February 24, 2026

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, delivered remarks at the 2026 Hudson Bay Summit.

The Governor General highlighted the power of Indigenous knowledge, the strength of local Arctic leadership, and the impactful work of the Tasiujarjuaq Sheewetaganapoi Consortium.

Many of you in this room work every day to preserve this ancestral, irreplaceable knowledge that spans
everything from ice conditions to wildlife migration to the subtle signals of ecosystem change.