Featured Photo   

Murray Sinclair named to Order of Canada

Former judge, senator honoured for work on national Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Murray Sinclair was named a Companion of the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, at a ceremony in Ottawa on Thursday. Sinclair, a former judge and senator, was honoured for his work as chair of the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission and his life of advocacy for Indigenous people. (Photo courtesy of Master Cpl. Anis Assari, Rideau Hall)

Featured Photo   

Award night for Susan Aglukark

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, right, presents the 2022 Humanitarian Award to Inuk singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark at the Juno Awards on May 14 in Toronto. The award recognizes philanthropic contributions of Canadian artists who have made a meaningful impact on social welfare. Aglukark was honoured for her dedication to improving the lives of children and youth in northern Indigenous communities through her Arctic Rose Foundation, which runs after-school arts programs for Indigenous youth. Throughout her career Aglukark has been awarded three Junos for her music. (Photo courtesy of MCpl Anis Assari / Office of the Secretary of the Governor General)

Featured Photo   

Arctic scientist named to Order of Canada

John England helped establish Canada’s northernmost park, on Ellesmere Island

Arctic scientist and naturalist John England is invested into the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Friday. An advocate for Arctic science and policy, England was named an Officer of Canada for his more than 50 years of research on the impact of environmental change on the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and for his role in establishing Quttinirpaaq National Park, the country’s northernmost park, on Ellesmere Island. England was one of 23 Canadians named to the Order this year. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Mathieu St-Amour/Office of the Secretary of the Gov. Gen.)

Featured Photo   

Kicking off the UN’s Decade of Indigenous Languages with a song

Inuk-Mohawk singer Beatrice Deer performs at the Canadian launch of the UN’s International Decade of Indigenous Languages, at the Royal Canadian Geographic Society in Ottawa April 22. Deer, originally from Nunavik, sang a medley of songs in Inuktitut at the event co-hosted by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and former National Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde. (Photo by Madalyn Howitt)

Featured Photo   

Lighting a flame for language preservation

Inuk elder Aigah Attagutsiak lights the qulliq as Anishinaabe drummer Odeshkun Thusky looks on at the Canadian launch of the UN’s International Decade of Indigenous Languages at the Royal Canadian Geographic Society in Ottawa on April 22. The event was co-hosted by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and former National Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde.(Photo by Madalyn Howitt)