Status of Women committee  We can also share with you the work that the Native Women's Association of Canada is doing about the financial literacy program within that economic development framework. Financial literacy within aboriginal communities really is needed for the women. What also comes with that i

Status of Women committee  I don't know if it's literally someone slamming a door in your face, but it's what opportunities are provided. So building on one of the things about pay equity, if a certain amount of dollars is available for types of jobs, if those jobs are just the entry level and they're not

Status of Women committee  I think in terms of some of the government initiatives we were just talking about, the examples you gave are actually industry-related types of sectors. So the ASTSIF and ASEP programs are generally pumping dollars into male-dominated environments already. I think it has to go ba

Status of Women committee  Work is being done right now in the economic framework development plan. The Native Women's Association of Canada is working directly with INAC to develop a culturally relevant gender-based analysis framework. So we are looking at other ways to see what types of assets women do a

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  One of the things is that it's not just employers or just in a certain field; I think it's Canadian society. When we look at some of the programs we're doing--for example, with the new AHRDS program, which is now becoming the ASETS program--one of the main pillars is that as abor

Status of Women committee  I don't have an answer. I wish I did. We need to have a tool that clearly identifies all of those different inequities. What I can do, and I'll have to provide it later, is provide a summary based on the 2006 census data that shows where women are working more in the health field

Status of Women committee  I can go through this, if you like: Poverty is in fact the reality which attaches to most Aboriginal women, as their average income in 2000 amounted to just $16,519; their median income was $12,311. These figures are the lowest of all Canadians' income; Aboriginal men‘s average

Status of Women committee  I'll try to answer that. That's a really big question. I think you are hitting on a really important point. Aboriginal women are performing at lower indicators when it comes to social determinants of health than all other Canadians, and it's not a matter of what aboriginal men a

Status of Women committee  One of the things we're noticing when we're talking about the participation of aboriginal women is that all aboriginal women tend to find professions that end up contributing back to families and communities. For quite some time we actually haven't done, and still continue not to

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Carey Calder. I am a two-spirited Ojibway woman originally from northwestern Ontario, and I relocated to Ottawa about seven years ago. I am the manager of labour market development with the Native Women's Association of Canada,