Unveiling of Dare to Dream & Launch of GGinteractive

October 03, 2019

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, unveiled the Dare to Dream exhibit at Rideau Hall, while also launching the GGinteractive program with schools across the country on Wednesday, October 2, 2019.

  • A young student listens intently during the question and answer session with the Governor General.
  • Over one hundred students and teachers sit and face the Governor General in the Tent Room of Rideau Hall as they engage in a question and answer session.
  • A picture of students seated in the Tent Room of Rideau Hall, with a virtual classroom from Vancouver on a screen.
  • The Governor General speaks to the crowd of students and teachers.
  • The Governor General speaks to the crowd of students and teachers and shows them how food is packaged for astronauts in space.
  • The Governor General explains how rockets and the International Space Station orbit Earth.
  • Over one hundred students and teachers sit and face the Governor General in the Tent Room of Rideau Hall as they engage in a question and answer session.
  • The Governor General addresses the students in the Tent Room and the virtual classrooms taking part.
  • A photo of a vacuum-sealed snack, as it would be prepared for astronauts in space.
  • A photo of a wall with vacuum-sealed snacks hanging from it, as they would be organized for astronauts in space.
  • A photo of students tasting their 'space' snacks following the question and answer session with the Governor General.
  • Students are shown elements from the Dare to Dream exhibit by an employee of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.
  • Students are shown elements from the Dare to Dream exhibit by an employee of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.
  • Students visit and view the Dare to Dream space exhibit at Rideau Hall.
  • Students are shown elements from the Dare to Dream exhibit by an employee of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.
  • The Governor General answers questions from students during the inaugural GGinteractive question and answer session.
  • A photo of the tent room filled with students and teachers during a question and answer session with the Governor General.