LETTER: Instead of erasing 'Ode to Newfoundland' from our history and practice, let's add to it | SaltWire

Memorial University of Newfoundland chancellor Susan Dyer Knight speaks to graduates during the first convocation ceremony for the university since the fall of 2019. - Keith Gosse/The TelegramAn open letter to Memorial University president Vianne Timmons and vice-presidents:

As a proud graduate of Memorial, I wonder what lies ahead for our venerable institution.

Instead of erasing the"Ode" from our history and practice, add to it. There are enough poets and songwriters gracing the halls of Memorial and elsewhere in our province to bring their literary gifts to enrich our awe-inspiring anthem. A few small changes will not alter its intent and purpose; it will only acknowledge the transforming face and circumstances of our distinctive history , society and culture.

And sometimes, yes sometimes, I — who, as confirmed and demonstrated on many occasions and in many places, cannot carry a tune in a bucket — if I am feeling a tad audacious, sing to those enquiring CFA's the"Ode.

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