Aboriginal Women

• Indigenous business conference inspires female entrepreneurs

  One hundred Indigenous female business owners from across Canada gathered for a conference in Saskatoon to encourage entrepreneurship.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2018
  
• Indigenous women coerced into tubal ligations file proposed class action lawsuit

  A proposed class action lawsuit is seeking $7 million for each Indigenous woman who said they were coerced into having a tubal ligation after giving birth.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2017
  
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• Tubal ligations of Aboriginal women in Saskatoon ‘troubling’: Bennett

  Canada's Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett calls report into tubal ligation procedures in Saskatoon “completely troubling.”

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2017
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• Saskatoon Health Region releases report into unwanted tubal ligation procedures

  The Saskatoon Health Region (SHR) admitted it failed Indigenous mothers in the community after they said they were coerced to have a tubal ligation.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2017
• Aboriginal women, black people much more likely to be ‘carded’ by Edmonton police

  Aboriginal people accounted for just over five per cent of Edmonton's population in the 2011 census - the most recent year for available data - but last year accounted for 21.6 per cent of people who were carded.

  Crime

  Jun 27, 2017
• Report alleges police mistreatment of indigenous women in Saskatchewan

  Human Rights Watch said a fractured relationship between indigenous communities and police agencies stems back to residential schools.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2017
• Alberta’s aboriginal women 7 times more likely to be victims of homicide

  Aboriginal women are much more likely to be victims of homicide than non-aboriginal women, according to a new Statistics Canada study. 

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2017
• FSIN powwow in Saskatoon honours First Nations women

  Thousands attend annual FSIN “Spirit of our Nations” powwow this weekend at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2016
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• Fredericton Red Shawl Campaign honours missing and murdered indigenous women

  Red shawls in Frederiction are part of a campaign honouring missing women and aims to provide healing to their families and friends.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2016
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• Alberta’s top court reviews acquittal in Cindy Gladue’s death

  The Alberta Court of Appeal is hearing arguments on whether to overturn a controversial acquittal of an Ontario trucker charged with killing an indigenous woman.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2016