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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 26, 2012 It feels wonderful to be among so many colleagues again. I consider you all peers because I spent much of my career—nearly 45 years—as a university professor and administrator. And while I have a new job now, I’ll always remain a teacher at heart. I s...

São Paulo, Brazil, April 26, 2012 Thank you for your warm welcome. I am delighted to be here to talk about the great potential for partnership between Brazil and Canada—between your vast and dynamic country of the south and ours of the north. Of the frontier between North and South America, of the p...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 26, 2012 Thank you for your warm welcome. As Canada’s governor general, and as a former university president myself, I am delighted to join you for this round table. Canadians and Brazilians have so many reasons for optimism today, and I think our growing coll...