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Cathy Corrigan's avatar

Arlene, you are so good. I am sure your speech resonated with all of them. Thank you for being such a leader not only the young women but to all!

Canada is lucky to have your voice of reason. Cheers

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Kathy Copeman-Stewart's avatar

Wow, what a powerful and important message!! Thank you Arlene.

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James Kinney's avatar

A very empowering and hopeful send off to those who will build our future. Arlene. You are the antithesis of Kevin O’Leary’s archetypal public persona. You parlay in hope, personal empowerment, compassion and empathy. While you have an envious s CV of entrepreneurial success you remain humble and grounded and genuinely concerned about mutually beneficial outcomes. You are an uplifting presence.

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🇨🇦Laura Stavro🇨🇦's avatar

First, congratulations on your Honorary Doctorate of Law. Congratulations to the Graduates. This is an amazing accomplishment and achievement.

Your speech was so powerfully inspiring it brought tears to my eyes. They are the future of our world. I hope they heard your words and find the power to speak their truths.

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Marilyn Z (she/her) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈's avatar

Congratulations to you and all the grads! How lucky they were to have you as the keynote speaker. A truthful, informed and inspiring speech, to top off the special day. 👩🏻‍🎓

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Mary Malicky's avatar

Congratulations Arlene! You are such a wonderful inspiration.

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John leitch's avatar

Arlene, I was there today and want to thank you for your thoughtful words. My daughter earned a Masters and I am proud that she is finding her voice, has a moral compassion laced with generosity, compassion and justice. There is hope.

Thank you.

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BDawg's avatar

Almost 20 years ago, our ‘business’ class in junior high watched Dragon’s Den as our ‘teacher’ marked assignments for other classes. Now I have a double major in financial services and accounting. You were better than Kevin lol. Life comes full circle haha

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Dominique Hotte's avatar

Speech of the year/decade/century/millenium. Congratulations!!! And thank you.

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Laura Beck's avatar

What an important message for those grads!

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Glenn Manderson's avatar

Great message!

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WMarion's avatar

Fantastic and inspiring speech when we are in divisive times. Bravo Arlene, and congratulations to the graduating class and to you for your Honorary Doctorate of Law!

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Reid Barter's avatar

Congratulations! Congratulations! YOU are an inspiration!

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Lizzie 🇨🇦's avatar

Congratulations on your Honorary Doctorate of Law. This is an amazing accomplishment and achievement and so well deserved. I have truly enjoyed your work both on and off the screen. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💖

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Julie Anna Goerzen's avatar

Working on it! Sometimes you gotta make a mess, to clean a mess. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Emma Rolfe's avatar

💜💜💜🙌belle🙏💜💜💜

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