking tips from the public to help find Patoine, but have since deleted the website seeking tips.[24]
A former neuroscience researcher at Duke University who left suddenly in 2015, Gariepy now makes videos attempting to prove white superiority, calling for all-white separatist states and a crackdown on immigration.
The most exteme[sic] category, the "Alt-Right," refers to those who push strong anti-Semitic messages and advocate for the genetic superiority of white people, including [...] Jean-Francois Gariepy.
Jean-François Gariépy, originally from Quebec, is an online white nationalist personality, who supports ideas of white superiority and white "ethnostates."
Jean-François Gariépy, a YouTube personality who promotes the idea of ethnostates and has expressed antisemitic views.
The psychologist found Gariepy to be "very bright, intellectually," but said he showed a lack of insight and impulse control, a "sense of being treated unfairly, or victimized," and displayed distorted thoughts suggesting "overt psychosis."
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