Sophie Durocher

Bilingual Journalist & Host of Vox’s Ici et là

Named “One of Quebec’s Top 100 Movers and Shakers” by L’Express, Sophie Durocher has been a popular figure on Canadian television and radio. Currently the TV Host of Ici et là, on Vox, Durocher also writes the arts and entertainment column, Les choix de Sophie, which is published weekly in le Journal de Montréal. Every Friday, Durocher’s hard-hitting cultural column Radar appears in the daily 24h. As an MC, Durocher has hosted, in French and English, a variety of events, galas, press conferences and award ceremonies.

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Named “One of Quebec’s Top 100 Movers and Shakers” by French Magazine L’Express, Sophie Durocher has been a popular figure on Canadian television and radio. Currently the TV Host of Ici et là, on Vox, Durocher also writes the arts and entertainment column, Les choix de Sophie, which is published weekly in le Journal de Montréal.

Every Friday, Durocher’s hard-hitting cultural column Radar appears in the daily 24h. Since February 2010, her shopping recommendations have been featured twice weekly on the web site of fashion magazine Clin d’oeil, at www.clindoeil.ca/sophiedurocher. Durocher conducts monthly interviews for 7jours magazine: her world exclusive interview with a very pregnant Céline Dion in September 2010 made headlines around the world and was featured in People magazine and The Huffington Post. For eight years, she was a popular writer for Chatelaine, touching the hearts of thousands of readers with her La vie et rien d’autre column. Durocher is the author of four best-selling books, Salut les amoureux1 and 2, Les Bonheurs de Sophie, and the biography of popular songwriter Jean-Pierre Ferland. Durocher was also the founder and editor-in-chief of the website Zurbaines.com.

On CBC Radio, Durocher has hosted Les chansons de Sophie (2004-2007), Voilà l’été (2004) and Mag Radio (2005). From 1998 to 2003, Durocher hosted 750 editions of the daily program Les Choix de Sophie (Télé-Québec), called “TV’s Best Cultural Magazine” by Voilà magazine. The show won a Gemini Award for Best Cultural Magazine in 1999 and 2003.

As an MC, Durocher has hosted, in French and English, a variety of events, galas, press conferences and award ceremonies for: Toyota, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Order of Chartered Accountants, Montreal’s Chamber of Commerce, Quebec’s Association of Psychiatrists and Tourism Montreal. She has emceed at the prestigious Daffodil Ball for the Canadian Cancer Society. In 2008, she acted as Spokesperson for Breastfeeding Week.

Durocher’s an Ivy Leaguer who holds a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia University’s prestigious School of Journalism in New York. As a journalist, she has covered Argentina’s economic crisis for L’Actualité, the coup d’état against Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti and the trial of Salvadorian soldiers, for the Montreal newspaper La Presse. From 1988 to 1992, she acted as field reporter for CBC’s Montréal ce soir, Téléjournal and Newswatch. For a full year, she was La Presse’s New York-based arts correspondent.

Durocher’s numerous stays in the Middle East, Europe, and South America have allowed her to develop a keen sense of empathy while giving her the chance to develop her gift for languages (English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese).

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À titre de maîtresse de cérémonie, Sophie Durocher a animé, en français et en anglais, des galas, remises des prix ou conférences de presse pour : Toyota, l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, les Grands ballets canadiens, l’Ordre des administrateurs agréés du Québec, la Chambre de commerce de Montréal, l’Association des Médecins psychiatres du Québec, Tourisme Montréal, les compagnies pharmaceutiques McKesson, Pharmascience et Pfizer, la Société du Vieux-Port de Montréal et bien d’autres. En 2003, elle a animé, en français, en anglais et en espagnol le Forum sur l’intégration nord-américaine.

Elle s’engage socialement : elle a animé pour la Société Canadienne du Cancer le Bal de la Jonquille en 2007 et 2009 de même que l’événement Passion Vin. Elle a été porte-parole du Défi allaitement 2008.

Depuis septembre 2009, elle anime à Canal Vox le magazine culturel Ici et là. Depuis décembre 2008, elle signe tous les samedis la chronique de recommandations culturelles Les Choix de Sophie dans le cahier Weekend du Journal de Montréal. Tous les vendredis, on peut lire dans le journal 24h ses percutants éditoriaux culturels.

Depuis février 2010, elle a sur le site du magazine Clin d’oeil son blogue de recommandations shopping : clindoeil.ca/sophiedurocher. De décembre 2007 à décembre 2008, elle a été conceptrice et rédactrice-en-chef du site web Zurbaines.

De septembre 2004 à décembre 2007, elle a animé une des émissions les plus populaires de la nouvelle chaîne musicale de Radio-Canada, Espace Musique : Les Chansons de Sophie, une quotidienne de trois heures entièrement consacrée à la chanson d’expression française. Tout l’été 2004, elle a animé la quotidienne culturelle Voilà l’été à la première chaîne de Radio-Canada. Puis, de septembre 2004 à mai 2005, elle y a animé la revue de l’actualité Mag radio .

De 1998 à 2003, Sophie Durocher a animé 750 livraisons de l’émission quotidienne Les Choix de Sophie à Télé-Québec, le « meilleur magazine culturel de notre télé » selon le magazine Voilà. À deux reprises, en 1999 et 2003, Les Choix de Sophie a remporté le Gémeau du meilleur magazine culturel. Sophie Durocher a co-animé avec Normand Brathwaite de septembre à décembre 2003 l’émission de variétés Belle et Bum, également à Télé-Québec.

On a notamment vu Sophie Durocher figurer dans le palmarès Les 100 qui font bouger le Québec du magazine français L’Express. Elle a été à trois reprises en nomination au Gala des Gémeaux dans la catégorie Meilleure animation d’un magazine culturel.
Pendant huits ans, de 2002 à 2010, elle a signé tous les mois dans Châtelaine une chroniqueur d’humeur. Ses deux anthologies d’histoires d’amour, Salut les amoureux 1 et 2 écrites avec son ami Claude Fortin, ont été des best-sellers. Son recueil Les Bonheurs de Sophie, aussi publié chez Stanké en septembre 2003, a été accueilli très favorablement par la critique et a connu un grand succès en librairie. En novembre 2005, pour les 35 ans de l’album culte Jaune de Jean-Pierre Ferland, elle publie aux éditions Libre Expression sa première biographie Ferland, hey boule de gomme, s’rais-tu dev’nu un homme ?, devenu, à son tour, un best-seller.

Ses séjours au Moyen-Orient, en Europe, en Amérique du Sud et à New York (où elle a obtenu un Masters in Journalism de l'université Columbia) lui ont permis de s'ouvrir à d'autres réalités tout en lui donnant l'occasion de développer ses dons pour les langues: elle parle français, anglais et espagnol couramment et a des notions d'italien et de japonais.

Comme reporter, elle a couvert la crise économique en Argentine pour L'Actualité, le coup d'État contre Jean-Bertrand Aristide en Haïti et le procès de militaires salvadoriens, pour le compte de La Presse.

De 1988 à 1992, elle a signé plus de 250 reportages sur le terrain pour Montréal ce soir, le Téléjournal et Newswatch à Radio-Canada, CBC et Newsworld. Elle a collaboré également au magazine L'Actualité et au quotidien La Presse pour lequel elle a couvert pendant un an la scène culturelle newyorkaise.

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