Janette Bertrand

Janette Bertrand (born March 25, 1925) is a Quebec journalist, actress, educator, and writer.

Bertrand supported the Parti Québécois' proposed Charter of Values, arguing that accommodating religious minorities could lead to the erosion of women's rights. Janette turned 100 on March 25, 2025.

Awards Bertrand received a Governor General's Performing Arts Awards in 2000. She also received several Gemini Awards, including one for Lifetime Achievement, the Order of Merit from the Canadian Association of Radio Broadcasters, was named a Chevalier in the National Order of Quebec in 1992, and was named Woman of the Century by the Salon de la femme de Montréal in 1990.

In 2003, she received the Prix Condorcet, which is awarded annually to a public figure who has contributed to secularity and freedom of conscience in Quebec.

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2002, and in 2020 was elevated to Companion.

Selected works Source: Moi Tarzan, Toi Jane, play Dis moi si j'dérange, play Ma vie en trois actes, biography (2004)