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GATINEAU, QC, April 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) announced today the departure of Chief Executive Officer Lynne Groulx. Ms. Groulx is leaving to...

GATINEAU, Que., March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is demanding that the federal government finally does the right thing by providing stable core...

Gatineau, Que., Oct. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) congratulates Wab Kinew on his historic victory as the first First Nations Premier of a province of...

Ottawa, June 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A genocide is being perpetuated against Indigenous peoples in Canada. That was the unambiguous declaration of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered...

Ottawa, June 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- It's hard to accept, but it's not up for debate. There is an ongoing genocide against Indigenous people in Canada. This history and its legacy must be...

Ottawa, March 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Indigenous women leaders, human-rights advocates, government officials, and other experts from across the Western Hemisphere will take part in a two-day...

Ottawa, ON, Oct. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The annual Sisters In Spirit vigil commemorating thousands of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women who have been murdered or gone missing in Canada in...

Ottawa, ON, June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is calling upon ministers — federal, provincial and territorial — as well as police forces across Canada...

OTTAWA, June 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- It’s a match one could say was made in heaven. The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is the national Indigenous organization that enhances,...