Governor General appoints two new independent Senators
Mary Coyle, 63, will sit for Nova Scotia and Mary Jane McCallum, 65, will represent Manitoba.
Mary Coyle is a long-time champion of women’s leadership, gender equality, and the rights of Indigenous people and has held a number of leadership positions at St. Francis Xavier University. Dr Mary Jane McCallum is of Cree descent and a survivor of the Indian residential school system, and has worked with the federal First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, and helped lead the Aboriginal Dental Health Program at the University of Manitoba.
