Patrice Roy
{{Short description|Canadian journalist}}
{{Infobox journalist
| name = Patrice Roy
| image = Patrice Roy 8 mai 2017.jpg
| caption = Patrice Roy in May 2017
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|2|25}}
| birth_place = Quebec
| alma_mater = Université de Montréal
| employer = Radio-Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| known_for = Journalism
}}
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Patrice Roy (born February 25, 1963) is a Canadian news presenter. Since 2008, he has hosted {{Ill|Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 6 p.m|fr|Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 18 h}} on Télévision de Radio-Canada.
Biography
= Early life =
Patrice Roy, son of journalist {{Ill|Michel Roy|fr|Michel Roy (journaliste)}}, grew up in the Côte-des-Neiges borough of Montreal. At the age of 6, he had to have hip surgery due to a condition that made the femur very soft. He attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, then the University of Montreal.
= Career =
After starting out in 1985 at CISM, the student radio station at the University of Montreal,{{Cite journal |last=Côté |first=Émilie |date=12 February 2006 |title=Du local de pastorale au gros show anniversaire |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2203052 |journal=La Presse |volume=122 |issue=112 |page=C4 |issn=0317-9249}} he was a researcher for the production company {{Ill|Pixcom|fr}} on the international news program Table Rase, broadcast on Radio-Québec.{{Cite journal |last=Lemery |first=Marthe |date=27 February 1989 |title=La Terre: une serre? |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/4495113 |journal=Le Droit |volume=76 |issue=245 |page=26}}
He first appeared on Radio-Canada Television in 1989 as a public affairs reporter for Enjeux.{{Cite journal |last=Ferland |first=Guy |date=22 August 1990 |title=Radio-Canada tient le pari de l’information |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2760151 |journal=Le Devoir |volume=LXXXI |issue=195 |page=9}} He then joined the newsroom in Montreal, where he covered, among other things, the municipal world. He was a parliamentary correspondent in Quebec City from 1997, then in Ottawa from 2000. He was the bureau chief for Parliament Hill in Canada between 2005 and 2008. He co-authored with Michel Cormier, War Rooms, a documentary on the behind-the-scenes work of the strategic decision-making centers of the Liberal Party and the Parti Québécois.
He survived a Taliban attack on August 22, 2007 while he was with the Canadian Armed Forces as a correspondent for Radio-Canada.{{Cite web |title=Afghan blast kills Canadian troops |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2007/8/23/afghan-blast-kills-canadian-troops-2 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} Two Canadian soldiers were killed in the attack.{{Cite web |date=22 August 2007 |title=Nouvelles victimes canadiennes |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/364371/afghanistan-attaque-roy |access-date=2018-06-14 |website=Radio-Canada.ca}}
Since the end of summer 2008, he has hosted {{Ill|Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 6 p.m|fr|Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 18 h}}, the local television news programme on Télévision de Radio-Canada in the {{Ill|Greater Montreal region|fr|Région métropolitaine de Montréal}}.
Roy was in Paris on November 13, 2015 and hosted a special program devoted to the attacks from the French capital, for a two-hour special program on ICI RDI.
Furthermore, he currently presents two hours of news on public service channels: En Direct avec Patrice Roy on ICI RDI at 5p.m. Eastern Time, since 2014, and still the {{Ill|Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 6 p.m|fr|Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal 18 h}} on Ici Radio-Canada Télé.
On April 16, 2025, Patrice Roy moderated the French language leaders debate for the 2025 Canadian federal election.{{Cite news |date=2025-03-24 |title=Federal leaders’ debates set for April 16 and April 17 but TVA cancels third debate because Carney won’t participate |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-federal-election-2025-leaders-debates-dates/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}
Personal life
He is the father of videographer Émile Roy, born in 1999.{{Cite web |title=Émile Roy |url=https://centrejacquescartier.com/biographicals/emile-roy/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Centre Jacques Cartier |language=fr-FR}}
Distinctions
- 1992 - {{Ill|Gemini Award for Best Reporting Team|fr|Prix Gémeaux de la meilleure équipe de reportage}}, Les enfants de la rue
- Mireille-Lanctôt Prize, documentary on religion in the USSR
- 2004 - Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Young Talent Award
References
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