“As a woman who made strides in male-dominated fields including politics, journalism, and filmmaking, Jean was a natural choice to headline the conference.”
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Michaëlle Jean
Michaëlle Jean is a Canadian former journalist who served as the 27th governor general of Canada from 2005 to 2010. She is the first Haitian Canadian and Black person to hold this office.
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culture · Governor General of Canada from 2005 to 2010 · journalist · news presenter · politician · also Michaëlle Jean, Jean
Born 6 September 1957 · Q128933
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2026· 2 entries
“[i]t was probably the best birthday of my life.”
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2023· 1 entry
Jean was announced as the distinguished keynote speaker for Canada's Supporting Women in Film Trades (SWIFT) 2023 Conference held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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2014· 2 entries
The representatives of governments of the 57-member organization chose Jean for the position by consensus after the four other candidates withdrew
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The Canadian federal government, along with the provincial governments of Quebec and New Brunswick, as well as the government of Haiti endorsed Jean's candidacy to be Diouf's successor as Secretary-General of La Francoph
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (2012).
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“s Supporting Women in Film Trades (SWIFT) 2023 Conference held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. At a SWIFT press conference at Frank Digital”
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2010· 4 entries
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands presented Jean with a new tulip cultivar named the Michaëlle Jean tulip; with deep maroon petals; it was designed to reflect the Governor General's personal tastes
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Met at Rideau Hall with Haitian prime minister Jean-Max Bellerive
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In which she lost her friend Magalie Marcelin, godmother to Jean's daughter
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Jean was appointed to a four-year term as the Special Envoy for Haiti for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (2009).
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To Norway, Croatia, Greece, and Mexico, as well as another visit to Canadian troops in Afghanistan from September 8–9
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2007· 3 entries
(following in the footsteps of her predecessor, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, the governor general who opened the first expansion of the museum in 1914), and undertaking a state visit to Brazil, from J
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Her first visit to Canadian troops taking part in the offensive in Afghanistan; she had earlier expressed her desire to go, but Harper advised against such a trip on the grounds of security concerns, the relevance of whi
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Participated in a historic private discussion with aboriginal women chiefs and elders at Saskatchewan's Government House
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2006· 2 entries
Jean was greeted by tens of thousands of people lining the highway as her motorcade passed and, in the town of Benieli, she was presented with a goat, replete with a Canadian flag on its collar
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Became the first governor general to address the Alberta legislature
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2005· 5 entries
Were Jean and Lafond greeted with disapproval from an audience, when veterans turned their backs on the Governor General and her consort to show contempt for two people the veterans felt had worked to break up the countr
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Jean declared in a speech described as "moving" that "the time of the Two Solitudes that for too long described the character of this country is past," and called for the protection of the environment, the shielding of c
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It was announced from the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada that Queen Elizabeth II had approved Prime Minister Paul Martin's choice of Jean to succeed Adrienne Clarkson as the Queen's representative
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Was appointed governor general by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin, to replace Adrienne Clarkson as vicereine
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Career landmark: Governor General of Canada (2005–2010).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Women of Distinction Awards (1998).
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1995· 1 entry
To Réseau de l'information (RDI), Radio-Canada's all-news channel, in order to anchor a number of programmes, Le Monde ce soir, l'Édition québécoise, Horizons francophones, Les Grands reportages, Le Journal RDI, and RDI
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1988· 1 entry
Hosting news and affairs programs such as Actuel, Montréal ce soir, Virages, and Le Point; she was the first person of Caribbean descent to be seen on French television news in Canada
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1967· 1 entry
While she arrived with her mother and sister the following year; the family settled together at Thetford Mines, Quebec
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-09-06.
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