Official Visit to the City of Québec - December 8, 2017
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, undertook an official visit to the City of Québec.
The 100-person guard of honour stood at attention.
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Her Excellency presented the Governor General’s Academic All-Canadian Commendation for the 2016-2017 season to recipients during a ceremony at the Citadelle of Québec.
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During the inspection of the guard, Her Excellency stopped to talk to members of the Royal 22e Régiment.
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She conducted an inspection of the guard of the Royal 22e Régiment on the parade square.
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In the afternoon, Her Excellency was officially welcomed to the Citadelle of Québec with military honours.
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The Governor General’s Academic All-Canadian Commendation recognizes student-athletes who have maintained an average of 80 per cent or higher over the academic year while playing on one or more of their university’s varsity teams. These top eight Academic All-Canadians are selected by U SPORTS, formerly known as Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and its four conferences.
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Osvald Nitski is a swimmer and studies mechanical engineering at the University of Toronto.
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Katherine Bearne plays soccer and studies physics and mathematics at the University of Ottawa.
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Louis-Mathieu Normandin plays football and studies business administration at the Université de Montréal.
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Fabiola Forteza plays rugby and studies kinesiology at Université Laval.
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Eric Locke plays hockey and studies Human Kinetics at St. Francis Xavier University.
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Anna Dunn-Suen plays volleyball and studies microbiology and immunology at Dalhousie University.
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The ceremony also featured a 21-gun salute.
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