The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson(伍冰枝) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian television personality, journalist, novelist, public servant, and publisher. She served as the 26th Governor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005. She was one of television’s first female on-camera personalities. In 1942, Adrienne immigrated to Canada as a child and was raised in Ottawa. She had received numerous university degrees. After that, she worked as a producer and broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and a journalist for various magazines. Adrienne was a host-interviewer for many programs such as Take Thirty, Adrienne at Large and The Fifth Estate. Between 1982 to 1987, she served as Ontario’s Agent-General in Paris and president of McClelland & Stewart from 1987 to 1989. Later in 1999, she was appointed Governor-General by Queen Elizabeth II on the recommendation of former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien. She was the first visible minority and refugee, the first Chinese Canadian, the second woman, and the first without a military or political background to be appointed to the role. During her term, Clarkson promised to attempt to forge stronger bonds between Canada and the northern Indigenous people. The Governor General’s Northern Medal was created by her to annually award the northern citizen who works to help affirm the Canadian North as part of national identity. After she left the office, Clarkson co-founded the Institute for Canadian Citizenship in 2005, which helps new citizens in Canada to integrate into Canadian life. She has also authored two novels and five nonfiction books.