Exploring Theme: "First Nations Initiative"

NationTalk: Geneva, Switzerland – The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) is proud to announce its participation in key United Nations (UN) sessions taking place throughout October in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland: the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee’s 89th Session; the second Human Rights Council (HRC) intersessional meeting...

Kathy Walker is the 2nd woman to hold the position CBC Indigenous: While celebrations were taking place on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Treaty Commissioner of Saskatchewan Kathy Walker was beginning her first day on the job.   Walker, who is nêhiyaw iskwêw (a Cree woman) with Saulteaux, Nakoda and Métis lineages, is only the second...

Ontario Native Women’s Association Amplifying Indigenous Women’s Voices at United Nations Human Rights Council NationTalk: Geneva, Switzerland – At the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA), we work to amplify Indigenous women’s rights locally, nationally, and internationally. As a part of this work, ONWA is taking up our rightful space at the 57th session of the Human...

The documentary, exploring atrocities at St. Joseph’s Mission, brought one filmmaker closer to home. “For something so important to our literal existence, I think I want to know the whole story.”  So begins a conversation between Julian Brave NoiseCat — writer, filmmaker and member of the Canim Lake Band — and his father, Salish artist...

NationTalk: MONTREAL QC — The First Nations Market Housing Fund (the Fund) and the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB) have joined forces to enhance collaboration and cooperation in supporting First Nations communities. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two organizations took place on the eve of the 45th Annual General...

NationTalk: Geneva, Switzerland – The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) is participating in the 17th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). The session will take place July 8-12, 2024, in Palais des Nations, Geneva. ONWA is the oldest and largest Indigenous women’s organization in Canada, representing over 30 Indigenous women’s...