Julie Miville-Dechêne

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 before serving as its ombudsman from April 2007, to July 2011, the first woman to hold this position.

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

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

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.