Hope today, hope for the future’: Mary Simon urges ongoing reconciliation – Nunatsiaq News
Sep 30, 2025
Governor General emphasizes Inuit-led education and dialogue with government, Crown in reconciliation efforts
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation isn’t just about looking at the wrongs of the past, says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon.
“It’s about remembering what happened in the past but also looking at how we can move forward … so that we remember, and so that we never do it again,” she said in an interview Monday, about the meaning of the national day for reflection that falls on Sept. 30 each year.
An Inuk from Nunavik, Simon is the first Indigenous person appointed to be Canada’s Governor General.
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