FEMMES AUTOCHTONES DU QUÉBEC INC.
QUEBEC NATIVE WOMEN INC.
March 4, 2010
QNW would like to comment on the Governor General’s speech from the Throne in hopes that clarifications may be made regarding important issues impacting Indigenous women and our communities. We are pleased to hear mention of the research project Sisters In Spirit but are concerned [...]
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/04/c7220.html
OTTAWA, March 4 /CNW Telbec/ - The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is encouraged by the federal government’s pledge of 10 million dollars in funding over a period of two years, to address the disturbingly high number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada.
The federal budget noted the particular challenges faced by Aboriginal [...]
http://news.globaltv.com/story.html?id=2559398
Mia Rabson, Winnipeg Free Press: Saturday, February 13, 2010
OTTAWA — Missing and murdered women in Canada will be remembered Sunday in memorial that marches across the country.
But the occasion may also become a memorial for a government-funded research project that put a spotlight on the hundreds of aboriginal women who have gone missing or were [...]
Missing Justice would like to invite you to a Panel Discussion on February 11th, 2010 at 6pm at the Exode in Cegep du Vieux Montreal, 255 Ontario St. East. The panel will feature Jessica Yee, Janie Jamieson, and Rachel Alouki Labbe as we continue to educate and become aware of the injustices being committed to [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(WINNIPEG MB, December 15, 2009) “There is no question – absolutely no question – that we are going to put violence against women at the centre of this country’s agenda, starting right now,” said Suzanne Dzus of Calgary.
Ms. Dzus made this compelling declaration following a day long meeting of women anti-violence advocates held [...]
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Sisters+Spirit+shines+light/2142835/story.html
A crusade by the Native Women’s Association of Canada is getting more recognition after a media blitz about murdered and missing women - but the federally funded program, too, is in danger of disappearing.
By RANDY BOSWELL, Canwest News ServiceOctober 25, 2009
They are the keepers of the flame for more than 500 missing and murdered aboriginal [...]
Press Release – For Immediate Release
Ottawa, ON (November 27, 2009) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is dismayed that the Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to broaden the scope of Robert Pickton’s appeal on six counts of second-degree murder. Effectively, the decision gives Pickton more grounds to argue that his convictions should [...]
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Vancouver%20police%20back%20missing%20women%20public%20inquiry/2281818/story.html
By Lindsay Kines, Victoria Times Colonist
November 29, 2009
VICTORIA — For the first time, the Vancouver Police Department is openly backing calls for a public inquiry into the investigation of the missing women case that began more than a decade ago.
In an e-mail to the sister of one of the missing women, Deputy Chief Doug LePard [...]
Ottawa, ON (November 6, 2009) – After over twenty years in a fight for equality, yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed with costs the case of Sharon Donna McIvor v. Registrar, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is disappointed with the decision not to grant leave to appeal [...]
By: Mia Rabson
2/11/2009 8:07 AM
OTTAWA — A national plan to combat exploitation of aboriginal women is in the works, but Ottawa has to take the lead, says Manitoba Aboriginal Affairs Minister Eric Robinson.
Federal and provincial aboriginal affairs ministers and leaders of the country’s five national aboriginal organizations met in Toronto last week for the first [...]