Transformed, triumphant and determined are all words that could be used to describe Marge Hudson, a former RCMP officer who said she faced racism and discrimination in the force.Hudson was the first aboriginal female RCMP officer in Manitoba. So she had to break two barriers.
"I represented the RCMP and served Canada…. I'm proud to do that," she told CBC News in an interview.
After she joined in 1979, Hudson became the poster girl for in the male-dominated institution.
But she said during her 30 years on the force, she experienced harassment and watched others get promoted over her.
The RCMP's commanding officer in Manitoba, Assistant Commissioner Bill Robinson, said he has only ever heard good things about Hudson.
"The communities, quite frankly, loved her. They loved her approach, they liked the way she handled herself," he said.
But it was what Hudson heard that tainted her early experience in the RCMP.