Bigger and stronger than ever, the 2018 edition of the’s Spirit Walk attracted 175 walkers and raised an unprecedented $32,000 to pay for a healing retreat and other services for the women and children staying in the shelter. “It’s […]
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Montreal and Val d’Or celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day
As the solstice sun sparkled on the mighty river, the warm air was full of jubilant song and dance, carrying a spirit of hope and healing for Canada’s First Nations. It is fitting that National Indigenous Peoples Day is held […]
A 60s Scoop survivor discusses Ottawa’s compensation offer
“The government is really cheap! It’s really surreal and really insulting, considering all of the things that Indigenous people have gone through.” Nakuset, the First Nations activist and Director of the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal, was speaking about the […]
Demanding real justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women
“Two years,” observed Idle No More organizer Melissa Mollen-Dupuis, speaking about the mandate of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. “That’s two years of women dying, women disappearing, young girls being put into pimps’ hands […]
Sisters of the 60s Scoop reunited
Nakuset, the director of Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM), is well known for her work to support women’s rights, fight racism and raise awareness of First Nations culture for authorities and children in care. Much of the motivation for […]
Montreal’s Native Women’s Shelter has huge success with third Spirit Walk
They set out to raise $10,000, and ended up with $13,600. For an organization used to seeing its budgets cut, the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM) had a happy surprise with this year’s third annual Spirit Walk fundraising […]
Opponents of controversial Inuit film confront screening organizer in Montreal
The weather was thawing, so it seemed like a good night for a dialogue. But film director Dominic Gagnon never arrived as expected to a scheduled public discussion of his controversial documentary of the North. Earlier on March 9, Montreal […]
Annual march for missing and murdered Indigenous women sparks hope and anger
The 10th annual march for missing and murdered Indigenous women in Montreal October 4 was an emotional affair. Organized by the Missing Justice Collective and the Montreal Centre for Gender Advocacy, the event saw close to a thousand people gather […]