Editing Adrienne Clarkson (section)

==Early life and education==
Clarkson is a [[Chinese Canadian]] whose [[Ancestral home (China)|ancestry]] lies from the [[Taishanese people|Taishanese]] (paternal line) and [[Hakka people|Hakka]] (maternal line) peoples in [[Guangdong]], China.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://history.sina.com.cn/bk/lszh/2015-03-23/1755117780.shtml| title=From "small refugee" to the first Chinese Canadian| date=March 23, 2015| publisher=Sina| access-date=July 24, 2016}}>/ref></ref> Her paternal grandfather ({{lang-zh|first=j|labels=no|c=伍培 |j=ng5 pui4|p=Wǔ Péi}}) immigrated in the late 19th century to [[Chiltern, Victoria|Chiltern]], Australia. There, he operated a general store called ''Willie Ah Poy Fruitier and Confectioner'', ''Ah Poy'' being his name in the [[Vocative case|vocative]], based on the [[Taishanese]] pronunciation, and what Australian immigration officials heard Poy enunciate in response to their request for his name.<ref>{{cite book| last=Clarkson| first=Adrienne| title=Heart Matters| publisher=Penguin Group Canada| date=September 12, 2006| location=Toronto| page=[https://archive.org/details/heartmattersmemo0000clar_g7p5/page/32 32]| isbn=0-670-06546-3| url=https://archive.org/details/heartmattersmemo0000clar_g7p5/page/32}}</ref> Poy's first son, [[William Poy|William]], was born in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] but was later sent back to Taishan, from where he made his way to [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]. There, he worked with his father for the [[Government of Canada|Canadian government]] and met and married Ethel Poy, with whom he had two children: [[Neville Poy|Neville]], born October 29, 1934, and Adrienne, born February 10, 1939. The elder went on to become a plastic surgeon in [[Toronto]] and married [[Vivienne Poy|Vivienne Lee]], who herself became a [[Senate of Canada|Senator]].<ref name=Janigan>{{cite journal|last=Janigan |first=Mary |author2=Nicol, John |title=Clarkson Appointed Governor General |journal=Maclean's |publisher=Kenneth Whyte |location=Toronto |date=September 20, 1999 |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012014 |issn=0024-9262 |access-date=March 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608173512/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012014 |archive-date=June 8, 2011 }}</ref>

Clarkson describes one of her earliest memories as that of hiding in several Hong Kong basements during the [[Battle of Hong Kong|Japanese invasion of the territory]] in 1941. It was only through his Canadian government connections that her father gained his family the opportunity in 1942 to flee the occupation to [[Canada]], as part of the repatriating of Canadian government staff from the fallen city. Even so, the [[Chinese Immigration Act, 1923]], prevented the Poys' immediate entry into the country until the [[Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade|Department of External Affairs]] intervened and cited an unfilled quota in the prisoner of war exchange programme with the [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese Imperial Forces]] that would permit the Poy family free passage into Canada.<ref>{{cite news| title=Clarkson looks forward to books, Xmas leftovers| publisher=CTV| date=December 23, 2003| url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1103821171465_99230371?s_name=&no_ads=| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023081714/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1103821171465_99230371?s_name=&no_ads=| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 23, 2007| access-date=December 30, 2003}}</ref> The family settled in [[Ottawa]], though William had lost almost all of his substantial fortune, and the Poys lived in a cramped duplex.<ref name=Janigan /> Clarkson attended public school in the city and, in October 1951, was lined up with her class to see [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh]] (later Queen Elizabeth II), as the royal motorcade passed through the city.<ref>{{cite web| last=Clarkson| first=Adrienne| date=October 14, 2002| title=Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson Speech on the Occasion of the Luncheon in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh| url=http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=1021| editor-last=Office of the Governor General of Canada| editor-link=Governor General of Canada| location=Ottawa| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=January 25, 2010}}</ref>

[[File:St Hilda, UofT.jpg|thumb|left|[[University of Trinity College#St. Hilda's College|St. Hilda's College]], the women's college at the [[University of Toronto]]'s [[University of Trinity College|Trinity College]], where Clarkson enrolled in 1956]]

Clarkson graduated from [[Lisgar Collegiate Institute]] in 1956, afterwards enrolling at the [[University of Toronto]]'s [[University of Trinity College|Trinity College]]. During her time there, Clarkson won a Governor General's Medal in [[English language|English]] before graduating in 1960 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree with honours in the subject, and then travelling with her parents to [[East Asia|East]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. Clarkson went on to obtain her master's degree in English literature, also at the University of Toronto.<ref>[http://adrienneclarkson.com/En/biography.php Adrienne Clarkson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707084434/http://adrienneclarkson.com/En/biography.php |date=July 7, 2011 }}</ref> She began post-graduate work in 1962, at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] in [[Paris]], France, with a thesis on the poems of [[George Meredith]].