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Canada Day Cultural Evening Shanghai, Thursday, July 1st, 2010 Good evening. I know of the great admiration you have for the person who just introduced me, whom we know as Mark and you know as Dashan, a rather fitting nickname, I think, and I hope that this love story between a Canadian and an entir...

Totem Pole Ceremony Chengdu, Sunday, July 4, 2010 I am overjoyed to join you today to mark the unveiling of the totem pole that symbolizes the strong ties of solidarity that link Canada and China, and in particular the First Nations peoples and the Qing. In 2008, Canadians were struck by the images ...

International Youth Summit – MY SUMMIT 2010 Huntsville, Friday, June 25, 2010 How are you? Let me begin by acknowledging the Wasauksing peoples upon whose traditional land we are meeting today. They—along with thousands of other First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples across this country—are Canada’s...

Journées du réseau français dans le monde 2010 - First plenary session entitled "Haïti se relève" Paris, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Allow me to begin by telling you how important it was for me to speak to you and be with you today, at the Journées du réseau français dans le monde 2010. Many thanks to th...

July 20, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, on the Death of Sapper Brian Collier OTTAWA—My husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and I have just learned of the death of Sapper Brian Collier, who was serving with the 1st Bat...

July 21, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean The province of Guangdong (Canton)—where the majority of our fellow Canadians of Chinese origin emigrated from—is twinned with British Columbia. Like Shanghai, Guangzhou—the Cantonese capital—is going through rapid development and is seeing exponential ...

January 13, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean I am following, with great attention and concern, the emerging reports regarding the earthquake that struck Haiti with force, and which was felt elsewhere in the region. This natural disaster has hit a country with an extremely fragile infrastructure...

January 15, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean Every ordeal is an opportunity to rediscover what is essential and to learn from what has happened to better resist and return to life. This is what my grandmother told me and I have always thought she was speaking on behalf of our ancestors, that th...

January 26, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will offer Canadians the opportunity to appreciate the deep sense of commitment and perseverance shared by our athletes, and to celebrate excellence. Soon we will be awestruck by our athletes’ prowess. The...

May 5, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean As I get ready to travel to Haiti on March 8 and 9, I recognize that this visit is more than just a return to my devastated native country. I will remain on the island to also visit the Dominican Republic on March 10, as it made considerable efforts durin...

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 ...

May 17, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean Canadians across the country have answered generously and donated almost $200 million to emergency assistance in Haiti. We have shown our solidarity with a population that has been terribly affected by the January 12, 2010, earthquake that killed over 25...

April 13, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean In 2006, when I undertook State visits to five African countries—Algeria, Mali, Ghana, South Africa and Morocco—as my first trip to the continent, I called it and treated it like a journey of hope. I wanted to assess the strengths and see the vigour of...

April 26, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean It was a changing Africa that greeted us as we travelled through Senegal to Cape Verde, through the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Why go to Africa? To do what? What good will it do? People ask these same questions again and again, spread...

June 22, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean Since the earthquake that claimed nearly 300 000 lives, left hundreds of thousands wounded and traumatized, and transformed much of Haiti into a field of rubble and debris, Canadians have continued to respond in a thousand and one ways. Each of our hear...

June 2, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean I’m beginning my official visit to China in a spirit of friendship and vitality exemplified by the spectacular world exposition EXPO SHANGHAI 2010. Supporting me here are my husband Jean-Daniel Lafond, who has great enthusiasm for cultural diplomacy, and...

Reception hosted by Rear-Admiral Pile on the occasion ofthe 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy CFB Esquimalt, Friday, June 11, 2010 It gives me great joy and I am so honoured to receive this naval officer’s sword. As Commander-in-Chief, I have had the pleasure of boarding a large number of Canad...

Reception for the Friends of Canada Guangzhou, Saturday, July 3, 2010 I would like, along with the very dynamic delegation accompanying me, to thank you for your warm welcome, as I complete my visit to Guangzhou, the south gate of China. We are delighted to be in this region of South China where so ...

Youth Dialogue on the Occasion of the International Year of Youth Rideau Hall, Tuesday, August 10, 2010 How are you? What a wonderful way to celebrate together the United Nations’ International Year of Youth and to launch it with young voices joined together, singing a stirring Algonquin song that h...

Launch of the International Year of Youth - Mosaika Sound and Light Show Ottawa, Tuesday, August 10, 2010 How are you? What a beautiful evening! As I like to say: audacity is the true and luminous spirit of the youth of our country. That is why I am delighted to join you on the steps of Parliament t...