Tag: Aboriginal Women’s Action Network

Joseph Boyden identity debate mirrors appropriation of women’s voices and spaces

As a founding member of the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN), I am fascinated by recent conversations about Joseph Boyden. I love that Indigenous peoples are asserting the importance of lived experience, growing…

For International Women’s Day, women’s groups demand justice for Indigenous women

Over the weekend, around 50 feminists — Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal — gathered at the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Center on East Hastings. The meetings, organized by the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN) and…