Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 2, 2013
• Invested on: May 07, 2014

For her contributions to Canadian journalism, notably as a foreign correspondent.

Céline Galipeau is one of our most remarkable journalists. With Radio-Canada for nearly three decades, she quickly became a foreign correspondent. Known for her humanist vision and for the clarity and intelligence of her news stories, she notably covered major conflicts, including the wars in Chechnya, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. She is especially renowned for her reports on the status of women, covering such difficult topics as Chinese foot binding and Afghan women being burned alive. In 2009, she broke with tradition by hosting “Téléjournal,” becoming the first female news anchor on national television.