DATE: Wednesday, Dec 14, 2016
TIME: 17:30 pm – 19:30 pm
LOCATION: St. Paul’s university, Guigues Hall, 223 Main street, room G1124 Amphitheatre
- Opening remarks
- Lights of Africa: Sophie Langlois will describe her experiences in Africa and her views on the geopolitics of the countries she visited through the lens of her “African heroes” – stories about “ordinary” people who are doing extraordinary things to improve their communities. She will draw inspiration from current events and from her book with photographer Normand Blouin, “Lumières d’Afrique”. Some copies will be available for purchase after the presentation.
Bio
Sophie Langois was Radio-Canada’s Africa correspondent for six years, from 2007 to 2009 based in Senegal, and then until 2013 based in Montréal. She had previously reported from Washington and from the Québec National Assembly., an investigative journalist and a reporter on economic issues. She received the Prix Judith-Jasmin, which rewards journalistic excellence in Quebec, for her work on the scandal involving fraud and offshore bank accounts at CINAR, the producer of children’s TV shows. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Ottawa, and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Carleton, and a masters in international relations from the Sorbonne in Paris.
As a foreign correspondent, Ms. Langlois covered the Indonesian tsunami, the avian flu in Vietnam, the 2011 Arab spring in Egypt and Tunisia, the wars and conflicts in Somalia, Côte d’Ivoire and the DRC, election violence in Kenya and Zimbabwe, and the presidential elections in South Africa, where she also covered the 2010 World Cup and the death of Nelson Mandela. She was the only Québec journalist to cover the Ebola crisis in West Africa. She has reported from 25 countries in Africa.
