Julie Van Dusen is a Canadian journalist who works for CBC News and hosts the CPAC Today in Politics podcast.
On June 29, 2017, Van Dusen attended a press conference held by a group of family members of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).
"[3] In response, the Indigenous activists addressed Van Dusen as "white lady", and ordered her to leave the room.
CBC political commentator Martin Patriquin described it as "Racism, sexism, and a press conference gone horribly wrong.".
"[5] The fallout from this event was occurring simultaneously with one in Canada's north where the "British media weren’t impressed when Prince Charles and his wife Camilla had trouble controlling their laughter during a traditional throat singing ceremony in Iqaluit" [6]