André Pierre Picard CM is a Canadian journalist and author specializing in health care issues.

Compelled by a friend to write a music column for the Fulcrum, a student newspaper, he ended up managing the Arts section, before being chosen as editor-in-chief in 1983.

[6][4][7] Picard briefly worked for the Canadian University Press, a news service that provided content for student newspapers.

His stories on contaminated blood scandals, with an emphasis on the victims' compensation, contributed to the establishment of a commission of inquiry and ultimately, to regulation changes.

[6] His book Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic was a nominee for the 2021 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy.