Dominique Poirier

Dominique Poirier (born 18 May 1963 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist and host of radio and television. She has spent most of her career working for French-language public broadcaster Société Radio-Canada. She was also the Quebec Delegate General in New York from 2013 to 2014.

Dominique Poirier
Born	(1963-05-18) 18 May 1963 (age 61) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)	Journalist, radio and television host, diplomat
Years active	1983–present

Biography

Dominique Poirier studied art history at l’école Promédia de Montréal, when she was offered a job as a radio host following a short class in Montreal.^[1]

Career

Dominique Poirier started her media career in 1983 as a DJ at CKBS in Saint-Hyacinthe,^[2] then in Sherbrooke.^[1] Poirier continued intensive work, moving to French-language public broadcaster Radio-Canada in 1985. Because she did not have a journalism degree, Poirier had to gain field experience working for three years in Regina, Saskatchewan then in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1]

In 1989 she returned to Montréal as a journalist and anchor on the television news, then on the programme Le Point.^[3]

In June 2008, after 23 years on Radio-Canada, Poirier resigned when her television programme Dominique Poirier en direct (English: Dominique Poirier Live) came up for renewal.^[4]

Poirier returned to the radio in the summer of 2009 to fill-in for Christiane Charette (on summer vacation).^[2] From September 2009, she hosted the programme L'Après-midi porte conseil on Première chaîne.^[5][6]

Poirier had been courted by several political parties to run for office, but preferred diplomacy to politics.^[7] On 11 December 2013 Poirier was appointed Quebec Delegate General in New York.^[8] She was replaced by Jean-Claude Lauzon on 12 November 2014, and became assistant deputy minister at the Quebec Ministry of International Relations. Poirier was loaned to the City of Montreal to work on international missions for the mayor.^[9]

References

1. Tremblay, Josée Louise (1 July 2007). "Dominique Poirier: jugement, instinct et rigueur" [Dominique Poirier: Judgment, Instinct and Rigor] (PDF). L'Itinéraire (in French). Montreal: joseelouise.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
2. Dumas, Hugo (4 June 2009). "Vous écoutez Dominique Poirier" [You listen to Dominique Poirier]. La Presse (in French). Montreal: Groupe Gesca. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
3. "Le Point" (in French). radio-canada.ca. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
4. "Dominique Poirier démissionne" [Dominique Poirier resigns] (in French). Radio-Canada. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
5. Journet, Paul (25 August 2009). "Deux "ex" chez Dominique Poirier" [Two "ex" at Dominique Poirier]. La Presse (in French). Montreal: Groupe Gesca. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
6. "L'après-midi porte conseil" [The afternoon brings advice] (in French). radio-canada.ca. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
7. Marquis, Mélanie (12 December 2013). "Dominique Poirier a préféré la diplomatie à la politique" [Dominique Poirier preferred diplomacy to politics]. lapresse.com (in French). Groupe Gesca. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
8. "Journalist Dominique Poirier named Quebec's delegate general in New York". ctvnews.ca. Bell Media. The Canadian Press. 11 December 2013. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
9. Houde-Roy, Laurence (7 December 2014). "Dominique Poirier entre en fonction à Montréal" [Dominique Poirier takes office in Montreal]. journalmetro.com (in French). Transcontinental Media. Retrieved 14 November 2017.