Canada: IFJ Annual Meeting and Executive Committee meeting

IFJ Executive committe members and members will convene on 9-11 June in Montreal, Canada, for the AnnualMeeting (hybrid) and the Executive Committe meeting. The meetings are hosted by the FNCC. Take a look at the agenda.

DRAFT AGENDA
Montreal – June 9-11, 2025

Sunday 8 June: Delegates arrive in Montreal

Monday 9 June :
– 9am-12pm: IFJ Annual Meeting (in person and online) – Radio Canada studio
– 14:30-17:30: IFJ public meeting on the defence of public service broadcasting – Radio Canada studio

Introduction
o Annick Charrette, President of the FNCC
o Dominique Pradalié, President of the IFJ, former General Secretary of the SNJ and former
journalist at France TV (in Montreal)
o Modératrice : Marie-Louise Arsenault, journaliste et animatrice à Radio Canada
And speakers:
o Radio Canada journalist
o Tom Mills – British journalist about the BBC (online), author of “The BBC: Myth of a Public
Service”.
o Séamus Dooley, AGS NUJ UK/Irl about RTE (online).
o Antoine Chuzeville – Journalist at France TV (online), First General Secretary of the SNJ
o Michiko Kurita – Japanese freelance journalist, permanent correspondent based in Brussels,
about NHK (online), head of the European office of the Japan Freelance Union
o Raffaele Lorusso – Italian journalist on Rai (in Montreal), former FNSI General Secretary

– 6pm: evening

Tuesday 10 June :
– 9am-12pm: IFJ Executive Committee meeting – FNCC headquarters
– 2pm-5pm: IFJ Executive Committee meeting
– 7pm: opening of BAJ/Bielorussia photo exhibition + party

Wednesday 11 June :
– 9am-1pm: IFJ Executive Committee meeting – FNCC headquarters
– 2pm-3.30pm: Meeting on Artificial Intelligence 
– 3.30pm-5pm: IFJ North American affiliates meeting

Thursday 12 June:

Departure of delegates