Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, seen during her May 2022 visit to Nunavik, urges Canadians to head into 2023 with hope. The first Indigenous person to serve as Governor General released her new year’s message Friday morning. (File photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Celebrate 2022 by taking a look at some of our favourite photos from the past year. (Clockwise from top left: Photos by Denis Cahill, David Venn, Dustin Patar, Jamie Evic)
Gerri Sharpe, president of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, is seen here lighting a qulliq at New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington, the nation’s capital. Sharpe, along with federal Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, is part of a delegation of Canadian Indigenous leaders to the southern Pacific island nation to build relationships with Māori and government leaders. Both countries are working on an arrangement to promote socioeconomic development of Indigenous Peoples and communities, an emailed statement from Pauktuutit said. (Photo courtesy of Adrian Heke/Pauktuutit)
Head of Catholic Church repeats feelings of ‘shame and sorrow’ over church members’ role in ‘deplorable’ residential schools as papal tour moves to Quebec