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Women – Manitoba
Aboriginal Organizations
- Mother of Red Nations Women's Council of Manitoba
- The mission of the Mother of Red Nations Women's Council of Manitoba is to promote, protect and support the spiritual, emotional, physical and mental well-being of all Aboriginal women.
Health and Social Services
- Empowering Our Little Sisters
- Empowering Our Little Sisters is a volunteer based mentorship & empowerment program designed to help Aboriginal girls gain confidence, self-esteem and self-knowledge through friendship and relationship building.
- IKWE Widdjiitiwin Inc.
- Contact information for the Ikwe-Widdjiitiwin Inc., a crisis shelter that provides safe accommodation, supportive counselling and advocacy to abused Aboriginal women and their children.
- Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre
- Maintains a resource centre in Winnipeg that provides culturally relevant preventive and supportive programs and services for Aboriginal families.
- Native Women's Transition Centre
- Briefly describes the Native Women's Transition Centre, a community-based, 21 bed facility providing support and services to Aboriginal women and children who have experienced victimization.
- Source: Shared Learnings on Homelessness
- Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence
- PWHCE's goal is to improve the health of women in Manitoba and Saskatchewan in particular by making the health system and social systems more responsive to women's and girls' health and well being.
Source: Government of Canada; Health Canada (HCan)- Sharing Our Stories On Promoting Health and Community Healing: An Aboriginal Women's Health Project
- This report presents a broad historical overview of Aboriginal women's health issues, a review of pertinent and current resources, and recommendations on how to address and improve the health of Aboriginal women.
- Source: Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence
Justice and Women's Rights
- Aboriginal Women – The Justice System and Aboriginal People
- This chapter of the Report of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba examines the plight of Aboriginal women in Canadian society and makes recommendations for changes in the justice system.
Source: Government of Manitoba; Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission
Language, Heritage and Culture
- I Never Felt Poor – Our Stories
- Biography of Emma Jane Crate, a citizen of Pimicikamak Cree Nation at Cross Lake.
- Source: UN Platform for Action Committee
- My Children Suffered, But They Ate – Our Stories
- This page introduces Alice Mancheese, a Community Health Representative (CHR), who in May 2001 won the Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses Community Caring Award.
- Source: UN Platform for Action Committee
- We Were Never Hungry – Our Stories
- We Were Never Hungry-OUr Stories, is the story of Dorothy, a Fisher River Cree Nation woman.
- Source: UN Platform for Action Committee Manitoba
- Woodland Cree and The Plains Cree, The – Northern Culture
- The Native people living in the Churchill area today are predominantly the Chipewan and the Swampy Cree.
- Source: The Town of Churchill
Outstanding Women
- Bartlett, Judith G. (MD) – Medicine and Health Services
- Judith G. Bartlett recieves the medicine and health services award from the National Aboriginal Acheivement Foundation.
- Source: University of Manitoba
- Dr. Dickason, Olive Patricia
- This page features Dr. Olive Patricia Dickason, an accomplished journalist and university professor, recipient in 1997 of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the Lifetime Achievement category.
- Source: Lakehead University
- Meeches, Lisa
- This page highlights Lisa Meeches' career achievements, one of the most dynamic and respected Aboriginal producers in Canada.
- Source: Aboriginal Human Resource Council
- Odjig, Daphne – Arts and Culture
- Daphnie Odjig received the awards for Arts and Culture from the National Aboriginal Acheivement Foundation.
- Source: Bearclaw Gallery
- Richard, Mary – Community Development
- Mary Richard received the Community Development Award.
Policy, Research and Statistics
- Women, Income and Health in Manitoba: An Overview and Ideas for Action
- This study looks at that disparity and how income inequality affects the health not only of women living in poverty but of everyone in our society.
- Source: Canadian Women's Health Network
- Women's Issues
- Series of articles pertaining to First Nations women's issues in Manitoba.
- Source: Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
Professional Development and Employment
- Aboriginal Women Leaders: Manitoba
- To increase the representation of Aboriginal women in positions of leadership.
- Microcomputer Applications
- Describes a community based training program accredited through Red River College, which goal is to educate and support Aboriginal women in gaining personal, academic and professional skills.
- Source: Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.
