Today's announcement is being made on National Indigenous Peoples Day. We will build a child welfare system that is transformed and recognizes that the shattered, hurt parent needs love, care and attention, just as her children do.

Ending violence against Indigenous women and their families and ensuring equal access to justice, education, health services, environmental stewardship and economic development, sit at the cornerstone of the organization. In 1965 she was chosen as Indian Princess of Canada and later she was employed by the Company of Young Canadians, working in Native communities across the country. ONWA has two (2) honorary members and a regional Grandmothers’ Council that is comprised of non-voting members of the Board that are present at Board Meetings and the Annual Assembly in a support and mentorship role.As a proud member of the Wikwemikong First Nation and the first Aboriginal Trudeau Scholar, I have worked to advance the rights of Aboriginal women as the President of the Ontario Native Women's Association since 2007.In my role as Director for First Peoples House of Learning at Trent University since October 2016 I have had the opportunity to share my lens on the traditional role of Indigenous women. Established in 1971, ONWA delivers culturally enriched programs and services to Indigenous women and their families regardless of their status or locality. To do that we have to ensure that our voices are heard. Chapters will be required to enter into a MOU with the ONWA in order to strengthen clarity and accountability in the relationships.A grassroots group of women, who chose not to become an incorporated body, but maintain a presence to provide supports, educate and advocate for Indigenous women and/or children in their community.

It honours collective wisdom by reclaiming that which colonization had targeted, our inherent knowledge as leaders in our families and communities.Talk4Healing is a culturally grounded, fully confidential helpline for Indigenous women available in 14 languages. She embodies the commitment of a warrior fighting for the rights of Indigenous women and their families.A new empowering voice for Indigenous women in print and on-line.This new magazine is a platform that will actively support ONWA’s on-going work celebrating Indigenous women’s accomplishments and successes and tireless commitment to end racism and violence.The magazine framework centres on Indigenous Women’s leadership. ONWA insists on social and cultural well–being for all Indigenous women and their families, so that all women, regardless of tribal heritage may live their best life.At the Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA) we will support women to take up their leadership roles in the family and in the community.ONWA will support women’s leadership.

When we come together in a safe and supporting environment we build an important foundation that ensures past injustice is not allowed to repeat itself. NWRCT delivers culturally relevant programs and services that empower and build the collective capacity and self-sufficiency of Indigenous women.

Since the mid-1960’s she has been involved in Canada’s Native community through a vast range of causes and organizations.Born in 1942 to an Ojibway family in Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island, she has always had a profound sense of purpose and dedication to the Native traditions in which she was raised. These are some of the areas that I have successfully championed through a culturally relevant gender based analysis.I am confident that our website will open a window of understanding for you into the programs, services and work that ONWA is engaged in throughout the Province of Ontario throughout the year.ONWA membership is based on the establishment of either Chapters or Councils within the province of Ontario. Their website speaks to their work, their successes and their role in empowering Indigenous women across Ontario.As the Executive Director of the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) I am proud of the work we do on behalf of Indigenous Women and families in Ontario.

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