Parliamentary poet laureate’s poem on the installation of Mary Simon as Governor General of Canada. Mary Simon has officially become Canada's 30th Governor General, and the first Indigenous person to hold the role. Mary Simon – NingiukudlukWhen she arrived from the womb her father wrapped a seal-skin bracelet on her small wrist. Yester-year and today Mary Simon has never forgotten the Artic terrain where she stumbled over boulders but never fell. The Governor General has never forgotten.

Source: thestar July 26, 2021 15:56 UTC