For more than 20 years, Trina Mather-Simard has been a trailblazer in the Indigenous tourism industry.
Her company, Indigenous Experiences, has led the way in celebrating Indigenous culture within an urban Ottawa setting. It operated its popular tourism destination for 18 years on Victoria Island in the middle of the Ottawa River, becoming the first Indigenous tourism experience to be part of Destination Canada’s Signature Experiences collection. The attraction moved in 2019 to the grounds of the Canadian Museum of History.
The now-rare breed predates the arrival of Europeans in North America and once ran wild across eastern Ontario. Four of the horses will be the stars of the inaugural Tagwàgi Festival, which kicks off Saturday.
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A voter waits to enter a polling area to cast his ballot for Assembly of First Nations National Chief on July 25, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Indigenous communities should be able to vote using the voting methods they choose, especially during a pandemic. Online voting is a method many Indigenous communities have deployed in recent years and others are looking to use.
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