Quebec Native Women Association faces closure after $175K in cuts – CBC
May 15, 2015
Group working with native women for 40 years told it doesn’t qualify for federal funding
An organization that has been helping native women in Quebec for the past 40 years says it may have to shut down after its federal funding was cut.
The Quebec Native Women’s Association had been receiving about $175,000 a year from Heritage Canada for years, for its work on helping aboriginal women deal with abuse, education, equality rights and more.
But after funding was transferred from Heritage Canada to the federal Aboriginal Affairs office, the group was told it was not an “aboriginal-representative organization,” said Mary Hannaburg, who has worked with the group for the past 30 years.
