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  • BLOG: The Eve of my Working Visit to Haiti

    Message  –  March 7, 2010

    March 7, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean We will be leaving before dawn and arriving in Port-au-Prince in the early morning hours. I dread all the things I need to absorb, to bear and to encounter. But I chose to arrive on March 8, International Women’s Day, because we must remember that hope ...

  • Commonwealth Day 2010

    Message  –  March 2, 2010

    March 8, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the occasion of Commonwealth Day OTTAWA - Canadians will agree that the theme for the 2010 Commonwealth Day, “Science, Technology and Society”, is a strong call to action and co-operation am...

  • International Women's Day

    Message  –  March 5, 2010

    March 5, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the occasion of International Women’s Day OTTAWA—Whenever I have travelled in Canada and abroad, I have had the good fortune of meeting with remarkable girls and women, from all walks of lif...

  • Official Luncheon - Dominican Republic

    Speech  –  March 10, 2010

    Official Luncheon hosted by His Excellency Leonel Fernandez,President of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Thank you so much for welcoming me today during my visit to this island that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti, which is also the island of my birth. The Qu...

  • SPANISH VERSION - Official Luncheon - Dominican Republic

    Speech  –  March 10, 2010

    Discurso de la Excelentísima Señora Michaëlle Jeanen ocasión del almuerzo oficial ofrecido por elExcelentísimo Señor Leonel Fernández,Presidente de la República Dominicana Santo Domingo, Miercoles 10 de marzo de 2010 Agradezco profundamente que me hayan recibido hoy para destacar mi paso por esta is...

  • International Women’s Day - Haiti

    Speech  –  March 8, 2010

    International Women’s Day Haiti, Monday, March 8, 2010 This year, International Woman’s Day is even more moving for me, because I am by your side, sisters of Haiti, as you strive to recover from disaster and rebuild. First of all, I want to join with everyone mourning the disappearance in the earthq...

  • CREOLE VERSION - International Women's Day - Haiti

    Speech  –  March 8, 2010

    Diskou nan okazyon chita koze pou jounenentènasyonal fanm Ayiti, lendi ki 8 mas 2010 Fanm ayisyèn, sèm yo, ane sa a jounen entènasyonal fanm nan touche m yon fason spesyal paske mwen twouve m bò kote nou nan moman ke n ap fè anpil efò apre kòkenn chenn katastwòf sa a pou nou leve kanpe epi rebati pe...

  • Reception for the Members of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

    Speech  –  March 13, 2010

    Reception given in Honour of the Members of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Vancouver, Friday, March 12, 2010 Less than two weeks after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games, the sacred flame of Olympism is warming hearts once again, as the X Paralympic Winter Games are about...

  • Closing of Paralympic Winter Games

    Message  –  March 21, 2010

    March 21, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the occasion of the Closing of the X Paralympic Winter Games OTTAWA—Canadian athletes and their fellow competitors have demonstrated, once again, their breathtaking feats, providing audienc...

  • Journée internationale de la Francophonie

    Message  –  March 19, 2010

    March 19, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the occasion of Journée internationale de la Francophonie OTTAWA—Today, the Canadian Francophonie is celebrating its membership in the international Francophonie. Francophones throughout th...

  • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

    Message  –  March 21, 2010

    March 21, 2010 Canada’s history has been shaped by the fruitful encounters of different civilizations and peoples. From these dynamic encounters sprang a unique culture and history, in which diversity became the very essence of the Canadian people, something we proudly celebrate. Yet this co-existen...

  • Death of Corporal Darren James Fitzpatrick

    Message  –  March 22, 2010

    March 22, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, on the death of Corporal Darren James Fitzpatrick OTTAWA— It was with great sadness that my husband Jean-Daniel Lafond and I learned that the war in Afghanistan had clai...

  • Reception with Permanent Representatives of the United Nations

    Speech  –  March 30, 2010

    Reception with Permanent Representatives of the United Nations New York, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 I would like to thank Ambassador John McNee, Canada’s permanent representative to the United Nations, for giving me this opportunity to meet with women who play a key role in this exceptional multilatera...

  • Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts

    Speech  –  March 31, 2010

    Presentation of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts Rideau Hall, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 We sometimes have a tendency to look at the world without really seeing it, so oversaturated are we by images in our market-driven society. But we sense that there is more than this. More th...