Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  You bet it is.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Through advertising, e-mails, technology, and Facebook—any way we can.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Some people naturally take that on. Sometimes you have to say to them that you see something really great in them and you think this training would be fantastic for them. As you know, there are wounded people in your communities who have that natural helping link inside of them,

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  We have a woman who works for us who is the brains of finding funding. Jacquie is....

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Another thing is that Jamie came back from a workshop recently. She told me about the percentage of people who write funding proposals and who actually get one. How many...?

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Of increasing resiliency within a community?

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  If you decrease vulnerability and increase resiliency—

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Of increasing resiliency? Community centres, cultural events, training, and opportunities like education, sports, and cadets—there's a multitude of different things people can join that increase friendships and decrease isolation. There are so many. The list goes on.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  Not necessarily.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  There is another thing I want to point out, and I pointed it out to Jamie. I was looking around the room to see how many men were at the table. We know that domestic violence is a male-dominated crime and we need men to hold men accountable, as well. Just as much as we need women

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  All right, I will go. I also forgot to mention that I've been in Alberta for the last 10 years, and I'm also a therapist and community outreach coordinator and FNMI—first nations, Métis, and Inuit—specialist at my agency. Obviously we know from what Jamie said and from what all

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  And High Prairie.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  High Prairie and High Level.

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee  I'm Ruth Proulx. I'm originally Métis from Quebec, but I was born and raised in the Northwest Territories. I'm also a second-generation, former residential school student. My father also worked in one of the last residential schools closed in Canada, after he spent his childhood