From Nunavik to Rideau Hall
SLIDE SHOW: Images from Mary Simon’s installation as Canada’s 30th Governor General
New Governor General Mary Simon, her husband Whit Fraser, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie listen to the Ottawa River Singers outside the Senate building in downtown Ottawa. Greg Peters, Usher of the Black Rod is pictured at right. (Photo by Mike Carroccetto, special to Nunatsiaq News)
Nunavik’s Mary Simon, an Inuit leader, former ambassador and a former journalist, was installed as Canada’s 30th Governor General during a ceremony in the Senate, in Ottawa on Monday morning.
She is the first Indigenous person to hold that post as the Queen’s representative in Canada.
Here are some images from the historic occasion.
Governor General Mary Simon arrives with her husband Whit Fraser at the Senate building in downtown Ottawa on Monday. Greg Peters, Usher of the Black Rod, is pictured at right. (Photo by Mike Carroccetto, special to Nunatsiaq News)
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