Céline Galipeau to deliver 2014 Jeanne Sauvé Address

Radio-Canada’s first anchorwoman will speak on Democracy in the Balance: Journalism in Canada and around the World

The fifth Annual Jeanne Sauvé Address will be given on Friday, 7 November by Céline Galipeau, Radio-Canada journalist, foreign correspondent, and anchor of the flagship news program Téléjournal.

One of Canada’s most distinguished journalists, Mme Galipeau earned her reputation as a foreign correspondent early in her career with Radio-Canada. Recognized for her humanitarian vision and for the clarity and intelligence of her reporting, she has covered wars in Chechnya, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. She is particularly known for her reports on women’s issues including such sensitive subjects as traditional foot binding in China and the immolation of Afghani women. Then, in 2009, she became the first female anchor of Radio Canada’s flagship news program Téléjournal.

Announcing this year’s event, Jean-François Sauvé, son of the late Jeanne Sauvé and Chairman of the Foundation that bears her name, evoked his mother’s reputation as an astute political journalist and analyst of public affairs on both English and French radio, in the emerging media of television, and in the written press.

Recalling that the mission of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation is to convene, connect, engage and empower a new generation of public leadership in Canada and around the world to address key global challenges, Mr. Sauvé underlined that “without doubt, the role of journalism in the preservation and nurturing of democracy is preeminent. One has only to consult the Press Freedom Index to comprehend how vital is the role of journalists in monitoring and maintaining good governance throughout the world.”

The keynote address will be followed by a panel discussion on the theme Democracy in the Balance: Journalism in Canada and around the World

The panelists, who will be joined by Mme Galipeau, are all alumni of the Foundation’s Sauvé Scholars Program and will contribute personal perspectives as journalists and young leaders in their respective countries, whether North American or ‘media-challenged’ regions such as Afghanistan and Uganda.

They include:

Gerald Bareebe, Ugandan investigative journalist whose work has been published by a range of media including, Aljazeera, the Institute for Media and Global Governance (Switzerland), the National Post (Canada), Voice of America, and the World Bank Institute
Adam Daifallah, frequent commentator on public affairs in newspapers, on radio and on television, a former member of the National Post editorial board and Washington, D.C. correspondent of The New York Sun
Dawa, Bhutan Broadcasting Service’s award-winning broadcaster and anchor
Mirwais Nahzat, regular media commentator and advisor to several Canadian documentaries on Afghanistan
Jonathan Sas, founder of Press Progress, former Editor-in-Chief of The Mark News, and media criticism columnist for The Tyee.

The 2014 Jeanne Sauvé Annual Address
Friday, 7 November 2014
4pm to 6pm
at L’Ermitage (Salle Jacques Giguère)
3510, chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal