Céline Galipeau () 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.
Early life Galipeau was born in Longueuil, Quebec in 1957. She is the daughter of , a French Canadian diplomat and Pham Thi Ngoc Lang, a Vietnamese refugee from the First Indochina War.
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.
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."Shakeups buffet Radio-Canada's news lineup" , The Gazette, June 14, 2008. She was succeeded as weekend anchor by Pascale Nadeau.
Galipeau was named to the National Order of Quebec in June 2009, "Nominations et promotions de 2009: Ordre national du Québec . Government of Quebec, June 17, 2009. then to the Order of Canada in May 2013.
In 2025 she was named the recipient of the Prix René-Lévesque for her career in journalism."Prix du Québec 2025 : Céline Galipeau et France Castel parmi les lauréats". Ici Radio-Canada, November 10, 2025.
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.Guillaume Picard, "Céline Galipeau quitte «Le téléjournal»". Le Journal de Montréal, May 5, 2026.
References
External links Radio Canada biography