Status of Women committee  In the grandmothers group, there were—I'm just trying to think, because I went to the first meeting, but I didn't go after that—about 12. Most of them were female elders, but there was one male elder too.

Status of Women committee  There were about 12 to 15 who would come to meetings and steer our main researcher on the project.

Status of Women committee  There was a video produced. It's online on our website. I can get it for you. I didn't include it here, but we did have a public announcement developed from the research. We disseminated it in various ways. It's a public announcement. That was successful. But it was the first s

Status of Women committee  They came together and spoke in talking circles, but healing circles.... No, they didn't.

Status of Women committee  Talking circles were how the elders came to share their stories about elder abuse. But this project was not to heal the advisory committee members: it was to get their advice and information and all they know. They were very respected elder community members that were called in t

Status of Women committee  That was a story told by one of the committee members who brought in a success story, as well as what was happening in Winnipeg. These were pieces of information that were brought to the project.

Status of Women committee  Well, yes. If there is a serious crime committed, yes, but what I know about this is that a lot of aboriginal people--men and women--are in jail because of crimes that are not that serious.

Status of Women committee  Exactly, so I have to differentiate. If there is a serious crime committed, yes, but not for the total population.

Status of Women committee  I wish I could tell you why it hasn't reached them. Maybe it's because there has to be a call for proposals or something. There's not only the Native Women's Association of Canada. We have the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada. We have the physicians, and there are social

Status of Women committee  Will it benefit the senior women? I cannot answer that because we don't have the data. I explained that in my presentation today. We don't have current stats, really, on the abuse of aboriginal female elders, so I would be speaking in the air, so to speak. I think we need researc

Status of Women committee  I think the whole issue of the abuse of aboriginal females is not brought to the fore. I know it happens. It's not being talked about in the communities. I think it's kept underneath. It's invisible, but it's there, and we have to do something to bring it to the fore. I come fro

Status of Women committee  I don't think that increasing the number of aboriginal people in jail is going to resolve the problem. I think it'll be more problematic for correctional institutions to house all these people. We have to address the underlying issues of why the rates of abuse against women in

Status of Women committee  Well, there are very limited resources in communities, as my research showed, and that's also what the grandmothers told us in the Grandmother Spirit project. There's also always a limitation of funds, and we don't have the same services as you would have in off-reserve settings.

Status of Women committee  Oh, yes. It is of benefit for sure.

Status of Women committee  The matrimonial real property that's going before the legislation...?