What to Know About Canadas New Governor General Arbour

Former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour (R) and then-Minister of National Defence Anita Anand (C) release the final report of the Independent External Comprehensive Review into Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Harassment in the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces in Ottawa on May 30, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian PressAs Mary Simon approaches the end of her five-year term as governor general, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour will take on the role.Arbour is a past Supreme Court of Ontario and Supreme Court of Canada justice, and also previously served as a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.Arbour’s AccomplishmentsThe Prime Minister’s Office described Arbour, who was born in Montreal in 1947, as a “world-renowned legal scholar, judge, and leader in human rights and justice,” who has “held nearly every office a Canadian jurist can hold, and several that no Canadian had held before.”