Canada First Black Governor Archives – L'union Suite https://www.lunionsuite.com/tag/canada-first-black-governor/ Country - People - Culture Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:29:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.lunionsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-IMG_0226-32x32.jpg Canada First Black Governor Archives – L'union Suite https://www.lunionsuite.com/tag/canada-first-black-governor/ 32 32 85605167 Black History Highlight: Michaëlle Jean, Canada’s First Black Governor General https://www.lunionsuite.com/michaelle-jean-canadas-first-black-governor-general/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=michaelle-jean-canadas-first-black-governor-general Fri, 10 Feb 2017 14:00:28 +0000 http://www.lunionsuite.com/?p=40228 Michaëlle Jean, born September 6, 1957 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is a Canadian journalist and documentarian who was Canada’s 27th governor-general and the first person black person to hold that post. She later became the first woman to serve as secretary-general of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. Jean’s family was descended from slaves. Jean’s early years were […]

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