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Youth Dialogue on Civic Engagement and Peacemaking in your Community Ljubljana, Slovenia, Thursday, October 22, 2009 How are you this afternoon? It is such a pleasure for me to join you at my first Youth Dialogue in Ljubljana. I had planned to visit Slovenia last year during a series of State visits...

Youth Dialogue on “Building for Social Change” Athens, Greece, Friday, October 30, 2009 How are you? Let me tell you how pleased I am to meet you, the youth of Greece, during my first State visit to the Hellenic Republic, the cradle of democracy, Some of you may not know, but when I accepted the nom...

Youth Dialogue on the Canadian Experience with Reconciliation Vukovar, Croatia, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 It is with great emotion and humility that I join you today to share in this special moment of exchange on an issue very dear to my heart: reconciliation. Let me begin by telling you how privile...

October 28, 2009 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, on the death of Lieutenant Justin Boyes OTTAWA— It was with profound sadness that my husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and I learned of the death of one of our soldiers, Li...

October 31, 2009 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, on the death of Sapper Steven Marshall OTTAWA—Just as we were beginning to come to terms with the death of one of our soldiers, we find ourselves once again mourning a...

42nd Art Matters Forum Athens, Greece, Friday, October 30, 2009, in Athens. I must confess that, as a filmmaker and writer, I am especially pleased to open this forum and dialogue with you today, here in Athens. For over 20 years, film has allowed me to go where I would never have ventured were I no...

Presentation of the Governor General’s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case Rideau Hall, Thursday, October 1st, 2009 Whether you are a man or a woman, there should be no limits on what you dream. This is what we believe in this country called Canada, where everything is possible, and this is ...

Presentation of Credentials (Azerbaijan, Norway, European Commission, United States) Rideau Hall, Friday, October 2, 2009 Welcome to Canada, your home away from home for the next few years. It is a distinct pleasure to welcome you, your spouses, your children and members of your embassy personnel to...

Speech at UNESCO Paris, Monday, October 5, 2009 Thank you very much for this distinguished invitation to speak before the members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. I hope that we can all find inspiration in Aimé Césaire’s beautiful words and together, reshape t...

Opening of the Cultures et Développements Exhibit Paris, Monday, October 5, 2009 I am delighted that my visit to UNESCO today has afforded me the opportunity to take part in the official opening of the Cultures et Développements exhibit. You are certainly right to emphasize the plural. Because, as I...

Presentation of the 2009 Killam Prizes Rideau Hall, Thursday, October 8, 2009 It is a joy for my husband Jean-Daniel Lafond and for me to welcome you to Rideau Hall. There are women and men who walk a path so brilliant that it fills our sky with dazzling light that shines down upon us long after the...

Govor Njene Ekscelence Precastite Michaëlle Jean,Generalne Guvernerke Kanade,na slovesna vecerji, ki jo prirejaNjegova Ekscelenca Dr. Danilo Türk,predsednik Republike Slovenije,in gospa Barbara Miklic Türk Brdo pri Kranju, Republika Slovenija21. oktober 2009 V Kanadi se govori o slovenskem cudežu. P...

ObracanjeNjene ekselencije,Casne Michaelle Jean, generalnog guvernera Kanade,tijekom državne vecere koju je uprilicioNjegova ekselencija Stjepan Mesic,predsjednik Republike Hrvatske i gospoda Milka Mesic Zagreb, Republika HrvatskaPetak, 23. listopada 2009. godine Za mene i Kanadsku delegaciju u mojo...

Προσφ?νηση τηςΑυτ?ς Εξοχ?τηταςΑξι?τιμης Μικα?λ Ζ?ν ( Michaëlle Jean)Γενικ? Κυβερν?τη του Καναδ?επ? τη ευκαιρ?α του επ?σημου δε?πνουπου παρετ?θη απ? την Αυτο? Εξοχ?τητα, κ. Κ?ρολο Παπο?λιαΠρ?εδρο της Ελληνικ?ς Δημοκρατ?αςκαι την κα Μ?η Παπο?λια Αθ?να, Ελληνικ? Δημοκρατ?αΠ?μπτη, 29 Οκτωβρ?ου 2009 Ο αε...