Status of Women committee  A program to engage our men.

Status of Women committee  Seventy-eight percent of violence committed against aboriginal women is by men, male perpetration.

Status of Women committee  Just engage them.

Status of Women committee  It's a huge order. When I look at these pieces, a slap, a punch, and a hit is acceptable.

Status of Women committee  I understand it's not. I know it's not, but when you live in that and when you approach the police, and they say, “Well, you know, it's just....” That type of attitude helps to harvest even more of that. It gets to escalate. So if we can move toward zero tolerance, a true zero to

Status of Women committee  I'd like to add that I agree with Jo-Anne in her presentation of that information. I also think that it should be added to so that appropriate services in healing could be offered at the levels of the families. April mentioned looking at an aboriginal victim's services; they woul

Status of Women committee  I believe that if we do not engage our men at a very personal level, we are never going to get rid of this issue. Every one of those men has a mother, and if you can make these women personable, if you can bring them back to humanity in their minds, we will have this issue dealt

Status of Women committee  Let's start in school. Let's start in elementary school and let's start with teaching our boys about how to respect women, all women, without giving them a race. Teach them that all women are important and that they are to be respected. If we can teach them at a young age, right

Status of Women committee  I believe that Jo-Anne speaks very well and covers many pieces. When I look at all of these pieces, I've heard stories of women who will not go into a homeless shelter because they're no longer safe. So when I listen to that, I need to know the same thing she does from the star

Status of Women committee  When I look at what needs to occur within the Treaty 7 area or within the province of Alberta for us to see a difference, and the fact that we have a huge number of women who choose not to engage with the police at all...there needs to be trust built and it has to come from the t

Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  In the Calgary area, I can't say that we're actually seeing the impact of Project KARE. The number of women I have been in contact with, who are willing to approach police, has not increased in any way, shape or form.

Status of Women committee  No, it's not.

Status of Women committee  Tansi . I am a Cree and Mohawk woman from the Michel First Nation. My colonial name is Suzanne Dzus, and I am the founder of the Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women in Calgary. I'm also a program coordinator and a facilitator within the Treaty 7 region. We are an orga