Selwyn House Grade 8 student Thomas Plamondon was present in Ottawa on October 2 for the swearing in of Canada’s new governor general, Julie Payette, who is seen here with Thomas and her son Laurier. The other two children in the photo, Ina and Noa, are the children of Guy Laliberté, co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, who became Canada’s first “space tourist” when he went into space in 2009.