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Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean - Speech on the Occasion of the Student Forum: “From the Abolition of the Slave Trade to the Elimination of Racial Discrimination”
Speech – March 21, 2007
Rideau Hall, Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Good morning and thank you for joining me as we mark the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in the British Empire. This anniversary is important because it commemorates the day in which trading and enslaving human beings was no longer legal on ...
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Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean - Remarks on the Occasion of the Launch of the “Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal at Rideau Hall” Exhibition
Speech – March 21, 2007
Rideau Hall, Wednesday, March 21, 2007 My husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and I are thrilled to launch the third exhibit in the Ambassadors’ Room at Rideau Hall—with the help of the country’s cultural and museum organizations—just a few days before the presentation of the Governor General's Awards in V...
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BLOG: Art, a Space to Act
Message – March 21, 2007
March 21, 2007 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean “I want to encourage artists and ensure that their contribution is recognized. I also want to give emerging artists the opportunity to be heard. What is important is to recognize that art—that free space where everything is allowed and everything becom...
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Opening of the Exhibition: Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal at Rideau Hall
March 21, 2007
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Governor General holds first-ever Forum at Rideau Hall “From the Abolition of the Slave Trade to the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21, 2007