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  • New Year’s message from the Governor General

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    Hello,

    There are places in Canada, north of the Arctic Circle, where darkness has settled for the winter. For weeks and months on end, the sun does not rise. But winter doesn’t stop life. Now is the time to tell stories, to rejuvenate and to move forward together.

    To keep going.

    And I have seen light during this difficult and monumental year gone by.

    It was a year of change, of facing hard truths.

    It was the year of Queen Elizabeth the Second’s passing.

    It was a year that brought us together to face devastating climate disasters, community-shattering attacks, and the pain and trauma of children’s unmarked graves at residential school sites.

    It was a year of reconciling the past and the present with the promise of the future.

    We hold within us this promise. And while this has been a year where finding strength and resilience has been difficult, people have shown that good people doing good can make a difference. Pay attention to acts of kindness compassion, and reconciliation.

    Now, we look to 2023, and I enter the year with hope in my heart.

    Hope is a great motivator.

    We can build a more inclusive country.

    We can talk to each other—to better understand each other and respect our different views.

    We can improve the lives of others by being generous, innovative, thoughtful and courteous.

    We can renew our relationship with Indigenous peoples and with the land.

    As this year ends, I encourage us to reach out to our friends and neighbours; to tell our own stories, dreams and plans for our future—

    full of hope;

    Full of light.

    I encourage all of you to spend time together and enjoy the holidays and New Year with families and friends. 

    Happy New Year, Canada!

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  • Order of Canada appointees – December 2022

    Information

    Companions John Louis Bragg, C.C., O.N.S. Oxford, Nova Scotia For his exceptional contributions to the prosperity and well-being of Atlantic Canadians and for his legendary commitment to the development of rural communities. This is a promotion within the Order. Eugene Levy, C.C. Toronto, Ontario an...

  • Letters of Credence Ceremony

    Speech  –  January 20, 2023

    Welcome to your new roles, ambassadors and high commissioners from Costa Rica, Mauritius, Angola, Laos and Samoa.

  • 2021-2022 Annual Report

    Information  –  January 20, 2023

    [PDF version] Table of Contents Message from the Secretary to the Governor General and Herald Chancellor Office of the Secretary to the Governor General at a Glance Highlights from 2021 – 2022 Representing the Crown in Canada Representing Canada at Home and Abroad Encouraging Excellence Serving as C...

  • Governor General to honour remarkable achievements in design

    Media Advisory  –  January 23, 2023

    OTTAWA, Ontario—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will present Canada’s top architecture and landscape architecture honours to outstanding Canadians during an upcoming ceremony at Rideau Hall.

  • Governor General honours remarkable achievements in design

    Official Activity  –  January 24, 2023

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, presented Canada’s top architecture and landscape architecture honours to outstanding Canadians during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

  • Governor General to meet with the King of Jordan

    Media Advisory  –  January 25, 2023

    OTTAWA, Ontario—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will meet with His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on Friday, January 27, 2023, at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa.