François Cardinal

François Cardinal is a Quebec journalist. He has spent 25 years covering various sectors, including provincial politics, the environment, and urban affairs. He is currently Deputy Editor and Vice President of News at the daily newspaper La Presse, where he has worked since 2002. He is also a regular commentator on television and radio.

François Cardinal is the author of the essays Le mythe du Québec vert (The Myth of a Green Quebec), Perdus sans la nature (Lost Without Nature), and Et si la beauté rendait heureux (What If Beauty Made Us Happy), co-written with architect Pierre Thibault. He also edited the collective works Rêver Montréal: 101 idées pour relancer la métropole(Dreaming Montreal: 101 Ideas to Revive the Metropolis), Lâchez pas, les gars! (Don’t Give Up, Guys!), and La Révolution Z.

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He has received the Judith-Jasmin Award for the best opinion piece of the year in Quebec, and the Claude-Ryan Award, which recognizes the Canadian editorialist of the year.

Notably, he received the President's Award from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 2015 and the Blanche-Lemco-Van Ginkel Award from the Quebec Order of Urban Planners in 2013 for his “significant contribution to the development of urban planning in Quebec.”

François Cardinal also worked as a journalist at Le Devoir, where he held positions as copy editor, reporter, and parliamentary correspondent at the National Assembly.

Previously, he was a reporter at Le Journal de Montréal, and editor-in-chief of the magazines Ski Presse, Sno-Québec, and Aventure Presse.