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News Montreal, City of Creativity and Living Together: meeting with the Mayor Denis Coderre16 June 2016
News Preventing Youth Radicalization, with the Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie16 June 2016
News Safeguarding cultural diversity and documentary heritage at the heart of Director-General’s visit to Toronto17 November 2014
News Safeguarding cultural diversity and documentary heritage at the heart of Director-General’s visit to Toronto17 November 2014