Yvonne Boyer is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, with ancestral roots in the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Red River. Appointed to the Senate in 2018, she is the author of Moving Aboriginal Health Forward: Discarding Canada’s Legal Barriers. Larry Chartrand is professor emeritus of law at the University of Ottawa and the author of Métis Treaties in Canada: Past Realities and Present Promise.