Adrienne Clarkson

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Governor General of Canada author human journalist stateswoman

Adrienne Clarkson is a Canadian journalist, author, and stateswoman who served as the 26th Governor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Governor General of Canada ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
stateswoman ⓘ
appointedBy Jean Chrétien ⓘ
awardReceived Order of Canada ⓘ
Order of Ontario ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ⓘ
birthName Adrienne Poy ⓘ
countryOfBirth China ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
educatedAt Sorbonne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trinity College, University of Toronto ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ
employer CBC ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
endTime 2005 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Chinese Canadian ⓘ
familyName Clarkson ⓘ
fieldOfWork broadcast journalism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
givenName Adrienne ⓘ
immigratedTo Canada ⓘ
languageSpoken Cantonese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
memberOf Order of Canada ⓘ
Order of Ontario ⓘ
Queen’s Privy Council for Canada ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council for Canada
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II ⓘ
name Adrienne Clarkson self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement first visible minority Governor General of Canada ⓘ
second woman to serve as Governor General of Canada ⓘ
notableWork “Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship” ⓘ
“Heart Matters” ⓘ
“Room for All of Us” ⓘ
“True North” ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
stateswoman ⓘ
television host ⓘ
ordinalInOffice 26th Governor General of Canada ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong
positionHeld Chancellor of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Governor General of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces

Governor General of Canada ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
residence Ottawa ⓘ
spouse John Ralston Saul ⓘ
Stephen Clarkson ⓘ
startTime 1999 ⓘ

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Adrienne Clarkson → name → Adrienne Clarkson self-link ⓘ
John Ralston Saul → spouse → Adrienne Clarkson ⓘ