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Pickton Appeal Disappointing for Grieving Families
Ottawa, ON (November 27, 2009) — The Native Women’s Association of Canada 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 be overturned. His trial concluded in 2007 and was one of the most high profile, longest, and expensive in Canadian history. Many of Pickton’s victims were Aboriginal or of Aboriginal descent.
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Health Careers conference aimed at Aboriginal youth in 2010 —
Speakers, vendors invited
Ottawa, ON (November 26, 2009) — Doctors and nurses are not the only two jobs in the health care field. That is why the Native Women’s Association of Canada is holding a two-day conference and tradeshow for Aboriginal youth on careers in this exciting and diverse field.
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[Miyo Machihowin Conference Poster
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Ottawa, ON (November 25, 2009) — called today for an end to violence against all women in Canada. November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
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16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence
Amnesty International Canada's A Wake Up Call to Canada Canada petition
Poverty Is Hurting Aboriginal Families
Ottawa, ON (November 25, 2009) — While the child poverty rate of Aboriginal children has gone down since 1995, Aboriginal Peoples are at a higher risk of poverty; in fact more than one in three Aboriginal children live in low-income families. The Native Women’s Association of Canada strongly feels that the elimination of poverty in Canada must be made a national priority.
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[Read Campaign 2000 National Report Card
Final Report for the Second National Aboriginal Women’s Summit (NAWS II)
Final Report (NAWS II - Inuktitut Version)
New Report finds Experiences of
Aboriginal Peoples in Federal Prisons Unacceptable
Ottawa, ON (November 13, 2009) — The Report, Good Intentions, Disappointing Results: A Progress Report on Federal Aboriginal Corrections , confirms the unacceptable situation of Aboriginal offenders under federal sentence in Canada and details the significant gaps between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders on nearly every indicator.
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Aboriginal Women Lose in Dismissal of McIvor Decision
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 is disappointed with the decision not to grant leave to appeal to Sharon McIvor, given that the issue of who can or cannot be an Indian is surely one of national importance.
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[Sharon McIvor's Response to INAC Proposal
Aboriginal Affairs Ministers Moves Agenda Forward for Aboriginal Women
Toronto, ON (October 30, 2009) — Yesterday the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and leaders of National Aboriginal Organizations met for the first time with federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for Aboriginal Affairs. This meeting was the first of an Aboriginal Affairs Working Group that will meet on an ongoing basis to move dialogue forward on the many issues affecting Aboriginal Peoples, including education and skills training and economic development.
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[AAWG Communiqué
4th Annual Sisters In Spirit Vigils to be held Nationwide October 4th
Ottawa, ON (October 1st, 2009) —
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[ Sisters In Spirit Joint Statement
[ Media Contacts for Vigils
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Toronto, ON
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Victoria, BC
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Newly Elected Native Women’s Association of Canada President To Receive Governor General’s Award
in Commemoration of the Persons Case
Ottawa, ON (September 30, 2009) — Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, the newly elected President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case. President Corbiere Lavell is one of six receiving this award at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
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Native Women’s Association of Canada
Ottawa, ON (September 28, 2009) — Aboriginal women from coast to coast to coast gathered this past weekend at the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s 35th Annual General Assembly in Ottawa. Yesterday after two rounds of voting, Jeannette Corbiere Lavell was elected as the new President of NWAC.
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[President Corbiere Lavell's Biography
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
(September 12, 2009) — A new report released today shows governments and institutions around the world are moving ahead with implementation of a human rights instrument that the minority government of Canada has denounced as “unworkable.”
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Global Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - and Canada's Increasing Isolation
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