Julie Miville-Dechêne

The Honourable
Julie Miville-Dechêne
The Honourable Julie Miville-Dechêne
Senator for Inkerman, Quebec
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 20, 2018
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	Julie Payette
Preceded by	Charlie Watt
Personal details
Born	July 10, 1959 (age 65)
Political party	Independent Senators Group
Profession	journalist

Julie Miville-Dechêne (born July 10, 1959) is a Canadian senator and former journalist.

She is a former journalist and broadcaster with Radio-Canada and spent 25 years as a public affairs correspondent for the network in Washington, D.C., Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal^[1] before serving as its ombudsman from April 2007, to July 2011, the first woman to hold this position.^[2]

Since August 15, 2011, she has served as the president of the Conseil du statut de la femme.^[3]

In 2017, she served as the government of Quebec's representative in Canada's delegation to UNESCO.^[1]

On June 20, 2018, she was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Governor General Julie Payette after being nominated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Trudeau names former Radio-Canada broadcaster Julie Miville-Dechêne to the Senate | CBC News".
^ ^a ^b "Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Senator" (Press release). PMO. June 20, 2018.
^ "Julie Miville-Dechêne nommée présidente du Conseil du statut de la femme". Agence QMI. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28.

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[rc-1] "Trudeau names former Radio-Canada broadcaster Julie Miville-Dechêne to the Senate | CBC News".

[pmosenate-2] "Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Senator" (Press release). PMO. June 20, 2018.

[3] "Julie Miville-Dechêne nommée présidente du Conseil du statut de la femme". Agence QMI. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28.

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