Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin, a member of the Odanak First Nation. is the first Indigenous woman ever nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada, the nation’s highest court. Courtesy photo
The prime minister of Canada has nominated the first ever Indigenous person to the country’s top court—a move being lauded as a historic moment for Canada.
Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin is bilingual—fluent in English and French—and is an Abenaki member of the Odanak First Nation. Since 2017, she has been a judge in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa, Canada’s capital—also the first Indigenous woman to sit on that court’s bench.
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