i was honoured to be invited by the Institute for Canadian Citizenship  to speak at Calgary’s canadian citizenship ceremony on oct 16 at Arts Commons. I spoke alongside Nobel prize nominee Doreen Spence, Arts Commons President and CEO Johan Zietsman and many other luminaries as we welcomed 59 new Canadians to the country…

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Donna Stewart, Citizenship Officer /Clerk of ceremony; unknown; Cree Elder Doreen Spence; me; Judge Joseph Woodard, Presiding Official; Johann Zietsman, President and CEO ARTS Commons; unknown; unknown; Umashanie Reddy: RBC Immigrant of Distinction Award winner; Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Conal Archer