Politics May 9, 2022 – 7:09 pm EDT

Slideshow: Gov. Gen. Mary Simon’s Kuujjuaq homecoming

Simon met with local officials, visited institutions during her first visit back to her home region

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon begins her tour of Nunavik speaking with Inuit organization representatives at the Makivik Corp. headquarters in Kuujjuaq on Monday. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)

By Jeff Pelletier - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was welcomed back to Kuujjuaq with open arms as she began her Nunavik tour Monday.

Simon, who arrived in town the previous day, began her visit meeting local officials, reuniting with family and friends, and speaking to an attentive group of students.

The vice-regal Nunavik tour continues Tuesday as Simon spends the day in Kangiqsuallujjuaq.

Makivik Corp. president Pita Aatami, left, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and Whit Fraser sit at the head of a roundtable on Inuit issues in Nunavik. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Dozens of Kuujjuaq residents came to the Northern Village office on Monday to welcome Gov. Gen. Mary Simon's motorcade. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was supposed to begin her meeting with Kuujjuaq's mayor and council by inspecting a Canadian Rangers honour guard, but she left her motorcade and went straight to the locals who were eager to see her. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Louisa Berthe May, left, catches up with sister-in-law and childhood best friend Gov. Gen. Mary Simon Monday in Kuujjuaq. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Kuujjuaq Mayor Mary Johannes, left, welcomes Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to the Northern Village office on Monday, the first day of Simon's visit to Nunavik. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon greets members of the Canadian Rangers who formed an honour guard on the first day of the vice-regal visit to Nunaivk that began Monday in Kuujjuaq. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Kuujjuaq Mayor Mary Johannes, left, meets with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and her husband, Whit Fraser at the Kuujjuaq Northern Villiage on Monday. Kuujjuaq was the first stop in Simon's five-day visit to the Nunavik region, where she grew up. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Janice Parsons, left, and Sandy Emudluk perform a mix of drumming and throat singing during the first day of Gov. Gen. Mary Simon's visit to Nunavik. The duo throat sings for patients of Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon addresses a crowd of students at Jaanimmarik High School in Kuujjuaq on Monday, the first day of her five-day tour of Nunavik. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)

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Posted by Taima on May 10, 2022

Awesome! No place like home! Her face says it all, see her eyes full of joy and her face relaxed, at ease with family and friends. No place like home illa.

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- Posted by Would have liked to see photo on May 10, 2022
  
  Beautiful pics, could see Mary more relaxed; the slideshow of pics did not show her with Louisa May…I was looking forward to seeing it as I was a little girl watching them become grown-ups…:)
  
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