Status of Women committee  I agree with Chief Whiteduck that there need to be more opportunities for communities to develop their own tools and practices. I also think that continued funding for the Native Women's Association and their Sisters in Spirit project is necessary, considering that they've rese

Status of Women committee  The Yukon Sisters in Spirit project isn't directly funded through NWAC--we're funded by other means--but we had been working with them prior to everything in regard to sharing research, and we're trying to almost copy their project and make it at a grassroots level. Currently t

Status of Women committee  Yes, it's short.

Status of Women committee  To begin, thank you for letting me speak here as a witness, and I'd also like to acknowledge the traditional land that we are on. Rates of violence against women are higher in the north than in any other jurisdiction in Canada. Aboriginal women are more likely to experience viol