OTTAWA — Longtime Ottawa journalist Joyce Napier is headed to the Vatican as sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s new ambassador.Â
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced Napier's appointment and says she will work to advance reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in the new role.
Napier's 40-year career as a journalist included time at The Canadian Press, CBC, The Globe and Mail, La Presse, Radio-sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and CTV.Â
She is the only person to have been a parliamentary bureau chief for both an English and a French network.
Napier's biography says she was born in Montreal and raised in Rome before moving back to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ as a young woman.Â
She speaks French, English and Italian along with some Spanish and Arabic.Â
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 8, 2024.
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