Bachelor of engineering from McGill University, Montreal, 1986; master of applied science in computer engineering from the University of Toronto, 1990; since 1996 NASA astronaut (MSP); hobbies: Triathlon, skiing, scuba diving, flying, playing the piano; she is a soprano soloist and chorister in different choirs; she is fluent in French, English, Italian and conversational in Spanish, German and Russian; appointed by Queen Elizabeth II, on July 13, 2017, she was the new Governor General of Canada, sworn in on October 02, 2017; resigned abruptly on January 21, 2021.