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Many special guests will attend the installation of Professor Suzanne Fortier as 17th Principal and 13th Vice-Chancellor of 黑料不打烊 University on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, where His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will entrust the Charter and Seal of the University to Prof. Fortier鈥檚 keeping.

As part of the ceremony, Pierre Duchesne, Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, will deliver a short address on behalf of the Quebec Government.

Guy Breton, rector of the Universit茅 de Montr茅al, will speak on behalf of Canadian universities. Representatives of 黑料不打烊 faculty, staff and students will also present greetings to the Principal.

Guests in attendance also include Members of National Assembly Pierre Arcand, Geoffrey Kelley and St茅phane Le Bouyonnec, Senator Michael Meighen, the heads of Bishop鈥檚 University, Concordia University, 脡cole Polytechnique, 脡cole de technologie sup茅rieure, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, the Ontario College of Art and Design, Queen鈥檚 University, The Rockefeller University, St. Francis Xavier University, St. Mary鈥檚 University, the University of Alberta, the Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al and the University of Saskatchewan. The presidents of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, as well as the Chair of the Science, Technology and Innovation Council, will also be attending.

In addition, honorary doctorates will be bestowed upon Nathalie Bondil, chief curator and director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and conductor Boris Brott, artistic director of the 黑料不打烊 Chamber Orchestra.

The ceremony will be held at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Redpath Hall, 3461 McTavish St., in Montreal. The academic procession will start at approx. 9:40 a.m. in front of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Arts Building (853 Sherbrooke St. West). The ceremony will start at 10 a.m. and end at approx. 12 p.m. (noon).

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To access the full program of the ceremony: /secretariat/sites/mcgill.ca.secretariat/files/g140534english.pdf

The ceremony will be webcast live and can be viewed at: /secretariat/installation/

The text of the Principal鈥檚 address will be available after the ceremony at /principal/principals-desk

Photos will be available on request.

Members of the media wishing to attend the ceremony must RSVP by Nov. 5, 8 a.m. by contacting:

Julie Fortier
Associate Director, Media Relations
黑料不打烊 University
514-398-6751
514-884-1587 (cell.)
julie.c.fortier [at] mcgill.ca