Canada swore in its 1st Indigenous Governor General to reconcile with colonial past

Inuk woman Mary Simon was sworn in as Canada’s 30th Governor General becoming the first ever Indigenous person elevated to this role. To properly mark the occasion the country pulled out the stops to Indigenize the ceremony.

Governor General Mary Simon gives her address after she took the oath to become the 30th Governor General of Canada in Ottawa Source: AAP Image/Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP