Michelle Obama is coming to Montreal in February

Dec 4 2017, 11:41 pm

Michelle Obama is coming to Montreal in February.

The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal will host the former first lady on February 5, 2018.

“The Chamber is pleased to host Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States,” said Michel Leblanc, said president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal in a release.

“With her principles, leadership and social involvement, Michelle Obama embodies leadership and the will to change; she is a role model for younger generations around the world. She is widely credited with having transformed the role of the First Lady and her involvement in society.”

A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Michelle Obama has been an outspoken champion of gender equality through her charitable work.

She launched her “Let Girls Learn” campaign in conjunction with activist Malala Yousafzai in 2015.

Obama was recently in Toronto where she discussed education and equality for girls and women. She also was spotted having lunch with Sophie Gregoire Trudeau.

Advanced ticket sales, exclusively for Chamber members, will begin December 12 at 12 pm General ticket sales will begin December 14 at 12:00 pm. 

Michelle Obama in Montreal

Where: Palais des congrès de Montréal, 1001 Jean Paul Riopelle Pl.

When: February 5, 2018

Time: 6:30 to 8 pm

Tickets: Available online

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