Status of Women committee  First of all, with this resiliency lodge, four elders answer a 1-800 number that people are able to phone in to, just to know there's someone else on the other end. As the information comes in, we have a navigator who is able to, in turn, take the information from the elders to g

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for the question. First of all, I would like to mention that I was very disappointed. It was very hurtful for the family members who had opened their hearts and their wounds with the national action plan when they told their stories of their loved ones. That'

Status of Women committee  Wela'lin. Good afternoon. My name is Elder Lorraine Whitman, Grandmother White Sea Turtle, and I would be like to acknowledge the territory of Mi'kma'ki, of the L'nu Mi'kmaq people. I am also the president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, which means that I represen

Status of Women committee  Okay. I will get a little closer to the mike. You have all asked me here today to talk to you about the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting indigenous women, and I appreciate the opportunity to share some of NWAC's findings and also our concerns. I am here today t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure. I agree with what was just said. Truly, we do have to look at it through a matriarchal lens and not the paternal one, which we've done so much of. It has caused so many problems within and it's one area we really have to look at. That was mentioned at the end of the nation

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have put in dollars from our own funds to be able to do masks, but those are the medical masks. We need to be able to give our women, our elders, that peace that at least they are being comforted by the mask. As well, we have single moms who may have three or four children. I

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's very important that we look at the youth, especially where the violence is. Youth and the children are still in the home where the violence exists. We need to really take charge and be able to implement and be proactive so that we can assist our youth, because they are our f

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Yes, I believe that with the dollars base for our women, there has to be a gender-based analysis when it comes to dollars. We're seeing funding that's being given out, but it's to just one source. It doesn't give the definite area where the funding is going. With reg

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is a problem. We're finding that the resources and the services that are normally available in our first nations communities aren't available due to the closures. The women are feeling like, “Where do we go from here?” Because of the social distancing, they're not able to...

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We would like to have one in every province and territory, because of the importance of the vulnerable women, girls and two-spirited people. That's another area we certainly need to look into, to be able to give the support and the services to the women.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. First of all, I know we mentioned the action plan, what we've been doing with the dollars that we have at our national office. We have been taking dollars from other areas. To deal with this COVID crisis, we wanted to start making masks, which we have done.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. I just want to make sure that when we're working within funding and whatever, we're inclusive, as indigenous women, Métis and Inuit. Because we work with those women, we know where we're going, and we need to have that inclusivity with the government. We're also urg

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would also like to stress, with this.... I mentioned the children, the women and the elder abuse. Yes, the funding is so important, and we did sign an accord in 2019 in which the government, under the Crown, said that we would be at the same tables as those of our indigenous

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It makes a big difference in the line of violence that's occurring, because we need sustainable dollars. We need to be able to work together, and we need the inclusion of indigenous women to be able to make a step forward, with a plan that is made by the indigenous people for the