Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

Sophie Grégoire (; born April 24, 1975) is a Canadian public speaker and retired television host. She married Justin Trudeau, the 23rd prime minister of Canada, in 2005; the couple separated in 2023. She is involved in charity work, social work, and public speaking focused mainly on the environment, women's issues, and children's issues.

Early life and education Grégoire was born on April 24, 1975, in Montreal, Quebec, as the only child of Jean Grégoire, a stockbroker, and Estelle Blais, a Franco-Ontarian nurse. Her family lived north of the city, in Sainte-Adèle, She was raised thereafter in Montreal's Mount Royal suburb, where she was a classmate and childhood friend of Michel Trudeau, the youngest son of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife Margaret and brother of Grégoire's future husband, Justin Trudeau. The problem lasted into her early 20s, when she revealed the illness to her parents and then began a two-year period of recovery. She credits therapy, the support of her loved ones, and yoga with her recovery from the illness.

Grégoire attended high school at the private Pensionnat du Saint-Nom-de-Marie in Outremont. She subsequently attended the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf before studying commerce at McGill University, intending to follow her father's career path, but soon switched to communications studies, and ultimately graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the Université de Montréal. she decided to attend radio and television school, where she immediately knew, "I had found my calling".

Charity work Grégoire is actively involved in charity work, volunteering for several Canadian charities and non-profit organizations. Causes she supports include Sheena's Place Girls for the Cure; the Canadian Mental Health Association; Their trip was featured in a CTV documentary, "A Window Opens: Margaret and Sophie in Ethiopia", which aired in May 2007. Grégoire is the national ambassador for Plan Canada's "Because I am a Girl" initiative, and the official spokesperson for The Shield of Athena, which helps women and children dealing with domestic violence. They have three children: Xavier James, Ella-Grace Margaret, and Hadrien Grégoire.

After her husband became a Member of Parliament for Montreal's Papineau riding in 2008, Grégoire continued to live in their Montreal home with their children, while Trudeau stayed at a hotel in Ottawa during the week. In June 2013, two months after Trudeau became the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, the couple sold their home in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood and began living in a rented home in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa. The Prime Minister's Office announced later that day that she had tested positive for COVID-19. By March 28, she had recovered.

On August 2, 2023, Trudeau and Grégoire's separation was announced.

"Smile Back at Me" On January 18, 2016, Grégoire Trudeau made the impromptu decision to sing a work she composed, titled "Smile Back at Me", at the end of a speech in honour of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Ottawa City Hall. Mike Strobel, of the Toronto Sun, said the crowd gave her a standing ovation. In Maclean's, Michael Barclay (formerly a music critic), described the song as "fine", although not designed to be sung a capella, and that Grégoire's voice was "surprisingly strong". Several commenters felt the song was out of place at a memorial to a Black civil rights leader, and also noted the general lack of Black leaders being depicted or included in the event itself. Some commenters noted that she did have training previously in various musical arts.

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