Canada’s New Governor General Wore an Indigenous Ensemble To Her Inauguration
July 28, 2021 at 02:31PM It’s foolish to pretend things are back to normal in Canada. Yes, indoor dining is available. Yes, retail is once again allowed to open its doors. But since May, the country has been grappling with the (reawakened) history of residential schools and discovering hundreds of unmarked graves buried under former sites across Canada. In such a time of grief and sadness, a very welcome bright light has been the inauguration of Mary Simon as Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General. As the Queen’s newest representative — and technically Canada’s head of state — Simon addressed the senate on July 26th with a powerful speech encouraging Canadians to keep looking for the unmarked graves and confront their past head-on. View this post on Instagram A post shared by CTV News (@ctvnews) Mary Simon’s heritage was at the forefront of…