In three days, Cassidy Caron will leave her role as president of the Métis National Council on the eve of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Caron told CBC News the decision to step away was a difficult one. The job has taken her on journeys she never imagined. In 2022, Caron led a delegation of Métis residential school survivors to the Vatican to press for a papal apology. She represented the Métis Nation at the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II and attended the coronation of King Charles.
But the role also came with many challenges, she said, including internal political turmoil and leadership obstacles stemming from her youth and gender.
“I absolutely have faced misogyny and ageism throughout the three years that I served …