That Vegan Teacher

About

Kadie Karen Diekmeyer (born September 24, 1964), popularly known online as That Vegan Teacher, or also Vegan Karen, is a Canadian animal rights activist, internet personality and former educator, mainly known for promoting veganism. Before she started her online career, Diekmeyer was a nurse and later an ESL teacher but eventually left the latter job at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Diekmeyer is known for her TikTok, YouTube & Instagram accounts that promote veganism. Some of Diekmeyer’s content is considered controversial, and has evoked accusations of religious discrimination, racism, and homophobia.

Diekmeyer was born on September 24, 1964, in Montreal. Diekmeyer worked as a registered nurse at the Lakeshore General Hospital for 25 years, and attended Concordia University to become an ESL teacher in French Canadian schools for nine years. She worked both jobs before dropping her nursing career to work full time in the school system and eventually leaving her job at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 1995, Diekmeyer composed the nationalistic English-French folk song “Imaginez un Pays/Imagine a Country” and performed at the Unity Rally…