Guy Bertrand (born April 5, 1954) is a Canadian

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and broadcast personality. He was born in

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, Quebec. A media language specialist, he has written the linguistic standards and practices for the French CBC services. His daily broadcasts are heard across Canada on

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and Télévision de Radio-Canada. , he has worked for Radio-Canada for 33 years.

Radio and Television Programmes

Presently Aired: * ''Phare Ouest'' (Vancouver – Radio, 2018- ) * ''Sur le vif'' (Ottawa – Radio, 2016- ) * ''Par ici l'info'' (Sherbrooke – Radio, 2018- ) * ''Des matins en or'' (Abitibi-Temiscamingue – Radio, 2013- ) * ''Le matin du Nord'' (Sudbury – Radio, 2009- ) * ''Matins sans frontières'' (Windsor – Radio, 2015- ) * ''Info-réveil'' (Rimouski – Radio, 2008- ) * ''Bon pied, bonne heure'' (Matane – Radio, 2008- ) * ''Le 6 à 9'' (Saint-Boniface/Winnipeg – Radio, 2012- ) * ''Le café show'' (Edmonton – Radio, 2011- ) * ''Le réveil'' (Halifax – Radio, 2011- ) * ''Le réveil'' (Charlottetown – Radio, 2014- ) * ''L'heure de pointe – Acadie'' (Atlantic Provinces – Radio, 2013- ) * ''Pour faire un monde'' (Regina – Radio, 2022- ) * ''Y a pas deux matins pareils'' (Toronto – Radio, 2013- ) * ''Capsule linguistique'' (Canada – Radio, 1994- ) * ''Soit dit en passant'' (Canada – Radio, 2021-2024) Past Broadcasts: * ''Marina Orsini'' (Canada – Television, 2015–2019) * ''C’est bien meilleur le matin'' (Montreal – Radio, 1998–2013) * ''Pour le plaisir'' (Canada – Television, 2007–2013) * ''C'est ça la vie'' (Canada – Television, 2012–2013) * ''Des kiwis et des hommes'' (Canada – Television, 2010–2011) * ''Style libre'' (Saguenay – Radio, 2017–2020) * ''360 PM'' (Trois-Rivières – Radio, 2016–2020) * ''C'est pas trop tôt en Estrie'' (Sherbrooke – Radio, 2016–2018) * ''Le 15-18'' (Montreal – Radio, 2013–2017) * ''Café, boulot, Dodo'' (Saguenay – Radio, 2004–2017) * ''Les voies du retour'' (Ottawa – Radio, 2013- 2016) * ''Québec express'' (Quebec City – Radio, 1999–2001) * ''Nulle part ailleurs'' (Ottawa – Radio, 1999–2001) * ''Vivement samedi'' (Ottawa – Radio, 2001–2002) * ''Au gré des jours'' (Sept-Iles – Radio, 2001–2005) * ''Fréquence 90'' (Ottawa – Radio, 2003–2004) * ''Chez nous le matin'' (Trois-Rivieres – Radio, 2003–2011) * ''Tour de piste'' (Canada – Radio, 2006-2006) * ''Bonjour la Côte'' (Sept-Iles – Radio, 2006–2007) * ''Les arts et les autres'' (Toronto – Radio, 2006–2007) * ''Sonnez les matines'' (Matane – Radio, 2006–2008) * ''Tam-Tam'' (international – Radio, 2007–2012) * ''Radio-Réveil'' (Saint-Boniface/Winnipeg – Radio, 2008–2012) * ''Le monde selon Mathieu'' (Ottawa – Radio, 2005–2013) * ''Six pieds au-dessus de la mer'' (Vancouver – Radio, 2010–2012) * ''La nuit qui bat'' (Canada – Radio, 2011–2012) * ''Libre échange'' (Atlantic Provinces – Radio, 2011–2013) * ''Capsule Radar'' (Canada – Radio, 1992–1994) * ''CBV bonjour!'' (Quebec City – Radio, 1991) * ''Les mots pour le dire'' (Montreal – Television, 2009-2010) * ''Point du jour'' (Regina – Radio, 2013-2022)

Awards

Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme The Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the quality and diffusion of the French language written or spoken in Q ...

2017 (Prix du Québec) * Prix Pythagore 2021 (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)

Other achievements

* Member of the jury – Dictée des Amériques (2002–2009) * Member of the jury – Prix Francopub (2005–2017) * Member of the jury –

(2010) * President of the jury –

(2011) * Member of the Scientific Committee – Franqus project (

Université de Sherbrooke The Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS; Quebec English, English: ''University of Sherbrooke'') is a French-language Public university, public research university in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, with a second campus in Longueuil, a suburb on the Mont ...

) * Honorary President – Concours national de lecture (2008–2009) * Author – Dictée Éric-Fournier (2009) * Author – La grande dictée de la Saskatchewan (2010)

Published books

* ''400 capsules linguistiques'' (1999) * ''400 capsules linguistiques II'' (2006) * ''Pris au mot'' (2015)

References

External links

''Le Français au micro''
1954 births Linguists from Canada 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian translators Canadian television personalities People from Trois-Rivières Living people CBC Radio hosts Francophone Quebec people 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian translators {{Quebec-bio-stub