OTTAWA—It’s not every day an Inuk leader and former advocate is seated next to the head of the Catholic Church.
But on a hot July afternoon in 2022, wearing a black dress and red overcoat embroidered with Inuk designs, with her signature purple hair peeking out beneath the grey, is exactly where Mary Simon — Canada’s 30th governor general — found herself.
Joy SpearChief-Morris is an Ottawa-based reporter coveringfederal politics and Indigenous issues for the Star. Reach her viaemail: jspearchiefmorris@thestar.ca
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