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	Governor General
		Although the modern office is usually regarded as descended from the British institution, the present governor general, the Rt Hon Michaëlle JEAN, is the sixty-fourth successor to Champlain, who became governor in 1627, and she is the twenty-seventh since Lord MONCK was sworn in at CONFEDERATION on 1 July 1867.
		Heraldic authority is a significant honour bestowed on select Canadians by the governor general.
		Until heraldry was patriated to Canada in 1988, Canadians who wished to acquire heraldic symbols from the Crown were required to apply to the queen's offices in the United Kingdom.
	www.canadianencyclopedia.ca /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003350 (1072 words)

	Canadian Heraldic Authority at AllExperts
		The Authority is responsible for the creation and granting of new coats of arms (armorial bearings), flags and badges for Canadian citizens, permanent residents and corporate bodies.
		The CHA is the Canadian counterpart of the College of Arms in London, and the Court of the Lord Lyon in Scotland and is well-known for its innovative designs, many incorporating First Nations symbolism, and (along with the Bureau of Heraldry in South Africa) for modernizing heraldic practices concerning women.
		The shield and crest of the Canadian Heraldic Authority
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/ca/canadian_heraldic_authority.htm (2292 words)

	Arguments for Monarchy - Canadian Monarchist ONLINE
		Canadians participate fully in their Queen's life; they are involved in her activities during home-comings and through the media.
		Princess Louise played a role in the Canadian cultural flowering in the latter pat of the nineteenth century: the Royal Canadian Academy and the National Gallery of Canada are both associated with her.
		The Queen is the emblem of Canadian citizenship.
	www.interlog.com /~rakhshan/parg.html (2404 words)

	Encyclopedia: Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A herald was originally a messenger sent by a king or nobleman to convey a message or proclamation.
		Possibly because of their role managing the tournaments of the Late Middle Ages, heralds came to be associated with the regulation of the knights' coats of arms.
		Junior heralds are known as Pursuivants and the chief ones are known as Kings of Arms.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Herald (558 words)

	Family Chronicle - Acquiring a Real Coat of Arms: Part I
		The relevance of the various elements (the cross, the martlets (an heraldic bird), the shells and the device held by the dragon) to William Morshead are not known.
		As well, the Canadian heraldic system shares with the Scottish system the requirement that the undifferenced coat-of-arms is borne by one person at a time.
		The Kings of Arms or three senior Heralds at the College of Arms have heraldic jurisdiction over all those territories of which Her Majesty The Queen is sovereign with the exception of Scotland and Canada where Lord Lyon King of Arms and Chief Herald of Canada respectively have jurisdiction.
	www.familychronicle.com /CoatofArms1.htm (3036 words)

	Heraldry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A parallel usage for noncombatant clergymen could be found sometimes on the European continent, with the occasional placement of arms on a cartouche (an oval-shaped vehicle for their display).
		(The "Canadian pale", identical to the pale but taking up one-half the shield's width, was invented in 1964 by Conrad Swan, retired Garter King of Arms) [1]; it can be seen in the arms of Rehder.
		However, many users of modern "heraldic" designs do not register with heraldic authorities, and some designers do not follow the rules of heraldic design at all.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heraldry (3165 words)

	Learn more about Heraldry in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		However it is important to note that a given coat of arms is defined by a written description (which is given in heraldic language, sometimes called "blazon"), not by a picture.
		(The "Canadian pale," identical to the pale but taking up one-half the sheild's width, was invented in 1964 by Conrad Swan, retired Garter King of Arms.)[1] A fess is the same thing, only horizontal.
		However, many modern "heraldic" designs are not registered with heraldic authorities, and do not follow at all the rules of heraldic design.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/he/heraldry.html (1405 words)

	How to register a coat of arms
		Because the Authority is in Canada, its heralds are more sensitive to our country's history and traditions and are in a better position to celebrate the character of our institutions.
		The best heraldic design is usually achieved if the petitioner gives his wishes in fairly general terms leaving the herald certain scope for inclusion or exclusion.
		After the State Herald has notified an applicant that there have been no objections to the proposed registration, the balance of the fee indicated below shall be payable to the Bureau before the notice of registration is published, the particulars are entered in the register and a certificate of registration is issued, viz.
	www.araltas.com /services/register.html (3465 words)

	New England Online
		The Heraldic Commission of New England is the body responsible for heraldry in New England, and was established in 2014.
		The Authority is responsible for the creation and granting of new armorial bearings, flags and badges for New England citizens and government bodies, including badges, flags and other insignia of the New England Defence Force.
		The Herald Commissioner's job is to oversee and direct the operations of the Commission and is the main official to grant arms.
	www.newenglandonline.info /government/monarchy/heraldry.html (1366 words)

	International Association of Amateur Heralds, Authorities
		He is Head of the Heraldic Executive and the Judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon which has jurisdiction over all heraldic business in Scotland relating to Scottish Heraldry and Coats of Arms and maintains the Scottish Public Registers of Arms and Genealogies.
		The Chief Herald is the authority on all heraldic matters relating to Irish families.
		The earliest reference to a herald of arms for Ireland is the record of the appointment of John Chandos as "Ireland King of Arms" in 1382.
	www.amateurheralds.org /authorities-rev.html (761 words)

	Family Chronicle - Acquiring a Real Coat of Arms: Part I
		The relevance of the various elements (the cross, the martlets (an heraldic bird), the shells and the device held by the dragon) to William Morshead are not known.
		As well, the Canadian heraldic system shares with the Scottish system the requirement that the undifferenced coat-of-arms is borne by one person at a time.
		The Kings of Arms or three senior Heralds at the College of Arms have heraldic jurisdiction over all those territories of which Her Majesty The Queen is sovereign with the exception of Scotland and Canada where Lord Lyon King of Arms and Chief Herald of Canada respectively have jurisdiction.
	familychronicle.com /CoatofArms1.htm (3036 words)

	Fraser Herald at AllExperts
		Fraser Herald of Arms (HÃ©raut Fraser in French) is the title of one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority in Ottawa.
		Like the other heralds at the Authority, the name is derived from the Canadian river of the same name.
		At the center of the badge is a cinquefoil, a stylized heraldic flower of five petals.
	en.allexperts.com /e/f/fr/fraser_herald.htm (285 words)

	The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada (Prairie Branch)
		The tressure and the orle are heraldic charges that are diminutives of the bordure, which is simply a border that runs around the edge of the shield.
		Heraldic monsters are a mainstay of historical heraldry and one can't help but observe the affinity Canadian armigers and our Heraldic Authority have shown for new "cut and paste conjoined per fess" varieties of heraldic monsters.
		Its characteristic pose is of course rampant (as in "Friggin Rampant") and it is langued with a fiery tongue.
	www.mad-alchemy.com /hsc/tress1.htm (6015 words)

	HeraldicAmerica: TRAPPIST-TRAPPISTINE HERALDRY IN NEW BRUNSWICK
		Generally, their heraldic symbols were displayed on seals but for the same purpose as the knights on the battlefields: heraldry was, and remains, a means of identity.
		The tradition of heraldic asceticism was quite naturally brought to the two New Brunswick foundations.
		It is a beautifully simple heraldic shield consisting of a white Cross pattée on a blue background with the red gothic letter M overall.
	pages.infinit.net /cerame/heraldicamerica/etudes/trappist.htm (1319 words)

	The Canadian Royal Heritage Trust - Elizabeth II Queen of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		She is the essential element of the idea and practice of "loyal opposition", which allows Canadians to oppose the government of the day without being considered disloyal to their country.
		As the authority from which all official honours, orders, decorations and medals stem in Canada, the Queen is Sovereign of the Order of Canada, the Order of Military Merit and the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, as well as the Royal Victorian Order and the Order of St John.
		A Canadian writer interviewing the Ovechkin family after their unsuccessful attempt to flee from Soviet Communism in 1988, was surprised when one family member asked to see a Canadian dollar.
	www.crht.ca /DiscoverMonarchyFiles/QueenElizabethII.html (4716 words)

	The Canadian Heraldic Authority
		Until heraldry was patriated to Canada, Canadians who wished to acquire arms from a lawfully established authority under the Crown were obliged to apply to one of Her Majesty's two heraldic offices in the United Kingdom: the College of Arms in London or the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh.
		In 1947, the Letters Patent defining the authority of the Governor General expressly authorized the Governor General to exercise all the prerogatives, powers and authorities that His Majesty George VI held as King of Canada.
		The Canadian Heraldic Authority is headed by Her Excellency the Governor General and administered by several officers: the Herald Chancellor (who is the Secretary to the Governor General), the Deputy Herald Chancellor (who is the Deputy Secretary, Chancellery of Honours), and the Chief Herald of Canada (Director of Heraldry and the senior heraldic professional).
	www.gg.ca /heraldry/cha/index_e.asp (624 words)

	The Canadian Heraldic Authority: An Anachronism Turns Fifteen
		It seems a bit harsh, but that is exactly what the Canadian Heraldic Authority has been doing for the last fifteen years in exercising the royal discretionary power to grant armorial bearings.
		According to the CHA’s Website, its primary objective is "to ensure that all Canadians who wish to use heraldry will have access to it." This stretches the concept of arms as honours to the breaking point since an honour ceases to be an honour if it is granted to all.
		And, paradoxically, only Canadian citizens are allowed to register foreign arms, leaving the CHA unaware of immigrants’ arms until at least three and a half years after their arrival.
	makepeace.ca /cha15.html (1958 words)

	Ontario Genealogical Society
		Many people believe that somewhere in the great heraldic stratosphere is a coat of arms that belongs to their family name - therefore to them.
		It must be borne in mind as well that only a minority of families were armigerous in the first place and that, even for those that were, tracing the exact relationship to the original grantee may prove impossible.
		In Canada, (unique among heraldic authorities) women are granted arms on exactly the same footing as men.
	www.ogs.on.ca /howto/heraldry.html (869 words)

	Heritage Saint John - Canadian Heraldry
		With the fall of New France, the College of Arms in England and the Court of the Lord Lyon in Scotland became the granting authorities for Canada.
		On June 4, 1988, Canada became the first nation of the Commonwealth to institute its own Heraldic Authority, and thereby withdrew from the Imperial Jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Officers of Arms of the College of Arms, London, England as well as the Court of Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland.
		The Canadian Heraldic Authority is located at Government House, 1 Sussex Drive, Ottawa.
	www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca /~Heritage/CorporateSeal/heraldry.htm (305 words)

	Gules a Chinese phoenix \| MetaFilter
		August 16, 2005 7:46 PM The Canadian Heraldic Authority, established in 1988, issues coats of arms, flags, and badges to citzens and corporate bodies of Canada.
		A herald then works with the petitioner to create a design, which is then rendered artistically, in two separate stages, by an artist assigned by the Authority.
		And upon a Royal helmet mantled argent doubled gules the Crest, that is to say, On a wreath of the colours argent and gules a lion passant guardant or imperially crowned proper and holding in the dexter paw a maple leaf gules.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/44343 (1241 words)

	Untitled Document
		She is Sovereign of the Order of Canada, Sovereign of the Order of Military Merit, Colonel-in-Chief of numerous units of the Canadian Forces, Honorary Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Patron of many institutions and organisations in various walks of Canadian life.
		Canada is aiready bombarded by American culture and ideals, and the monarchy is the one of the truly Canadian institutions which is not tainted by the Americans.
		The fact that authority comes from the Queen, not from "the people", has been one of the most important factors in shaping the attitudes of Canadians.
	members.aol.com /totarisse/politiques2-en.html (1505 words)

	Heraldry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Heraldic America - Features articles, a bibliography, and a forum on North American heraldry.
		Cyber Journal of Heraldic Bookplates - Images of, and information on, bookplates depicting the arms of their original owners.
		Governor General of Canada - Describes heraldry in Canada and the roles of the Governor General and Canadian Heraldic Authority.
	www.ezresult.com /Society/Genealogy/Heraldry (661 words)

	Sudbury, Ontario (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The flag, designed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority, was donated to the City by the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) Elizabeth Fry Chapter, Sudbury Branch.
		The Canadian Heraldic Authority is responsible for the creation of new coats of arms, flags and badges for Canadian citizens and corporate bodies.
		According to the Heraldic Authority, a five point star can also represent the characteristics of a good citizen, which are fortitude, loyalty, righteousness, prudence, and broad-mindedness.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca-on-sy.html (502 words)

	Nathaniel Christopher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Although heraldry has its origins in Europe, the Canadian Heraldic Authority was established in 1988 and the heralds incorporate both European and Indigenous designs in their work.
		The sovereign who in turn appointed heralds to administer this authority in their name assumed the control over granting and using arms.
		Our first logo was a heraldic device that had a gold sword and background, a red vertical bar and three horizontal navy blue stripes.
	www.nathaniel.ca /Portfolio/Arms.html (549 words)

	Toronto EMS Heraldic Grant, Badge, and Colours
		Key to the development of this new heraldic device was the desire to enshrine elements representative of our nation, our province, and the previous municipalities that form the new City of Toronto.
		The wreath of maple leaves emphasises the Canadian identity of the Services, the trillium flowers are symbolic of Ontario, and the white rose is a symbol of York, the original name of Toronto.
		The original concept of the badge was developed by Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, and Bruce Patterson, Saguenay Herald, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
	www.toronto.ca /ems/current_events/badge_01.htm (1259 words)

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