Trudeau appoints first Indigenous judge, Michelle O'Bonsawin, to the Supreme Court of Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Indigenous judge Michelle O'Bonsawin to sit on the country's Supreme Court on Friday, August 19, a historic first in this country in the process of reconciliation with its indigenous peoples.

An Abenaki member of the Odanak First Nation in Quebec, Michelle O'Bonsawin had already been a member of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario since 2017 and speaks French and English, which Justin Trudeau wanted.

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