Céline Galipeau
Canadian news anchor
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Céline Galipeau OC OQ (French pronunciation: [selin ɡalipo]) is a Canadian news anchor for Radio-Canada. Known for her coverage from Moscow, she is currently the weekday anchor of the network's flagship newscast Le Téléjournal.
(2003–2008)
Le Téléjournal weekday anchor
(2008–present)
Céline Galipeau | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 11, 1957 |
| Occupation | News anchor |
| Notable credit(s) | Le Téléjournal weekend anchor (2003–2008) Le Téléjournal weekday anchor (2008–present) |
Early life
Galipeau was born in Longueuil, Quebec in 1957.[1] She is the daughter of Georges Galipeau, a French Canadian diplomat and Pham Thi Ngoc Lang, a Vietnamese refugee from the First Indochina War.[citation needed]
Education
Galipeau earned her master's degree in political science and sociology from McGill University in 1983.
Career
After a short stint in private TV and radio, Galipeau came to Toronto as a reporter for CBC and Radio-Canada in 1985 until she left for Montreal in 1987. In 1989, she returned to Toronto to become a national reporter. In 1992 she became a correspondent in London. Later, she transferred to Moscow where she covered Boris Yeltsin and the war in Chechnya. In 1997, she moved to Paris. In 2001, she became a foreign correspondent in Beijing. Galipeau won a Gemini Award for her coverage from Moscow.[citation needed]
She returned to Canada in 2003, becoming the weekend anchor for Le Téléjournal. She became the program's weekday anchor in December 2008 following the retirement of Bernard Derome.[2] She was succeeded as weekend anchor by Pascale Nadeau.[3]
Galipeau was named to the National Order of Quebec in June 2009,[4] then to the Order of Canada in May 2013.[5]
In 2025 she was named the recipient of the Prix René-Lévesque for her career in journalism.[6]
In 2026 she announced her retirement from Le Téléjournal, effective June 18, although she will remain with Radio-Canada as host of a new weekly newsmagazine series.[7]