Annex C – Outline of procedure followed for Investitures at Rideau Hall or La Citadelle, Québec City

  1. The following directions/guidance apply to investitures at Rideau Hall. A similar sequence, adapted as required, is used at La Citadelle, Québec City or at other investiture venues.
  2. Transportation to Rideau Hall will be arranged by bus from the hotel. Local recipients make their own way to Rideau Hall where parking is available.
  3. Those attending the investiture will arrive at the front entrance of Rideau Hall and will be shown to the cloakroom. Recipients will then be directed to the Reception Room and will be briefed on the ceremony. Very Important People (VIP)s will be brought to their respective seats in the investiture room by Rideau Hall staff. Guests will be directed to their seats in the investiture room.
  4. The arrival of recipients will be announced and all present in the investiture room will remain standing.
  5. The arrival of the GG will be announced.
  6. Recipients and guests will be asked to be seated.
  7. If chaplains are present, they will say an invocation (for Order of Military Merit investiture only).
  8. The GG will offer remarks.
  9. Honours are presented in decreasing order of precedence, starting with the highest, and the recipients of each specific honour are called in alphabetical order regardless of their rank or status. Those receiving a bar to a decoration are called ahead of those receiving the decoration for the first time.
  10. The name of each recipient will be announced in turn. As each name is called, the individual will advance up the centre aisle at a normal walking pace and bow to the GG. In the case of decorations recipients, a citation will be read while they are standing to the right of the CDS and facing the seated recipients and guests.
  11. After receiving the insignia and posing for photographs (to the recipient’s right), the person invested will step back, bow again to the GG, shake hands with CDS. Depending on the circumstances, the recipient may then proceed to a table (usually located on the left side of the investiture room) to sign the register. On some occasions, the register is signed before the event.
  12. After signing the register (if applicable), individuals return to the seating area.
  13. The CDS will offer remarks. (Military investitures only).
  14. On completion of speeches, the national anthem will be played and sung.
  15. The GG will then withdraw.
  16. Recipients, VIPs and guests will leave the room through the Front Hall and will be directed to another room for a reception.
  17. Departure
    1. On departure, an insignia case and the program must be collected from the control table in the Front Hall. The scroll is mailed to the recipient after the event.
    2. Buses will be available for the recipients and their primary guests who wish to return to their hotel.

NOTE

Personal photographs are not permitted during the ceremony itself. However, each recipient will receive an email link and access code to Rideau Hall’s online photo gallery to view all photographs taken during the ceremony. These pictures will be available for 30 days from the date of the investiture/ceremony.

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