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Initiatives/Resources to Address Sexual Violence

Two Spirit Resources

  • Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance on Facebook

    The Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance strives to “represent the emotional, spiritual, mental and physical well-being and interests of Two Spirits and Indigenous LGBTQ+ individuals and groups in Wabanaki Territory”.

    Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance: It Gets Better! video . Click Here

  • Two Spirits, One Voice video, Egale

Root Causes of Violence Against Aboriginal Women

Module Sources

Aboriginal Multi-Media Association, “Mary Two-Axe Early”

Amnesty International

Assembly of First Nations

CBC

Conversations with Heidi Marshall, Cheryl Maloney, Claudette Commanda and members of the Mi’kmaq Advisory Committee.

Eskasoni Mental Health

The Globe and Mail, “Sandra Lovelace Nicholas fought for aboriginal women's rights

Government of Canada, The Report on the Royal Commission of Aboriginal Peoples

Heart Wood Center for Community Youth Development, Youth Engagement on the Topic of Sexualized Violence in Nova Scotia

Sarah Hunt, Decolonizing the Roots of Rape Culture: reflections on consent, sexual violence and university campuses

Idle No More

Indigenous Health Working Group of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada; Health and Health Care Implications of Systemic Racism on Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Beverly Jacobs and Andrea J. Williams, Speaking My Truth

Isabelle Knockwood, Out of the Depths, 4th Edition

Library and Archives Canada, “Jeannette Vivian Corbiere Lavell

John McKiggan, “A Tribute to Nora Bernard

Mi’gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat, “Treaty Relationships”

The Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre, Mi’kmawe’l Tan Teli-kina’muemk Teaching About the Mi’kmaq

Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI, Creating an Inclusive School Climate for Aboriginal Learners

Mi’kmaw Spirit, “Mi’kmaw Spirituality – Fasting

Mi’kmawey Debert

National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls

Native Women’s Association of Canada

Office of Aboriginal Affairs, Government of Nova Scotia

Ontario Native Literacy Coalition, Teachings of the Seven Sacred/Seven Grandfathers

Paq’tnkek Project Implementation Report

Daniel Paul

Janet Silman, Enough is Enough: Aboriginal Women Speak Out

sipeknekatik.ca, “History of Sipekne’katik

Statistics Canada, Shannon Brennan; Violent victimization of Aboriginal women in the Canadian provinces (2009)

Status of Women Canada, “Mary Two-Axe Early

The Thunderbird Partnership Foundation

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Unama'ki College, Cape Breton University

The Union of Nova Scotia Indians, The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaw, and the Native Council of Nova Scotia; The Mi’kmaw Resource Guide

United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

University of British Columbia (UBC) Indigenous Foundations

Our Eskasoni, “History of Eskasoni

Where Are the Children, “Timeline

Wikipedia, “Canada (AG) v Lavell

Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples, “First Nation Relationship with the Land