Status of Women Committee on Jan. 21st, 2011

Evidence of meeting #51 for Status of Women in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was family.

On the agenda

Violence Against Aboriginal Women

MPs speaking

Dona Cadman
Anita Neville
Nicole Demers
Nina Grewal
Jean Crowder
Hedy Fry

Also speaking

Sergeant Mike Bartkus  Domestic Offender Crimes Section, Edmonton Police Service
Josie Nepinak  Executive Director, Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society
Donald Langford  Executive Director, Métis Child and Family Services Society
Jo-Anne Hansen  Representative, Little Warriors
Nancy Leake  Criminal Intelligence Analyst, Serious Crimes Branch, Edmonton Police Service
Kari Thomason  Community Outreach Worker, Métis Child and Family Services Society
Bill Spinks  Serious Crime Branch, Edmonton Police Service
Jo-Anne Fiske  Professor of Women's Studies, University of Lethbridge, As an Individual
Suzanne Dzus  Founder and Chairperson, Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women Calgary
Superintendent Mike Sekela  Criminal Operations Officer, "D" Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
April Wiberg  Founder, Stolen Sisters Awareness Walk and Movement
Gloria Neapetung  Representative, Stolen Sisters Awareness Walk and Movement
Sandra Lambertus  Author, As an Individual
Jennifer Koshan  Professor, University of Calgary, As an Individual
Muriel Stanley Venne  President and Founder, Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women

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Author, As an Individual

Dr. Sandra Lambertus

I would say to promote wellness and empowerment and not focus so much on running from one disaster to another.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

Jennifer.

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Professor, University of Calgary, As an Individual

Prof. Jennifer Koshan

The voices of aboriginal women need to be heard, and they actually need to be accounted for when laws and policies are being developed.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

Muriel.

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President and Founder, Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women

Muriel Stanley Venne

I want every parliamentarian and every leader--provincial, federal, and municipal--to be aware of and proclaim the injustice to aboriginal women.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

Thank you.

I want to thank you again for coming and for being so frank with us.

I will entertain a motion to adjourn.

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Liberal

Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB

So moved.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

Thank you, Anita.

This committee is now adjourned.