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Hilton is an international Indigenous business leader and award-winning author of Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table [4] which was shortlisted for a Donner Prize in 2022. [5] The title of the book comes from the #Indigenomics hashtag that she coined on Twitter in 2012. [6]
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.
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.
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.
Bourgeois is an associate professor at the Centre for Women's and Gender studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.Her scholarly work at the university includes Indigenous feminism, violence against Indigenous women and girls, Canadian colonial history and governance, as well as Indigenous women's political activism and leadership. [1]
That’s something that Native women, statistically, we deal with more than any other people in this country, is missing and murdered Indigenous sisters. Missing and murdered Indigenous peoples.
She was a winner of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award, now the Indspire Awards, in 1994, and has been awarded honorary doctorates in law from Lakehead University, Carleton University and the University of Toronto. In 2008, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada [2] as well as inducted into the Aboriginal Business Hall of Fame. [3]
She challenged the Act in 1971; though her challenge failed, she inspired a later challenge, the success of which "permitted reinstatement of the First Nations women and children who had lost their status". [5] [2] She later served as president of the Native Women's Association of Canada and founded the Ontario Native Women's Association of ...