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Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson
PC CC CMM COM CD FRSC(hon) FRAIC(hon) FRCPSC(hon)
26th Governor General of Canada
October 7, 1999 – September 27, 2005
Jean Chrétien
Roméo LeBlanc
Michaëlle Jean
(1939-02-10) February 10, 1939
British Hong Kong
Stephen Clarkson (1963–1975)
John Ralston Saul (1999-)
Adrienne Louise Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD FRSC(hon) FRAIC(hon) FRCPSC(hon) (Chinese: 伍冰枝; pinyin: Wǔ Bīngzhī; née Poy, February 10, 1939) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation.
Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a refugee from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, and was raised in Ottawa. After receiving a number of university degrees, Clarkson worked as a producer and broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and a journalist for various magazines. Her first diplomatic posting came in the early 1980s, when she promoted Ontarian culture in France and other European countries. She was in 1999 appointed as governor general by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, to replace Roméo LeBlanc as viceroy and she occupied the post until succeeded by Michaëlle Jean in 2005. While Clarkson's appointment as the Canadian vicereine was generally welcomed at first, she caused some controversy during her time serving as the Queen's representative, mostly due to costs incurred in the operation of her office, as well as a somewhat anti-monarchist attitude toward the position.
On October 3, 2005, Clarkson was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada,[1] giving her the accordant style of The Honourable; however, as a former Governor General of Canada, Clarkson is entitled to be styled for life with the superior form of The Right Honourable. She subsequently published her memoirs, founded the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, and became Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Family and early life
Clarkson's ancestry lies with the Hakka[2] and Taishanese people in Taishan, Guangdong, China. Her paternal grandfather (伍培 Pinyin: Wǔ Péi) emigrated in the late 19th century to Chiltern, Australia. There, he operated a general store called Willie Ah Poy Fruitier and Confectioner, Ah Poy being his name in the vocative, based on the Taishanese pronunciation, and what Australian immigration officials heard Poy enunciate in response to their request for his name.[3] Poy's first son, William (伍英才 Pinyin: Wǔ Yīngcái), was born in Victoria but was later sent back to Taishan, from where he made his way to Hong Kong. There, he worked with his father for the Canadian government and met and married Ethel Poy, with whom he had two children: Neville, born October 29, 1935, and Adrienne, born February 10, 1939. The elder went on to become a plastic surgeon in Toronto and married Vivienne Lee, who herself became a Senator.[4]
Clarkson describes one of her earliest memories as that of hiding in several Hong Kong basements during the Japanese invasion of the territory in 1941. It was only through his Canadian government connections that her father gained his family the opportunity in 1942 to flee the occupation to Canada, as part of the repatriating of Canadian government staff from the fallen city. Even so, the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, prevented the Poys' immediate entry into the country until the Department of External Affairs intervened and cited an unfilled quota in the prisoner of war exchange programme with the Japanese Imperial Forces that would permit the Poy family free passage into Canada.[5] The family settled in Ottawa, though William had lost almost all of his substantial fortune, and the Poys lived in a cramped duplex.[4] Clarkson attended public school in the city and, in October 1951, was lined up with her class to see Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (later Queen Elizabeth II), as the royal motorcade passed through the city.[6]
Education and first marriage
St. Hilda's College, the women's college at the University of Toronto's Trinity College, where Clarkson enrolled in 1956
Clarkson graduated from Lisgar Collegiate Institute in 1956, afterwards enrolling at the University of Toronto's Trinity College. During her time there, Clarkson won a Governor General's Medal in English before graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in the subject, and then travelling with her parents to East and Southeast Asia. Clarkson went on to obtain her master's degree in English literature, also at the University of Toronto.[7]
She began post-graduate work in 1962, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, with a thesis on the poems of George Meredith, and the following year, married Stephen Clarkson, a University of Toronto political science professor. Together, the couple had three daughters: Kyra, born in 1969, and twins Blaise and Chloe, born in 1971; at the age of nine months, however, Chloe died of sudden infant death syndrome. Adrienne and Stephen divorced four years later, with Stephen being awarded full custody of the two surviving children, and, subsequently, Stephen's second wife, Christina McCall, adopted the two girls, who eventually became estranged from their mother for several decades.
After being introduced by a college friend in 1965 to the producers of Take 30— an afternoon variety show run by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)— Clarkson was hired by the Crown corporation as a freelance book reviewer. This marked the start of her nearly 30-year career with the CBC, as, after less than a year in her initial position, Clarkson was promoted to co-host, thus becoming one of the first members of a visible minority to obtain a prominent position on Canadian television. She remained with Take Thirty for a decade, while also branching into print journalism by becoming a regular contributor to such publications as Maclean's and Chatelaine. Similarly, Clarkson wrote and published her own romantic fiction novels: A Lover More Condoling in 1968, and Hunger Trace in 1970.[8] Beyond these, her non-fiction book True to You in My Fashion: A Woman Talks to Men About Marriage— a collection of interviews with men on the subject of divorce— was published in 1971, during which time her first marriage had hit a hard patch.
In 1974, Clarkson began her own public affairs television show Adrienne at Large, though this was not particularly successful and lasted less than four months. The series did, however, allow her to travel extensively outside of Canada, as she recorded segments for the show in locations such as South Africa (where she interviewed Nadine Gordimer and Helen Suzman), and her native Hong Kong. With the cancellation of the show, the CBC created in 1975 the hard journalism programme The Fifth Estate as a means for meeting Canadian content requirements. Clarkson was brought on to co-host with Warner Troyer for the first season, but, due to persistent problems between the two, Troyer left the series, leaving Clarkson to host with Peter Reilly and Eric Malling thereafter. She focused on investigative journalism and gained prominence after an in-depth study of the McCain family's business practices led a Senator to publicly accuse her of being un-naturalised.[4]
After winning several ACTRA Awards, Clarkson ended her job with The Fifth Estate in 1983 and was subsequently appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, John Black Aird, on the advice of his Premier, William Davis, as the Agent General for Ontario in France, acting in this role as a cultural liaison between the province and the country, as well as promoting Ontario in several other European states. After five years at this post, she returned to private business, becoming president and publisher of McClelland and Stewart, at a time when the publisher was in financial difficulty. Clarkson was not only unsuccessful at improving the company's fiscal problems, she was also highly unpopular with employees, and resigned herself after 18 months that saw several protest resignations; the imprint Adrienne Clarkson Books does, however, remain with McClelland and Stewart.
Clarkson opted to return to television, hosting through mid-1988 Adrienne Clarkson Summer Festival, which became popular enough to be picked up and repackaged as Adrienne Clarkson Presents, an arts show that was critically acclaimed, but which never received high ratings. After four years of hosting the show, Clarkson was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada for her long media career, which included hosting more than 3,500 television programmes, as well as assisting charitable organisations, such as the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Horizons of Canada, and International PEN.[9] Further, as host and executive producer of Adrienne Clarkson Presents, she received numerous Gemini Award nominations— winning in 1993 for best host in a light information, variety, or performing arts programme or series— and was the 1995 recipient of the Donald Brittain Award, a special honour given every year for the best social/political documentary programme. In the same year, she also won a Gémeaux Award (the French language equivalent of a Gemini) for Adrienne Clarkson Presents. Her precise diction and sometimes haughty demeanour did sometimes become the occasional subject of satire, however; most famously in the CBC Radio series Double Exposure, where co-creator Linda Cullen mimicked Clarkson with the line: "I'm Adrienne Clarkson, and you're not" (derived from Chevy Chase's early Saturday Night Live refrain).
Throughout the 1990s— during which time she also wrote and produced films, such as 'The Lust In His Eye: Visions of James Wilson Morrice and Borduas and Me and Artemisia[8]— there was much speculation that Clarkson would soon be given a high level appointment by the Queen-in-Council. This was finally realized in 1995 when Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and then Minister of Canadian Heritage Michel Dupuy advised Governor General Roméo LeBlanc to appoint Clarkson as chair of the board of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and later, to the Canadian War Museum as well, all while she continued to host her show.[10] It was during this time that the War Museum announced the decision to build the structure which now houses its collection, and which Clarkson opened as Governor General in May 2005.[11]
Governor General of Canada
Clarkson was the first visible minority to be appointed governor general, and the second woman (after Jeanne Sauvé), the first Chinese Canadian, and the first without a military or political background. She was also the second person to have been appointed to the Order of Canada prior to nomination as governor general-designate, after Jules Léger. Clarkson brought with her a new approach to the governor generalcy, and dedicated much of her self-imposed mandate to drawing national attention to Northern Canada.
As governor general-designate
It was on September 8, 1999, announced from the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada that Queen Elizabeth II had, by commission under the royal sign-manual and Great Seal of Canada, approved Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's choice of Clarkson to succeed Roméo LeBlanc as the Queen's representative.[12][13] At that time, it was revealed that, with Clarkson being accompanied to Rideau Hall by her longtime partner, John Ralston Saul, the official appointment would be bringing an unofficial pair to the viceregal post,[4][8] in that the governor general would not be the only person actively exploring Canadian theory and culture.
The Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in the creation of which Clarkson assisted, and which she dedicated in May 2000
Bond with the military
On October 8, 1999, Clarkson was sworn in as the 26th Governor General of Canada, and was soon actively participating in her role, becoming immediately instrumental in the final stages of the repatriation of Canada's unknown soldier from France.[14] Her eulogy read at the tomb's dedication ceremony on May 28, 2000, was described by the Royal Canadian Legion as "powerful",[15] and led journalist John Fraser to state: "You have to go back pretty far to find anyone who stirred national emotions the way Clarkson did with her magnificent speech..."[16] In the same vein, after a decade of inaction on the part of the Cabinet, Clarkson moved to have Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry honoured with the Commander-in-Chief's Unit Commendation, on behalf of the Queen,[16] beginning a long relationship between Clarkson and the regiment.
Following the terrorist attacks United States on September 11, 2001, Clarkson praised Operation Yellow Ribbon, saying "communities across the country selflessly opened their homes and hearts to stranded air travellers," and, on September 14, 2001, presided over a memorial service on Parliament Hill for the victims of the attacks, which was attended by over 100,000 people— the largest single vigil ever seen in Canada's capital.[17] On her cabinet's advice, Clarkson subsequently dispatched Canadian soldiers to assist in the invasion of Afghanistan, and, in her role of representing the Queen as commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces, visited in 2002 the Canadian troops serving in the Afghan theatre. This trip, plus similar ones she undertook during her tenure— such as those to Kosovo to meet with Canadian troops, to the Persian Gulf to spend Christmas with members of the Armed Forces on a Canadian destroyer, and again to Afghanistan to spend New Year's with Canadian soldiers— won her acclaim for being the first governor general since at least 1945 to take seriously the duties associated with the commander-in-chief title,[18] which was credited for helping to boost pride in the Canadian Forces.
More robust viceregal office
Clarkson took a proactive role in increasing the stature of the Canadian viceregal office, travelling widely, hosting lavish state events, and hosting conferences and forums. However, criticism soon ensued over the way her office was spending Crown funds, as, during her tenure, expenditures at Rideau Hall increased 200%; the budget for 2003 was estimated at CAD$41 million. Part of this increase was due to accounting reasons; some costs that had previously been worked into the budgets of ministries were transferred to the governor general's office. But, the event that the media mostly focused on was Clarkson's 2003, 19-day circumpolar "northern identity" tour, which included state visits to Russia, Finland, and Iceland, and the attendance of 50 other Canadians prominent in the fields of arts, culture, and science. In an atmosphere tainted by several spending scandals in the government, the trip's estimated CAD$1 million cost was attacked as a waste of money.[19] All together, this resulted in some politicians calling for the role of the governor general to be reduced or even for the position to be eliminated, and a poll taken late in 2003 found a majority of respondents thought Clarkson was "too grand" for the office. In an unprecedented move for a vicereine, Clarkson, and not her ministers, personally addressed the controversy, explaining that she had been asked to undertake the state visits by her prime minister.[19] Still, though the Office of the Governor General defended the tour as successful, particularly with regard to the warm reception Clarkson received in Russia and during her meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, and it was the Department of Foreign Affairs that commissioned and paid for the trip with funds approved by parliament, when the end cost for the trips came in at CAD$5 million, a scheduled continuation of the tour that would have included visits to Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Greenland was scrapped by the federal government in early 2004.[20] John Fraser later stated Prime Minister Paul Martin left Clarkson to defend herself because he "clearly didn't like her very much" and "even if it was Madam Clarkson's (and John Ralston Saul's) own imaginative idea, it had been officially supported by the government, and no appointed high official should ever be abandoned like that. Not only should she have been defended publicly, we were made to look foolish in the eyes of the countries who had to be informed that the trip to such great allies as Sweden, Norway and Denmark (plus its province of Greenland) was called off."[21]
Clarkson and John Ralston Saul (at right) greet the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila Putina, at Rideau Hall, December 18, 2000
From that time on, Clarkson and her office faced intense scrutiny. By November 2004, it was announced that Clarkson's budget would be cut by ten percent, despite the fact that parliament itself had approved her budget each year. Then, in March 2005, she again faced questions about spending after it was reported that she had been advised by Martin to make official visits to Spain, the Netherlands, and Russia in order to attend the state funeral of the victims of the Madrid terrorist bombings, the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands, and participate in Victory in Europe Day celebrations in Moscow, respectively.[22][23] Clarkson waited until less than two weeks after the end of her time serving as governor general before she publicly criticised Jean Chrétien and the Cabinet under his chairmanship for not defending the viceregal office, and reaffirmed that she had been asked by the Department of Foreign Affairs to take each of her state trips in the first place.[24]
At the same time, Clarkson's unorthodox mode of exercising the Office of the Governor General led to negative critiques of how she carried out a number of ceremonial duties. In June 2004, the Governor General and her office were targeted by Canadian monarchists, who noted that, prior to the ceremony to recognize Canada's involvement at Juno Beach in the D-Day landings of 1944, Government House claimed that Clarkson would be attending as Canada's head of state and, at the event, the Queen, who also attended the ceremony, was relegated to third place in precedence behind Clarkson and Saul.[25] Jack Granatstein alleged that this arrangement had displeased the Queen and "there was fury."[26] Government House later retracted its head of state statement, saying that it was the error of a junior official, but why the protocol was altered was never explained.[27] At Remembrance Day ceremonies, the Governor General also caused a stir when she eschewed the tradition of placing the first wreath at the cenotaph in favour of doing so simultaneously with her husband; a practice that was discontinued by Clarkson's viceregal successor. Then, during a visit to Vancouver in September of the same year, Clarkson was booed and hissed at by a small but vocal group of protesters. She was on a goodwill tour of a poor area of the city; however, the protesters argued that her visit was nothing more than a publicity stunt to try to gain some of her lost popular support to get her time in office extended.
In January 2005, disappointment was further expressed over Clarkson's failure to attend a memorial service for Alberta's late lieutenant governor, Lois Hole.[28][29] Rideau Hall issued a statement saying the Governor General was, at the time, abroad representing Canada at the inauguration of the President of Ukraine, Victor Yushchenko. However, the inauguration was postponed, and it was felt that Clarkson could have returned to Canada for the service. When it was later reported by the Toronto Sun and The Globe and Mail that Clarkson would wait in Paris, France, for the rescheduled presidential investiture, more outrage was expressed in the press, which was only compounded when Rideau Hall informed the public that the Governor General would also attend a "long-standing engagement" with the Queen at Sandringham House, contradicting reports that Buckingham Palace had said the dinner was actually booked at the last minute. In response, some monarchists began lobbying Clarkson to resign, had she willingly used the Queen for publicity and damage control purposes.
Extended tenure
Regardless of the controversies, Clarkson was asked, and agreed, to remain in the Queen's service for an additional year beyond the traditional, but not official, five-year period. Though the decision was met with mixed feelings from across the country,[30] Prime Minister Martin had advised the Queen to retain Clarkson as her vicereine in order to provide stability while the country faced potential constitutional difficulties arising from a minority government; there had been speculation at the end of 2004 over whether or not Clarkson would have to become directly involved in politics should the Cabinet led by Paul Martin lose the confidence of the House of Commons, leaving the Governor General to decide whether or not to ask the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, then Stephen Harper, to form a government, or to call a general election. Ultimately, circumstances played out so that Clarkson's personal involvement was rendered unnecessary.[31]
Soon after, however, on July 8, 2005, Clarkson was admitted to hospital in Toronto in order to have a pacemaker implanted. She recovered quickly,[31] and returned to her viceregal duties in the same month. To coincide with that year's 50th anniversary of the appointment of the first Canadian-born governor general, Clarkson moved Order of Canada investitures from their typical location in Rideau Hall to various places around the country.[16] Also, on July 23, 2005, Clarkson was inducted as an honorary member of the Kainai Chieftainship, during a traditional ceremony held at Red Crow Park, near Standoff, Alberta, after which she was adopted into the Blood Tribe with the name Grandmother of Many Nations; this made Clarkson the first governor general since Edward Schreyer in 1984 to be made an honorary chief, and only the third woman to be inducted since the creation of the chieftainship. Then, on September 15, 2005, Clarkson announced the creation of the Governor General's Northern Medal, to be awarded annually to a citizen whose actions and achievements had contributed to the evolution and constant reaffirmation of the Canadian North as part of the national identity.[32]
During her last days in office, Clarkson's popularity with the Armed Forces was expressed in a large farewell ceremony mounted by the military; the first ever such send-off for a governor general. Similarly, on the morning of September 26, 2005, Clarkson attended a celebration on Parliament Hill in which members of parliament thanked her for her work and presented her with the viceregal flag that flew atop the Peace Tower when Clarkson was present in parliament.[33] Then, following tradition, Clarkson and Saul planted on Rideau Hall's grounds, two ceremonial trees (swamp white oaks) to mark the end of the former's time in office,[34] and the next day, Clarkson's time as vicereine ended when her successor, Michaëlle Jean, was sworn in as Governor General of Canada. However, Clarkson caused yet another controversy when she decided, with Jean's consent, to attend Jean's investiture, marking the first time in more than a century that a governor general had attended the swearing-in of his or her successor.[33]
Clarkson was seen as having brought new life to the post of governor general, receiving praise through her first years in office for being a more modern governor general who brought increased public attention to the position;[16][28][31][35][36] Michaëlle Jean recognised Clarkson as having "infused the office with a new energy", for "promot[ing] artists and their achievements from across Canada", and for her "close work with aboriginal communities". Clarkson was further praised for her devotion to the armed forces and remembrance,[36] and was credited for breathing new life into the Canadian monarchy as a whole; Mailo' Ken Wiwa stated in The Globe and Mail: "that Adrienne Clarkson, once a refugee, represents the Queen here in Canada is, for me, the singular most important reason for believing that the monarchy is relevant to Canada's emerging identity. Her role may only be ceremonial and symbolic, but as the enduring quality of the Royal Family attests, you can never underestimate the power of myth. Even— or rather, especially— in this iconoclastic age."[37] Clarkson and her husband also travelled across Canada and met more Canadians than any other governor general in Canadian history and, unlike many other state figures, Clarkson also wrote most of her own speeches, which were noted for being simultaneously intellectual and approachable.[16] Clarkson's tenure was also notable for her patronage of all the arts— making such efforts as ensuring the governor general's study at Rideau Hall had copies of every book that had won the Governor General's Awards for literature— and for sports, as demonstrated in her creation on September 14, 2005, of the Clarkson Cup for women's hockey in Canada. John Fraser in 2012 stated of Clarkson: "[N]o one, in the whole history of Rideau Hall, ever evoked the country quite as effectively".[21]
Other summaries of Clarkson's time as governor general, however, found that the increased travel abroad attracted negative attention to the viceregal post over costs and caused conflict between domestic duties and foreign obligations. Also, it was observed that Clarkson had succumbed too easily to the desires of her advisors— both in the prime minister's and Privy Council offices, as well as amongst the staff of Government House— to turn the viceregal post into something it was not: Canada's head of state. Clarkson had expressed admiration for the Queen, was said to understand "the lustre the Crown affords," and to have "shudder[ed] a little in sympathy with members of the Royal Family at the degree of intrusion into their lives they must bear."[16] But the systematic downplaying of the monarch led to confusion over who was head of state and there was a sense that,[28] by taking this view, Clarkson and her office were overturning the long-standing theory that all the viceroys and their respective jurisdictions are equal under a sovereign who reigns consistently over the whole country.[38][39] When Clarkson attended a provincial occasion, her protocol officers insisted that she take precedence over the pertinent lieutenant governor and denied knowledge of the established order in which the lieutenant governor, as a direct representative of the Queen in a province, takes precedence at a provincial function over all other attendees, save for the monarch. These situations would result in "precedence battles", in which the provincial authorities would frequently acquiesce to pressure and ultimatums from Rideau Hall.[40] Clarkson also took the place of the monarch in presenting to the next vicereine the Chancellor's insignia of the Order of Canada, thereby breaking the order's "first and oldest tradition"; a move Canada's expert on honours, Christopher McCreery, called "a rather bizarre turn of events".[41] The Monarchist League of Canada even reported that a member of parliament had telephoned to ask if they had ever before heard of the eruption of booing at the mention of the governor general's name, as had apparently happened in the MP's riding when Clarkson was spoken about.[28]
Post-viceregal life
After leaving Rideau Hall, Clarkson and Saul purchased a new home in Toronto's The Annex district, taking possession at the end of September 2005. Clarkson then worked towards founding and co-chairing the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, and signed a deal with Penguin Canada to publish her memoirs in two books. The first, Heart Matters, was published in September 2006, making Clarkson the third former governor general to release an autobiography.[n 1] In the first half of the book, Clarkson outlined her childhood in Ottawa and her career in the CBC, while the second half covered her time as governor general, and contained her own positive views of Jean Chrétien and negative views of Paul Martin. The book was met with mixed reviews, however,[n 2] and her expressed opinion that future nominees for appointment as governor general should be voted on in the House of Commons was condemned by monarchists, though supported by Macleans.[44]
During an October 2006 interview on CBC Newsworld with Don Newman, Clarkson spoke her views on the nature of the position of Governor General of Canada, stating that while the Queen remained popular with Canadians, the governor general was now the direct representative of "the Crown", and not of the monarch, therefore making the viceroy Canada's actual head of state. This was a theory contrary to those of Eugene Forsey, the government of Canada itself, and numerous others, but was in line with Edward McWhinney. Into 2009, Clarkson continued to promote this notion, stating at a constitutional law conference that the governor general embodied the nation and the prime minister's nominee for the viceregal role should thus be vetted by a parliamentary committee, in a similar format to Congressional Confirmation Hearings in the United States.[45] She then went further to say that the candidate should also submit to a televised quiz on Canadiana.[46] Though a University of Toronto political scientist stated this would "strengthen the legitimacy of the governor-general as a non-partisan umpire," the editorial board of the Montreal Gazette said that the position being "not elected is an asset, not a handicap" and Clarkson's process would undermine the impartiality of the viceroy.[47]
Clarkson was on February 7, 2007, appointed by the Queen as Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, replacing the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and commented that she was "deeply honoured" and proud to accept the role.[48] The ceremony to mark her appointment took place on March 17 at the regimental headquarters in Edmonton.[49] Clarkson is also vice-chair of the board of directors of the dance company La La La Human Steps and, in 2014, was announced as the presenter of that year's Massey Lectures.[50] Her lectures, which will be published in book form, will be on the theme of Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship.[50]
A member of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Clarkson is a devout Anglican, as is her entire family going back five generations, with her uncle being a priest in the Anglican Church in Hong Kong. Clarkson chose to attend Trinity College at the University of Toronto because of its Anglican associations, and, while there, she casually dated divinity student Michael Peers, who would later become an archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. This friendship was maintained over the years, and Peers presided over Clarkson's marriage to Saul, officiated at her installation as governor general, and presided over the funerals of both her parents. Clarkson is also credited for returning prayer to the viceregal installation ceremony, which had been removed when Roméo LeBlanc was installed in 1995.[51]
Clarkson was admired by the faithful for being open about her religious beliefs during her time in Rideau Hall. In a December 2005 interview with the Anglican Journal, she was quoted as saying about the Anglican elements of her heraldic arms that "I am an Anglican and that is part of my life; that I really feel at home in the Anglican Communion."[52] In this same interview, she criticized conservatives for creating what she called the "deep divide" in the Anglican church regarding homosexuality. Clarkson was also noted for visiting Anglican churches around Canada on her many tours, saying that she enjoyed seeing how the church fit in communities in all parts of Canada. Her public faith, however, was also the cause of controversy: She received particular criticism when she was seen taking communion in a Catholic church since that denomination does not permit open communion.[53][54]
Titles, styles, honours, and arms
Viceregal styles of
Reference style
Her Excellency the Right Honourable
Son Excellence la très honorable
Spoken style
Your Excellency
Votre Excellence
Alternative style
February 10, 1939 – 1963: Miss/Mademoiselle Adrienne Poy
1963 – 1975: Mrs/Madame Adrienne Clarkson
1975 – October 7, 1999: Miss/Mademoiselle Adrienne Clarkson
October 7, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada
September 27, 2005 – : The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson
Grandmother of Many Nations
Ribbon bars of Adrienne Clarkson
April 30, 1992 – October 8, 1999: Officer of the Order of Canada (OC)[9]
October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada (CC)
September 27, 2005 – May 8, 2013: Companion of the Order of Canada (CC)
May 8, 2013 –: Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada (CC)[55]
1999 – : Lay Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada[56]
October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)[57]
September 27, 2005 – May 8, 2013: Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)
May 8, 2013 –: Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)[58]
October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Dame of Justice, Prior, and Chief Officer in Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (DStJ)[59]
September 27, 2005 – : Dame of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (DStJ)
October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Chief Scout of Canada
1999 – : Honorary Member of the Royal Military College of Canada Club
October 3, 2000 – September 27, 2005: Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (COM)[60]
September 27, 2005 – : Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (COM)
2001: Grand croix du l'Ordre de la Pléiade de l'Association des parlementaires de langue française[61]
July 23, 2005 – : Honorary Chief of the Kainai Chieftainship
October 3, 2005 – : Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (PC)
: Senior Fellow of Massey College[61]
: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (FRAIC(hon))[61]
: Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPSC(hon))[61]
: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC(hon))[61]
: Honorary Fellow of the University of Trinity College[61]
: Honorary Director North American Native Plant Society[62]
1960: Governor General's Academic Medal
1967: Canadian Centennial Medal
1992: Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada
October 8, 1999: Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)
2002: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
1973: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists ACTRA Award for Best Documentary: The Desert is Dying[63]
1974: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists ACTRA Award for Best Public Affairs Broadcaster[63]
1976: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists Gordon Sinclair Award for Integrity in Broadcasting[63]
1982: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists ACTRA Award for Best Host-Interviewer[63]
1993: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Gemini Award for Best Host in Performing Arts Series[63]
1993: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Prix Anik for Best Entertainment Series: Adrienne Clarkson Presents
1995: Gemeaux Award Meilleur pour Meilleur Spécial pour les Arts de la Scène: Peau, Chair et Os[63]
November 19, 2010: Vimy Award[64]
1992: Gemini Award: Best Host in a Light Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series for Adrienne Clarkson Presents
1993: Gemini Award: Best Performing Arts Program for Adrienne Clarkson Presents – shared with Gordon Stewart
1994: Gemini Award: Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program for Adrienne Clarkson Presents
1994: Gemini Award: Best Host in a Lifestyle Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series for Adrienne Clarkson Presents
1995: Gemini Award: Best Performing Arts Program for Adrienne Clarkson Presents
1998: Gemini Award: Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program for Adrienne Clarkson Presents: Black and White to Colour: The Making of "The English Patient"
1998: Gemini Award: Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program for Adrienne Clarkson Presents[65]
Foreign honours
1993: Gabriel Award: Adrienne Clarkson Presents: For the Beauty of the Earth[63]
1994: New York Television Festival Best International TV Award: Adrienne Clarkson Presents: Skin Flesh and Bone[63]
1995: Christopher Columbus International Film and Video Festival The Chris: The Lust of His Eye[63]
1997: Christopher Columbus International Film and Video Festival The Chris: Black and White to Colour: The Making of "The English Patient"[63]
June 30, 2006 – : Order of Friendship[66]
Honorary military appointments
October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Colonel of the Regiment of the Governor General's Horse Guards
October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Colonel of the Regiment of the Governor General's Foot Guards
October 8, 1999 – September 27, 2005: Colonel of the Regiment of the Canadian Grenadier Guards
February 7, 2007 – : Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
April 7, 2000: University of Victoria, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[67]
2001: McGill University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)
February 27, 2003: Law Society of Upper Canada at Osgoode Hall, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[68]
2003: University of Ottawa, Doctor of the University (DUniv)[69][70]
2003: Queen's University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[71]
June 10, 2004: Concordia University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[72]
November 2006: McMaster University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[73]
2006: Ryerson University, Doctor of Laws (LLD)[74]
May 16, 2008: Mount Saint Vincent University, Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)[75][76]
23 October 2003: University of Western Ontario, Doctor of Law (LLD)[69][77]
University of Prince Edward Island[69]
Honorific eponyms
Canada: Clarkson Cup[61]
Ontario: Adrienne Clarkson Laureateship for Public Service, Massey College, Toronto[61][78]
Ontario: Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School, Ottawa
Ontario: Adrienne Clarkson Public School, Richmond Hill
Arms of Adrienne Clarkson
Just prior to her installation as Governor General, Clarkson was granted a personal coat of arms that depicted her Chinese roots as well as her adopted Canadian life.
A loon (Gavia immer) calling proper naiant within a circlet of trillium flowers Argent seeded Or
Gules a Chinese phoenix regarding a lightning flash and rising from flames issuant from a maple leaf the whole ensigned by a representation of the Royal Crown all Or
Two tigers Or and Argent embellished Sable each gorged with a ribbon Gules, pendant therefrom a plate surmounted by a cross Gules
Rocks set with four wind-swept jack pines proper
VERUM SOLUM DICATUR, VERUM SOLUM ACCIPIATUR
(May only the truth be spoken, may only the truth be heard)
The ribbon and insignia of a Companion of the Order of Canada.
DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM
(They desire a better country)
The phoenix blends the symbolism of Clarkson's Chinese roots with that of the bird rising from the ashes, which stands for the Poy family rebuilding their lives in Canada, as embodied in the maple leaf. Further, the phoenix, whose form was proposed by Dr. Suan-Seh Foo, and is modelled on a fabric decoration from the Qing Dynasty, embodies the female principle, and represents virtues in both Eastern and Western cultures: justice, prudence, fortitude, and temperance in Western mythology, and benevolence, righteousness, reverence, wisdom, and trust in Eastern mythology. The lightning flash stands for Clarkson's career as a television journalist, and the royal crown embodies the governor general's service as the sovereign's representative.
The trilliums represent both Clarkson's home province of Ontario, as well as the meaning of her Chinese first name, which is a metaphor for "ice flowering branch", while tigers are Clarkson's favourite animals, and represent the year in which she was born. The cross and white disc are based on the Anglican Church of Canada's badge. The rocks and trees represent the landscape around Clarkson's cottage on Georgian Bay.[79]
Chinese Canadian
Immigration to Canada
Refugee > World War II and UNHCR
List of elected or appointed female heads of state
↑ After the Earl Alexander of Tunis and Vincent Massey.
↑ Etiquette experts in the United Kingdom chided Clarkson for her condescending criticisms of the Queen's behaviour at a dinner party, and of the Queen Mother for having used different china settings throughout a formal meal, calling Clarkson "prissy",[42] and Rex Murphy deemed Clarkson as hypocritical for claiming a Governor General must adhere to tradition and discretion, all in a book that reveals intimate and judgmental details about certain personages, and released mere months after she left the office.[43]
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1 2 Greenway, Norma (September 27, 2005). "Jean puts imprint on swearing-in". CanWest News Service. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
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1 2 Wilcox, Jack (November 5, 2010), "The commander-in-chief's first duty is remembrance", Ottawa Citizen, archived from the original on 9 November 2010, retrieved November 15, 2010
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↑ Murphy, Rex (September 23, 2006). "Adrienne Clarkson: the personal and the political". The Globe and Mail.
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1 2 Bethune, Brian (September 29, 2014), "Video: Adrienne Clarkson on 'the anguish of not belonging'", Maclean's, Rogers Media Inc., retrieved October 2, 2014
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↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от (in Russian). 30 June 2006. года № 653.
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A New Season Begins: In Conversation with Travis McDonough, Kinduct's CEO
by	Bullpen	/ Tuesday, 03 November 2020	/ Published in Feature, Interview, Technology
Kinduct has exited and have done so in a significant way too, in fact the largest exit for a sports technology company in Canada.
In September, the Halifax, Nova Scotia based athlete management company sold to Silicon Valley headquartered sensor technology company mCube and are moving into the next phase of their journey with a partner to help each other grow their global footprint in human performance and scale the company into healthcare and digital health spaces.
A ten-year journey has ended in one respect and another one has begun. So in this conversation we talked to Kinduct's CEO Travis McDonough to look back on the journey and we discussed his philosophies, values and leadership style as the company enters a new phase.
It's an ending and a new beginning, if you will.
Travis McDonough: "It's literally like a new season is beginning but it certainly feels good to sit in front of that cup for a couple of days."
And to do it with the team you've built over the years. So how validating is to exit at the level you have, with the team and the location. I'm sure a lot of the team has gone through the good and bad times with you, so there's a bit of personal validation as well?
TM: "Hundred percent. I mean this feels like not only that you've won a championship that you've spent over 10 years trying to accomplish, way more important than that is it feels like we did it with close friends who were with you through the ups and downs. So it just tastes that much better. In particular, because a lot of the time during that journey you're flying pretty close to the sun and every sports tech company, whether they'll say it or not has lots of risk and exposure.
"To get over the end zone and to be able to celebrate with people that you love, who have experienced the highs and lows really is a very satisfying thing."
How does Kinduct's acquisition take the company to the next level? Or into a new season, if you will, because motion sensor hardware combined with software is now taking you to performance spaces and digital health spaces.
TM: "The first thing is that as a CEO and leader you have to know when you need to bring someone else in, almost like you feel like you've taught as much as you can teach and it becomes a disservice to the organisation to not have someone else who's got more experience to lead the team to the next level.
"The one thing we identified was that the individual who's leading mCube (Ben Lee – mCube's CEO) has a lot of institutional pedigree and experience building companies, and he's a great teacher. You learn a lot about someone when you go through a very tough negotiation. So I think that the people and experience side of things was a big part of the reason why we felt it was the right fit. Secondly, they have international and global reach with offices in India, Taiwan, China, the Netherlands, as well as the United States. The third thing is having the ability for us to have custom built hardware, data brought into our platform for ingestion as well as having devices and sensors that could speak to the different markets that we're in and it becomes a very holistic offering that is compelling to the marketplace."
The right time, the right time. How do you know it's the right time to exit and knowing it's the right person, the right team?
TM: "I don't know whether there's ever a perfect time but through getting to know mCube, it really felt like they were honourable, they cared, knew how to make things happen. I learned a lot from them even during the early negotiations.
"For us at Kinduct, I think it's important for us to get a chance at winning so everyone across our organisation realises, 'hey we are among the best in the world at what we do.' This is validation, and to be able to have that championship ring creates the championship mindset. Everyone's now invigorated, going forward with confidence, not with a blind swagger, but confident that we can accomplish these things together."
You've come full circle, starting in healthcare a decade ago to now where you are in position to be in the digital health space.
TM: "It's so true, man, we have literally done a full circle.
"We started in the medical content space, publishing lab programs, we did medical animation videos for one and then realised you can't push content without something customised that resonated with an individual. Around that time, I think we recognised a few things. One was that going into the healthcare space is like going to war with a butter knife, you're competing against multibillion dollar companies and we realised that was a fight that we couldn't win.
"With the fact that there was an explosion of data and analytics sources plus devices and wearables we chose to pivot from being a content company to then being an ingestion entity, that allowed teams and individuals to analyse and visualise all data from multiple sources. Then they could look at trends, they could aggregate it and kind of rank, compare and contrast one athlete against the other. When all the data is in one location it can be visualised, aggregated and used as a tool to determine patterns, trends and correlations which ultimately puts out content that can be used for training and rehabilitation. So it's been a circuitous journey to get it back to where we were.
"Sports and the sports industry has been the petri dish to allow us to figure out all these discoveries and work through the processing."
Look what's behind you, what a sandbox, all of these renowned clubs and franchises. What a way to validate your vision in sport before expanding outwards.
TM: "It really has been. We're thankful for that, sport is always looking for a competitive advantage, they're willing to lean in and embrace something that might make a difference."
As Kinduct accelerates its international presence, so not to be too glib about it, it's very North American focussed in some respects.
TM: "We have really focussed in on trying to put the North American market on lock, build market share here and gain the experience of working in different sports. In North America, you really need to work with your partners first to teach you a lot of what they require, what the product needs to do. To be on location with boots on the ground knowledge. The same for mCube, they understand the nooks and crannies of the respective geographical locations they operate in. Whether that's China, Japan or India, having offices there is paramount for future success."
How do you describe your leadership style?
TM: "I'm far from a micro manager, that's for sure (laughs)!"
Do you ever reflect on your style of leadership?
TM: "I've never been good at making the distinction between worker, co-worker and friend. In the office it really felt like a family. And, you know, that might sound cheesy, but that's the truth."
As you've completed an exit, how do you reset your own personal and team goals?
TM: "Yeah, I think we have to reset both of them, you have to recognise that it's a very different 'season.' With Kinduct, don't let the things you can't do get in the way of the things you can do.
"I love that and we've really emphasised that as an organisation we're really good at customer service and innovation. But I think going to the next level, there comes a point where you say, 'is it most important that we know what we know or is it what we don't know.'
"There's a lot we don't know and there's a lot that mCube can teach us, and so we go with a recognition that there's an element of business, tact and feeling that you don't know enough. It's a totally new field and a great opportunity to reset a lot of our individual and company goals."
It's your elevation to the major leagues, you're not Triple A anymore. Just finally, does Nova Scotia have that advantage of isolation from the major hubs and cities?
TM: "I think there is a lot of advantages to come from a place where you feel incredibly passionate about and sort of grew up a little bit, you don't necessarily have a chip on your shoulder but from day one, a lot of what our inner thoughts were that we're building this for more than just the company, we're doing it for the people of the region. To know they don't have to leave and that there is a local company that can target all four corners of the globe. It's been a desire and a privilege to represent the region."
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Das Alte Kloster Maleizen (niederländisch Het Oude Klooster Maleizen, französisch Vieux Monastère de Malaise) ist ein Kloster, das dem Trägerverein vzw Christus Sacerdos gehört und von ihm verwaltet wird. Es liegt in Maleizen bei Overijse im belgischen Flandern und ist ein geistliches Zentrum der römisch-katholischen Ordensgemeinschaft Diener Jesu und Mariens (Servi Jesu et Mariæ, SJM), das 2015 von deren Generaloberen Paul Schindele kanonisch als Kloster errichtet wurde. Es ist Standort einer Mittelschule mit Internat und war wegen rechtsextremer und christlich-fundamentalistischer Aktivitäten Gegenstand staatlicher Maßnahmen.

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Ehemaliges Mädchenpensionat und Ruine
Das im Zentrum des Overijser Stadtteils Maleizen gelegene Alte Kloster wurde ursprünglich als Mädchenpensionat errichtet. Die Grundsteinlegung war am 28. Juni 1866. 1998 wurde es vom flämischen Priester Emiel Herroelen als Ruine erworben und renoviert. Kardinal Danneels vertraute Pastor Herroelen die Kapelle im Alten Kloster an. Im Zeitraum von 1979 bis 2010 war Erzbischof Godfried Danneels zuständiger Diözesanbischof. Bis 2007 scheiterten Versuche, das Bauwerk als Schule oder als Priesterseminar "Christus Sacerdos" zu nutzen, was nach Angaben der SJM-Kongregation an der "schwierigen kirchenpolitischen Situation in Belgien" lag. 2007 zog sich Herroelen aus den Projekten in Maleizen zurück. Pastor Herroelen verstarb am 10. Juni 2014 im Krankenhaus in Diest.

Besitz des Vereins "Christus Sacerdos" als Geistliches Zentrum und Kloster der "Diener Jesu und Mariens"
Am 22. Dezember 1997 kaufte der vzw Christus Sacerdos das Gebäude, welches noch 2017 in seinem Besitz war. Anfang September 2012 übernahmen die aus der Katholischen Pfadfinderschaft Europas hervorgegangenen Diener Jesu und Mariens mit Genehmigung durch den damaligen Erzbischof von Mecheln-Brüssel, André-Joseph Léonard, das neu aufgebaute Gebäude. Mit Stand von 2013 verfügte das Kloster über zwei Kapellen, ein Exerzitienhaus, einen mit einer Bühne versehenen Festsaal und einen ausgedehnten Garten. Die Kongregation ist in Overijse mit den SJM-Patres Gert Verbeken und Daniel Artmeyer sowie Frater Markus Bayer vertreten, diese sind auch die Kontaktpersonen des Klosters. Artmeyer betreut von Maleizen aus als Kurat belgische Pfadfinder. Am 13. September 2015 konnte das Kloster im Rahmen des Open Monumentendag als Baudenkmal besichtigt werden. Das Alte Kloster ist Treffpunkt einer "Pater-Pio-Gebetsgruppe", die an jedem dritten Freitag des Monats einen Gebetsabend veranstaltet.

Das Kloster wird von den SJM als "Geistliches Zentrum Christus Sacerdos" bezeichnet. Es betreut mehrere katholische Vereinigungen im Umkreis von etwa 50 Kilometern, darunter die Studentenverbindung Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudenten Verbond in Löwen, die Gruppe Aktion Leben in Mecheln, die Studentengruppe Credo und die Katholische Studenten-Aktion. Darüber hinaus betreuen die Patres des Klosters zwei Pfarreien in der Fazilitäten-Gemeinde Wezembeek-Oppem in der Provinz Flämisch-Brabant bei Brüssel. Am 11. April 2014 besuchte der Brüsseler Erzbischof André-Joseph Léonard das Kloster, in dem die tridentinische Messe zelebriert wird.

Im März 2018 erhob der belgische Journalist und lizenzierte Kriminologe Tom Cochez den Vorwurf, das Kloster sei ein Treffpunkt von Neonazis, Antisemiten und radikalisierten Geistlichen. Es biete eine fundamentalistische Schule und beherberge ein "rechtsextremes ultrakatholisches Netzwerk." 2018 wurde ein im Kloster betriebenes Trainingslager der rechtsextremen flämischen Jugendgruppe Schild & Vrienden bekannt.

Mittelschule "Sint-Ignatius" und Internat
Seit Herbst 2015 betreibt der vzw Sint-Ignatius mit staatlicher Genehmigung die nach Ignatius von Loyola benannte private Mittelschule "Sint-Ignatius", der ein Internat angeschlossen ist. Die Schulgründung geht auf die Initiative einiger katholischer Eltern zurück, die das moderne Unterrichtsangebot etwas kärglich empfanden. Der Gründer und erste Direktor der Schule, Kris Clauw, verstarb am 13. Juni 2017 im Alter von 40 Jahren. Sein Nachfolger ist Jan Boons, der an der Katholischen Universität Leuven Psychologie studierte und nunmehr seit 20 Jahren im Unterrichtsbereich tätig ist. Es handelt sich um eine Sekundarschule mit allgemeinbildendem Profil (Algemeen secundair onderwijs, aso). Seitdem die Schule anerkannt ist, also seit dem 1. September 2015, ist die Schule im offiziellen Register der von der Flämischen Obrigkeit ("Vlaamse Overheid") anerkannten Schulen verzeichnet. Aufgrund dieser Anerkennung durch die Vlaamse Overheid ist der vzw Sint-Ignatius als Schulleitung ("schoolbestuur") gemäß "Codex Secundair Onderwijs" Teil III, Titel 1, Kapitel 2, Art. 13 berechtigt, staatlich anerkannte Zeugnisse auszustellen.

Die Schule, die mit fünf Schülern begonnen hat, war im Jahr 2015 Gegenstand einer Debatte im belgischen Parlament. Auf Antrag von Jean-Jacques De Gucht (Open Vld) kam es im Rahmen einer Sitzung der Unterrichtskommission am 21. Januar 2016 zu einer Anfrage an die Bildungsministerin Hilde Crevits (CD&V). Crevits erklärte, dass die Unterrichtsfreiheit engagierten Leuten ermögliche, neue Schulprojekte zu starten, dass sie aber der Unterrichtsinspektion den Auftrag erteilt habe, eine gezielte Untersuchung der Sint-Ignatius-Schule durchzuführen, um zu klären, wie weit die Schule die Anerkennungsbedingungen erfüllt und die Unterrichtsvorschriften respektiert. Die Untersuchung wurde am 28., 29. und 30. Januar 2016 durchgeführt. Die zwei Unterrichtsinspekteure und ein Inspekteur für römisch-katholischen Religionsunterricht führten eine umfassendere Untersuchung als bei der Inspektion zur Anerkennung der Schule am 1. Oktober 2015 durch. Sie führten Gespräche mit der Direktion und den Lehrkräften, besuchten den Unterricht und untersuchten die Dokumente, woraufhin sie feststellten, dass die Schule die Anforderungen für die Anerkennung erfülle. Nach dem Bericht der Inspekteure wiesen keine Anzeichen darauf hin, dass die Rechte der Menschen und insbesondere der Kinder nicht respektvoll beachtet würden. Ministerin Crevits erhielt einen Bericht vom Untersuchungsgutachter für römisch-katholischen Religionsunterricht, in dem angegeben wurde, dass man an der Schule in diesem weltanschaulichen Fach qualitätsvoll arbeite. Crevits hielt an der Anerkennung der Schule fest, weil die staatlichen Unterrichtsvorgaben angestrebt und die Rechte des Kindes respektiert würden. Im Oktober 2018 wurde eine Inspektion zur Anerkennung des dritten Grades (5. und 6. Klasse der Sekundarstufe) durchgeführt und die Anerkennung durch die Agentschap voor Onderwijsdiensten van de Vlaamse Overheid (AGODI) erteilt. Der vzw Sint-Ignatius kann damit 2020 die ersten Abschlusszeugnisse für die Sekundarstufe ausstellen.

Im Januar 2016 besuchte der dem Engelwerk angehörige Weihbischof in Astana, Athanasius Schneider ORC, auf Einladung des Schulrektors, Kris Clauw, das Kloster. Die Schule finanzierte sich über das Konto der kreationistischen Gruppe Stop Christenvervolging unter Fernando Pauwels, der von der Katholischen Universität in Löwen wegen "zu extremer religiöser Auffassungen" entlassen wurde, und Yves Pernet, einem Aktivisten der rechtsextremen Gruppen Vlaams Belang und Voorpost sowie Autor der flämisch-nationalistischen Website Rechts Actueel, die die Schule beim Crowdfunding unterstützt. Verwalter des Kontos war die Stiftung Kerk en Geloof (Kirche und Glaube). Die belgische Bischofskonferenz erklärte 2016, die Schule habe die kirchliche Anerkennung weder beantragt noch erhalten. Seit ihrer staatlichen Anerkennung konnte der Orden nach eigenen Angaben vollgültige Schulzeugnisse ausstellen. Nach der flämischen Gesetzgebung vom 30. August 2018 obliegt dies generell der jeweiligen Schulleitung.

Nachdem das Erzbistum Mecheln-Brüssel unter dem neuen Erzbischof Kardinal Jozef De Kesel und der für die Bischofskonferenz tätige flämische Schuldachverband "Katholiek Onderwijs Vlaanderen" bemängelt hatten, die vom vzw Sint-Ignatius betriebene Schule im Alten Kloster Maleizen biete eine "weltfremde Bildung", leitete Flanderns Bildungsministerin und Vizeministerpräsidentin Hilde Crevits (CD&V) im Januar 2016 eine erneute Untersuchung der Schule ein.

Der Schule wurden Kreationismus und Rechtsextremismus vorgeworfen. Wouter Jambon, erster Schatzmeister der Schule und Vorsitzender der rechtskonservativen Studentenverbindung Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudenten Verbond, verneinte letzteren. Die Schule konnte ihren Betrieb unter Auflagen und der Bedingung künftiger Überprüfungen fortsetzen, nachdem beanstandete Teile ihrer Website gelöscht worden waren. Mit Stand von Januar 2016 wurde die Schule von der Flämischen Obrigkeit finanziell nicht gefördert, weil sie zu wenig Schüler hatte. Der Vorsitzende der Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten im flämischen Parlament, Jean-Jacques De Gucht, bezeichnete die Anerkennung der Schule als absurd und inakzeptabel. De Gucht äußerte sich auch allgemein zur Freiheit des Unterrichts vor allem im Bereich von weltanschaulichen Fächern. Nach seiner Meinung müsse man die Anerkennung der verschiedenen Schulen hinsichtlich ihrer Weltanschauung mit Entschiedenheit durchführen; er nannte ausdrücklich Islamschulen, jüdische Schulen und andere.

 Seit 2018 wird die Schule von den SJM nicht mehr als "unsere Schule", sondern als rechtlich und finanziell eigenständige "Initiative engagierter Eltern" bezeichnet, was ebenso von Seiten der Schule klargestellt wurde. Auf ihrer Website gab die Schule weiterhin an, vom Orden unterstützt zu werden und mit ihm zusammenzuarbeiten. Mit Stand von Oktober 2018 fehlten der Schule noch Teilzeitlehrkräfte für den Sport-, Technik- und Lateinunterricht. Seit März 2018 wird in der belgischen Presse über Mitglieder der rechtsextremen Vereinigung Schild & Vrienden auch in der Schulleitung berichtet.

Siehe auch
 Haus Assen (Wasserschloss), eine andere Einrichtung der Diener Jesu und Mariens mit Internat
 Schloss Auhof, das Mutterhaus der Diener Jesu und Mariens in Niederösterreich

Weblinks
 Website des Klosters

Einzelnachweise

Römisch-katholisches Männerkloster
Diener Jesu und Mariens
Kloster in Flandern
Kulturdenkmal in der Provinz Flämisch-Brabant
Rekonstruiertes Bauwerk in Belgien
Overijse
Gegründet 1866
Bauwerk in der Provinz Flämisch-Brabant

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Home » Britain's Got Talent » Lack of variety makes Richard Jones a BGT shoo-in
Lack of variety makes Richard Jones a BGT shoo-in
Considering Britain's Got Talent is meant to be a competition among acts of various and far-reaching talents, the lack of different disciplines on offer in this year's final is a little disappointing.
Of the 12 finalists, half are singers, four in some way incorporate dance, one is an 'extreme' sword swallower and the other is a close-up magician.
Although the singers are not all of a similar age group and performing to identical genres of music, there is a fear that they will all be a bit samey-samey to stand-out enough in the public vote.
This is especially true of Beau Dermott (9/4), who may be the second favourite in the betting, but is competing in the same child-singing pool as Jasmine Elcock.
In terms of YouTube views, the most popular semi-final performance came from impressionist singer Craig Ball (16/1), which is even more remarkable given that he was the show winner in the final semi-final, which obviously means his performance has been available to stream for less time than the majority of the other finalists.
The main issue with his chances of victory are that many of the voices he incorporated into his successful semi-final mirrored those in the audition and there is a danger that he has played all of his cards too early.
Furthermore, the song choice of 'Hello' by Adele was almost as big as it could have got in the last round. It seems unlikely that he can top this performance, unless he has a new batch of impressions to unleash.
There has only been one singing winner in the last four years and this is understandable given the collection of other talent shows around for this type of gift.
Britain's Got Talent feels like it should support other forms of talent.
Somewhat strangely, a magic act is still to triumph, although Jamie Raven missed out by just 2% of the vote last year. This was despite controversies in both his semi-final involving a shoe and in the final itself with a hole already seemingly cut into a lemon.
Richard Jones is this year's magician and his pre-final controversy involves the potential semi-final rip-off of a previous audition on America's Got Talent. If last year tells anything, it is that this is unlikely to harm his vote.
Not only does Jones have the variety element pretty much to himself in a final where many acts are similar, the fact he is a former soldier is liable to be a positive to his vote collection.
Richard is the 5/4 favourite to win Britain's Got Talent and will look an even better bet if he is allocated a late slot in the running order.
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The recordings of Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers were an early and important influence that helped broaden our understanding of stringband music. Margaret and I came to love the Ramblers' performances and we learned the words to many of their songs, though we found it quite challenging to capture a semblance of the Ramblers' sound. Charlie Poole's voice combined his interesting rural southern dialect with an immense talent for enlivening song lyrics, no matter how sentimental or even nonsensical they might be. In addition to the plain fact that Poole's voice was unique, we could not envision exactly how the banjo, guitar and fiddles that we heard on the records were actually played. In the hands of the North Carolina Ramblers, these instruments sounded different from any old-time music that we had heard. Eventually we learned that their styles of playing were influenced by parlor music and even semi-classical and classical music repertoires and techniques that were popular in the late decades of the 19th and early years of the 20th centuries. Because Poole re-worked popular and Tin Pan Alley songs, the band no doubt sounded up-to-date to those who heard them in the 1920s. However to us, listening to 78 rpm recordings in the 1970s, the sound seemed to be almost idiosyncratic and far removed from the modern era. It seemed like music from a different time and place altogether. For that reason, I remember being quite surprised to learn that one of Poole's fiddle players, Lonnie Austin, who played on some of our favorite Poole recordings,was still living in Eden, North Carolina and playing music.
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Excellent! So happy you videotaped this talented gentleman. Love seeing an 85-year-old feller bowing away like crazy and making good music seem effortless!


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Before the Bell: Sept 21
Wall Street futures were steady early Wednesday as traders await this afternoon's rate decision from the Federal Reserve. Major European markets were mixed. TSX futures were little changed with crude prices higher.
In the early premarket period, futures tied to the key U.S. indexes all hovered near breakeven. On Tuesday, all three saw losses with the S&P 500 falling 1.13 per cent while the Dow slid 1.01 per cent. The Nasdaq finished down 0.95 per cent. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed the session off 0.99 per cent.
For traders, the day's key event will be the Fed's rate decision, due at 2 p.m. Markets have priced in another 75-basis-point hike but investors will also be watching closely for hints about how aggressive the central bank expects to be in the months ahead as it battles inflation.
"Activity on Fed funds futures still assesses less than 20-per-cent probability for a 100-basis-point hike from the Fed today," Swissquote senior analyst Ipek Ozkardeskaya said. "And more importantly, the FOMC doesn't have a modern history of making abrupt moves, except for dovish moves which have a sudden positive impact on the markets, like the ones we saw during the pandemic."
"So, the expectation is that the Fed will deliver a 75-basis-point hike today," she said. "We could see a relief rally in equity and bond markets, if, of course, the dot plot doesn't show projections going above market expectations."
Wednesday's small-cap stocks to watch
Earlier, world markets were rattled by new comments from Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Globe's Mark MacKinnon reports Mr. Putin has doubled down on his war against Ukraine, ordering a partial mobilization of reservists and warning that his country was willing to use its nuclear arsenal if Russian territory was attacked.
In this country, Aurora Cannabis Inc. says its net loss widened to $618.8-million in its most recent quarter from $134-million last year as it recorded $505.1-million in impairment charges. Aurora reported net revenue for the quarter ended June 30 of $50.2-million, down 8 per cent from $54.8-million the year before. The results were released after Tuesday's closing bell.
Overseas, the pan-European STOXX 600 edged up 0.32 per cent. Germany's DAX and France's CAC 40 slid 0.19 per cent and 0.13 per cent, respectively. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.53 per cent.
In Asia, Japan's Nikkei closed down 1.36 per cent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 1.79 per cent.
Crude prices jumped after Russian president Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial mobilization of reservists heightened concerns over global oil and gas supply.
The day range on Brent was US$90.16 to US$93.50 early Wednesday morning. The range on West Texas Intermediate was US$83.48 to US$86.68.
Putin said he had signed a decree on partial mobilization beginning on Wednesday.
"The move could possibly lead to calls for more aggressive action against Russia in terms of sanctions from the west," Warren Patterson, head of commodities research at ING, said.
Elsewhere, the American Petroleum Institute reported that U.S. crude inventories rose by about 1 million barrels last week. A Reuters poll of analysts had forecast an increase of more than 2 million barrels. More official U.S. government figures are due later Wednesday morning.
Gold prices, meanwhile, were higher as tensions in Europe sparked renewed interest in safe-haven holdings.
Spot gold was up 0.5 per cent at US$1,670.57 per ounce. U.S. gold futures rose 0.6 per cent to US$1,680.40.
The Canadian dollar was modestly lower, trading under 75 US cents, while its U.S. counterpart hit a two-decade high against a group of world currencies ahead of the Fed's policy decision.
The day range on the loonie is 74.66 US cents to 74.86 US cents.
On world markets, the U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback against other major currencies, more than 0.5 per cent higher to 110.87 after Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial military mobilization of reservists triggered safe-haven buying. That was its highest level since 2002, according to Reuters.
The euro, meanwhile, fell to a two-week low of US$0.9885, near two-decade lows hit earlier this month. It was last down 0.6 per cent at US$0.9912, according to figures from Reuters.
Britain's pound fell to a fresh 37-year low of US$1.1304.
In bonds, the yield on the U.S. 10-year note was down slightly at 3.54 per cent.


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