Royal Far West lunch; Dinner for members of the Shackleton Epic Leadership Round Table; Visit to Canada

On Thursday 4 April 2013, at Doltone House, Pyrmont, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, as Patron, attended the Royal Far West lunch.

Afterwards, at Government House, Sydney, the Administrator hosted a dinner for members of the Shackleton Epic Leadership Round Table.

Earlier, at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Director of the University First National House of Learning and Senior Advisor to the University President on Aboriginal Affairs, Mr Linc Kesler, and Elder of the Musqueam First Nation, Mr Larry Grant, attended a traditional welcome ceremony and later viewed exhibitions at the museum.

Afterwards, the Governor-General opened a roundtable discussion between Australian and Canadian Indigenous leaders on the subject of economic development.

Later, the Governor-General met with the President of the University of British Columbia, Professor Stephen Toope.

Then, at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce, as guests of the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, the Honourable Judith Guichon OBC, attended a lunch hosted in their honour.

In the evening, at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel, the Governor-General presented The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to Mr Richard Joyes CV, and invested Mr Kelly Bedford with the insignia of the National Emergency Medal.

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce, as guests of the Canada-Australia-New Zealand Business Association and the Australian High Commission, attended a reception celebrating business and education links, where the Governor-General presented Endeavour Award Scholarships to Mr William Plowright and Mr Christopher Willie.

Earlier, at the University of British Columbia, Mr Bryce, as guest of the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture lecturer, Professor Chris Macdonald and University International Officer, Mr Leonel Roldan-Flores, visited the architecture school.