Gov. Gen. Mary Simon

Why ajuinata is the Inuktitut word we could all use right now

Why ajuinata is the Inuktitut word we could all use right now

When Gov. Gen. Mary Simon visited Windsor Castle last month, she may have taught Queen Elizabeth a new word: ajuinata, roughly pronounced aye-yoo-ee-nah-tah. In fact, it's not a new word at all, but a very old one, Simon later explained to the CBC's Adrienne Arsenault. "Ajuinata means that if you're confronted with adversity or things that are difficult, you keep going, you don't give up, and you need to make a commitment to continue to make changes," said Simon, the first Indigenous person to hold the office.