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Annual General Meeting and Public Information Session
Mark your calendars, the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal will be holding their Annual General Meeting and Public Information Session on August 26th, 2010. The meeting will take place at the Maritime Plaza Hotel, in room Beaupré 1, at 1155 rue Guy, at 6:30pm. If you have any questions please contact Nakuset at 514-933-4688.
End of Projects
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) project is coming to an end on June 30, 2010. Read more.
The Harm Reduction Project is coming to an end on March 31, 2010. In the past months, the shelter has sought funding in order to guarantee that these projects will be maintained after the end of this fiscal year.
Please sign our petition "Request for the Reinstatement of Funds to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation" http://www.petitiononline.com/fundAHF/petition/html.
For more information and to follow the progress of the Native Women Shelter's efforts to restore funding to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the other 133 affected projects, visit www.ineedhealing.wordpress.com.
VDay Concordia 2010
V-Day Concordia is Announcing the following: The Vagina Monologues tickets!
You can purchase your tickets at VIA's office on 2150 Bishop K-205. We are there Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 11 to 6.
You can also reserve by emailing tickets@viaconcordia.ca
Just indicate the following:
Name, date and time of show, nr. of tickets, type of tickets (student or non-student).
There will be three perfomances:
Saturday March 20th at 7:30 pm
Sunday March 21st at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
To volunteer email aoaconcordia@gmail.
http://www.facebook.com/l/24a4b;www.viaconcordia.ca
VDay McGill 2010
We are happy to announce that VDay McGill has once again chosen the NWSM as a beneficiary for this year's production of the Vagina Monologues. The presentation will be running from February 5-7, 2010 @ 8pm at McGill University, Leacock 132. It will run approx. 2 hours including intermission. If you have any questions please consult the attached poster (PDF) or e-mail producer.vdaymcgill@gmail.com or visit their website at http://vday.mcgill.ca.
Grandmother Moon Newsletter
Winter 2009 (PDF)
Fall 2009 (PDF)
Summer 2009 (PDF)
Spring 2009 (PDF)
Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Meeting
The last meeting of the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy was held on September 29, 2009. As soon as the report has been approved by the Steering Committee it will be posted to this site. The next meeting of the network is tentatively set for the month of February, more details will follow shortly...
Please find attached copies of the reports from the UACS meetings:
June 15th, 2009 (PDF)
March 10th, 2009 (PDF)
January 13th, 2009 (PDF)
November 5th, 2008 (PDF)
Free Workshop
Free workshop with Sugandhi Wickremarachchi of the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)
“Beyond the Banana: Biology of HIV Transmission”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009
10:00am – 4:00pm
Location: Projet Autochtones du Québec
Address: 90 de la Gauchetière East, Montreal, Quebec
Poster (MS Word)
Presentation
The presentation 'Reclaiming Indigenous Feminism through Reproductive Justice' will take place August 27th, 2009 at 2:00pm at the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal.
VDay McGill 2009
We would like to thank VDay McGill for selecting the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal as one of their beneficiaries for their production of 'The Vagina Monologues' on February 13th, 14th and 15th, 2009. Please see the press release (PDF).
VDay Concordia 2009
The Association of Alms of Concordia University in association with the V-Day global campaign to stop violence against women and girls hosted a benefit production of The Vagina Monologues this March 11th & 12th, 2009. All proceeds will be donated to the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal and the V-Day Spotlight Campaign. We would like to extend a great thanks to Concordia for selecting us as their beneficiary and for allowing us to participate in their production of the Monologues.
Panel Discussion
The School of Community and Public Affairs of Concordia University held a panel discussion entitled Culture Shock: The Urban Aboriginal Experience on March 3rd, 2009. The panel discussion was a great success and the turn out was beyond expectations. Read the press release (MS Word).
Stay tuned for further developments to come.