Native Women's Association of Canada

About Native Women's Association of Canada

The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) is a National Indigenous Organization dedicated to defending the rights, delivering programming, and amplifying the perspectives of Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, transgender, and gender-diverse people in Canada. This includes First Nations (on and off reserve, status and non-status, disenfranchised), Métis, and Inuit. NWAC aims to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural, and political well-being of Indigenous women and girls within their communities and Canadian societies.

Products & Services

Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET):A program to help Indigenous women participate in economic opportunities through education, aiming for economic success and empowerment for strong families and communities.

Safe Passage:A community-driven, trauma-informed initiative that tracks cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, transgender, gender-diverse, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S+), monitors safety concerns, provides safety resources, educates the public and media, and honors loved ones.

NWAC Libraries:Online and in-person libraries offering access to knowledge on Indigenous cultures, languages, and community data on topics like MMIWG2S+ and beyond, for Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, transgender, gender-diverse people, and others.

Specialties

Indigenous women's rights Economic empowerment through education Advocacy for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, transgender, and gender-diverse people (MMIWG2S+) Cultural and social well-being of Indigenous communities

Funding History

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#	Type	Amount Fields	Date Fields	Investors
1	RT: Grant T: - FT: Grant	A: 1150000 MR: - FA: 1.15 million FAN: 1150000	D: 2023-06-06 FD: 2023-06-06	1 investors

Grant Latest

2023-06-06

$1.1M

1 investor (Pro only)

Growth Metrics

+45%

Employee Growth

YoY

3.2x

Funding Growth

Last Round

12

Markets

Operating

10K+

Customers

Active

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Team & Leadership

J

Josie Nepinak

NWAC National President

G

Gena Edwards

1st Vice-President

T

Terri Szabo

2nd Vice-President

A

Amy Sock

Treasurer

J

Jennifer Martin

Secretary

B

Brenda Gauthier

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