Michelle O'Bonsawin becomes 1st Indigenous person nominated to Supreme Court of Canada

Michelle O'Bonsawin becomes 1st Indigenous person nominated to Supreme Court

O’Bonsawin, a Franco-Ontarian Abenaki from Odanak, has served on Ontario Superior Court of Justice since 2017

Nick Boisvert · CBC News · Posted: Aug 19, 2022 10:19 AM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michelle-obonsawin-scc-nomination-1.6556152

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O'Bonsawin is Abenaki from Odanak. She is Franco-Ontarian and fluently bilingual, according to a news release announcing the nomination.

She has served as a judge on the Ontario Superior Court of Justice since 2017. O'Bonsawin also holds a PhD in law from the University of Ottawa.

In her application questionnaire, made available by the Department of Justice, O'Bonsawin described how her experience as an Indigenous person in Canada has shaped her life and legal career.

"I believe my experience as a francophone First Nations woman, a parent, a lawyer, a scholar and a judge provide me with the lived understanding and insight into Canada's diversity because I, and my life experience, are part of that diversity," she said.

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