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O'Bonsawin Becomes First Indigenous Member of Supreme Court of Canada

Michelle O'Bonsawin was named to the Supreme Court of Canada earlier today.

OTTAWA - A former Indigenous law professor at the University of Ottawa has become the first Indigenous person to be named to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Michelle O'Bonsawin earlier today. 

She served as a judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa for five years. She was the first Indigenous woman judge to be a part of that court when she was first appointed in 2017.

O'Bonsawin also served as the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group's general counsel for eight years beforehand.

She's originally from Hanmer Ontario, which is about a 20 minute drive north of Sudbury. She's also a bilingual franco-Ontarian and an Abenaki member of the Odanak First Nation.

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