Opinion: Adrienne Clarkson has reportedly received $1.1 million from taxpayers after leaving office. It may be money well spent—but the lack of transparency is a big problem
Tag Archives: Adrienne Clarkson
Trudeau’s (early) valentine to the Aga Khan
In a tribute video presented last fall, the PM credits his friend with making Canada ‘stronger and richer’
Adrienne Clarkson takes the 60-Second Challenge (captions)
The former governor-general takes our rapid-fire challenge (and quotes Tennyson)
Asking authors: Who is your favourite literary character?
Authors at the Literary Review of Canada’s 25th anniversary gala reveal their most beloved literary figures
Adrienne Clarkson takes Maclean’s 60-Second Challenge
The former governor-general takes our rapid-fire challenge (and quotes Tennyson)
What it feels like to be read a bedtime story by Adrienne Clarkson
It’s not every day that a former governor general reads you a bedtime story. But then Adrienne Clarkson loves to delight. Get cozy as the beloved Canadian reads the Maurice Sendak classic Higglety Pigglety Pop!
History, discretion and how to settle an election
What happened after the Saskatchewan election in 1929
Adrienne Clarkson on ‘the anguish of not belonging’
From 2014: Adrienne Clarkson argues that immigrant, not migrant, is the Canadian word
Spain honours a Canadian who joined its fight against fascism
Yesterday, under grey skies by the banks of the Ottawa River, Spain fulfilled an old promise to a 94-year-old Canadian.
A camp counsellor named William Shatner
Holocaust survivor Fred Bild recounts how the future Capt. Kirk taught him English in six weeks