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Pages in category "Women indigenous leaders in Canada" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Jenny left the organization in 1970 because she felt they weren't doing enough, saying, "It’s a Native women’s rights organization, but it’s not even trying to fulfill its mandate to work for Native women’s rights. You don’t even know what women’s rights are. You’ve got to learn.
The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC; French: Association des femmes autochtones du Canada [AFAC]) is a national Indigenous organization representing the political voice of Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people in Canada, inclusive of First Nations on and off reserve, status and non-status, disenfranchised, Métis, and Inuit.
Modern Métis Woman hosts digital platforms to represent Indigenous and non-Indigenous artwork. [6] All artwork that is submitted is used for publication and distribution with copyright ownership remaining with the artist. The charity utilizes the artwork to draw attention to scholarship opportunities for Indigenous women in Canada.
In 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged that the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women across Canada amounted to “genocide,” but activists say little has been done to ...
Lindberg's areas of research include traditional Cree law, legal advocacy, and activism for Indigenous people, as well as Indigenous women. [4] In addition to teaching at the University of Ottawa, she teaches at the Native Law Program and has written/taught courses about Aboriginal business law, Indigenous women, and courses on dispute resolution.
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples was a royal commission undertaken by the Government of Canada in 1991 to address issues of the Indigenous peoples of Canada. [151] It assessed past government policies toward Indigenous people, such as residential schools, and provided policy recommendations to the government. [ 152 ]
The group's primary goal was to eradicate Section 12, paragraph 1(b) of the Indian Act, which removed the Indian status of Indigenous women who married non-Indigenous men, and prohibited them from passing status onto their children. Among others, the group was founded by Mary Two-Axe Earley, Kathleen Steinhauer and Nellie Carlson. IRIW used the ...