"Doing your citizenship ceremony in public ... including that of former governor-general Adrienne Clarkson, who arrived in Canada herself as a refugee in 1941. "Those ceremonies aren't just ...

according to a statement on Friday from the office of Canada's Governor General Mary Simon. The swearing-in ceremony will start at 10:30 a.m. (1430 GMT) in Ottawa in the presence of Simon ...

new video loaded: Mary Simon Appointed as Canada’s First Indigenous Governor General transcript Mary Simon was named by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Canada’s next governor general.

Former governor general and longtime CBC journalist Adrienne ... Clarkson said onstage at the ceremony. "And I thank you, so much, from the bottom of my heart." Clarkson shares a laugh with artist ...