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Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a [[refugee]] from [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong|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 [[Ontario|Ontarian]] culture in [[France]] and other [[Europe]]an countries. In 1999, she was appointed [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] by Queen [[Elizabeth II]], on the recommendation of [[Prime Minister of Canada]] [[Jean Chrétien]], to replace [[Roméo LeBlanc]] as [[viceroy]], a post which she occupied until 2005, when she was succeeded by [[Michaëlle Jean]]. 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.

 

==Personal life==

 

A member of the [[Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Toronto)|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 [[Sheng Kung Hui|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.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Adrienne Clarkson Installed as Governor General| journal=Canadian Monarchist News| volume=Autumn 1999| publisher=Monarchist League of Canada| location=Toronto| year=1999| url=http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/1999/installed.htm| access-date=March 1, 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708023432/http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/1999/installed.htm| archive-date=July 8, 2009 }}</ref>

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* 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''<ref name=Award />

* November 19, 2010: [[Vimy Award]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13944| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802121608/http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13944| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 2, 2012| last=Office of the Governor General of Canada| author-link=Governor General of Canada| title=Presentation of the 2010 Vimy Award| date=November 19, 2010| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=November 20, 2010}}</ref>

 

* 1997: Christopher Columbus International Film and Video Festival The Chris: ''Black and White to Colour: The Making of "The English Patient"''<ref name=Award />

* 2001: Grand Cross of the [[Order of La Pléiade]]<ref name=Bio />

* March 1, 2022: Commander's Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Berichte/Bekanntgabe-Ordensverleihung/2203-Verleihungen.html |title=Der Bundespräsident / Bekanntgabe der Verleihungen / Bekanntgabe vom 1. März 2022}}</ref>

 

=== Honorary military appointments ===

* October 8, 2000{{spaced ndash}}September 27, 2005: Colonel of the [[Governor General's Foot Guards]]

* February 7, 2007{{spaced ndash}}: [[Colonel-in-Chief]] of [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]]

 

* 2001: [[McGill University]], Doctor of Laws (LLD)

* May 18, 2001: [[Royal Military College of Canada]], [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rmcc-cmrc.ca/en/royal-military-college-canada-honorary-degree-recipients |title=Royal Military College of Canada Honorary Degree Recipients |website=Rmcc-cmrc.ca |date= July 19, 2016|access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>

* February 27, 2003: [[Law Society of Upper Canada]] at [[Osgoode Hall]], Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsuc.on.ca/news/a/archives/index.cfm?c=1029&i=6293 |title=Honorary L.L.D.s |publisher=Law Society of Upper Canada |access-date=February 27, 2009 }} {{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

* 2003: [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/HDrecipients.pdf |title=Honorary Degrees |date=December 15, 2008 |publisher=Queen's University |access-date=March 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304132120/http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/HDrecipients.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

* June 10, 2004: [[Concordia University (Montreal)|Concordia University]], Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref>{{cite press release|title=Media Advisory: Governor General to receive honorary doctorate from Concordia University |publisher=Office of the Governor General of Canada |date=June 7, 2004 |url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4206 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20040902233752/http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4206 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 2, 2004 |access-date=February 27, 2009 }}</ref>

* November 2006: [[McMaster University]], Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mcmaster.ca/univsec/reports_lists/S_HD_Recipients.pdf| title=Honorary Degree Recipients (Alphabetical) 1892–present)| publisher=McMaster University| access-date=February 10, 2010}}</ref>

* May 16, 2008: [[Mount Saint Vincent University]], Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref>{{cite press release| title=MSVU to Confer Honorary Degrees on Former Governor General, Lieutenant Governor and Mi'kmaq Advocate| publisher=Mount Saint Vincent University| date=April 24, 2008| url=http://www.msvu.ca/MediaCentre/Releases/2008/Apr08/240408.asp| access-date=February 27, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204200804/http://www.msvu.ca/MediaCentre/Releases/2008/Apr08/240408.asp| archive-date=February 4, 2009| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msvu.ca/en/home/aboutus/universityprofile/senate/honorarydegrees/ourhonorarydegreerecipients.aspx |title=Our honorary degree recipients |access-date=July 12, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420213352/http://www.msvu.ca/en/home/aboutus/universityprofile/senate/honorarydegrees/ourhonorarydegreerecipients.aspx |archive-date=April 20, 2015}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=May 2015}}

* October 23, 2003: [[University of Western Ontario]], Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref name=TCE/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/senate/honorary/honorary_degrees_by_year.pdf |title=The University of Western Ontario Honorary Degrees Awarded, 1881 – present |website=Uwo.ca |access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=May 2015}}

 

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