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NWAC Community Resource Guide -culturally safe and sensitive

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NWAC Community Resource Guide -culturally safe and sensitive

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Community Resource Guide: “What can I do to help the Families of Missing and
Murdered Aboriginal women and girls?”

January 31, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) - The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is pleased to announce the release of a new product entitled, “Community Resource Guide: What can I do to help the Families of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal women and girls?”

The Community Resource Guide (CRG) is a plain-language publication that has been designed to assist educators, health and social providers and other allies with the necessary information and tools to work in a culturally safe and sensitive manner with families who have lost a loved one.

Since 2005, NWAC has been leading the way in research and community outreach on the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. “NWAC’s ongoing work with family members who are missing or have been murdered has revealed a need to centralize the toolkits, factsheets and violence prevention materials that NWAC has produced over the years,” explains NWAC President Jeannette Corbiere Lavell.

The CRG contains a poster, three fact sheets, 10 toolkits and other resources for educators as well as a CD for easy access to electronic files for printing and distribution. Some of the topics addressed in the CRG are: “Sisters In Spirit Vigils”, “Men as Effective Allies”, “Unlocking the Mystery of Media Relations”, “Navigating Victim Services”, and “Safety Measures for Aboriginal Women”.

NWAC encourages the use of the CRG for violence prevention activities, community support, capacity building and to promote healthy relationships.

The CRG will be available in February 2012 and available online at www.nwac.ca.

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For more information please contact:

Irene Goodwin, Director of Evidence to Action
1-800-461-4043 or igoodwin@nwac.ca

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Guide de ressources communautaires : « Qu’est-ce que je peux faire pour aider les
familles de femmes et de filles autochtones disparues ou assassinées? »


OTTAWA (Ontario), le 31 janvier 2012 – L’Association des femmes autochtones du Canada (AFAC) est heureuse d’annoncer la publication d’un nouveau produit intitulé « Guide de ressources communautaires : Qu’est-ce que je peux faire pour aider les familles de femmes et de filles autochtones disparues ou assassinées? » Le Guide de ressources communautaires est une publication en langage clair, conçue pour aider les éducateurs, les fournisseurs de soins de santé et de services sociaux et autres alliés en leur fournissant l’information et les outils nécessaires pour travailler avec les familles qui ont perdu un être cher de manière sécuritaire et sensible sur le plan culturel.

Depuis 2005, l’AFAC montre le chemin dans la recherche et la sensibilisation communautaire à la question des femmes et des filles autochtones disparues et assassinées. « Le travail continu de l’AFAC auprès des familles dont des membres ont disparu ou ont été assassinées a révélé le besoin de centraliser les trousses d’outils, les fiches d’information et la documentation sur la prévention de la violence que l’AFAC a produit au fil des ans », explique la présidente de l’AFAC, Jeannette Corbiere Lavell.

Le Guide de ressources communautaires comprend une affiche, trois fiches d’information, 10 trousses d’outils et d’autres ressources à l’intention des éducateurs, ainsi qu’un disque compact pour accéder facilement à des fichiers électroniques à imprimer et distribuer. Entres autres sujets abordés dans le Guide, mentionnons : les veilles de sœurs par l’esprit, les hommes comme alliés efficaces, les relations avec les médias, les services aux victimes et des mesures de sécurité pour les femmes autochtones.

L’AFAC encourage l’utilisation du Guide de ressources communautaires pour des activités de prévention de la violence, de soutien communautaire, de développement des capacités et pour faire la promotion de relations saines.

On pourra consulter le Guide de ressources communautaires en ligne, en février 2012, sur le site Web de l’AFAC : www.nwac.ca.

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Pour obtenir plus d’information :

Irene Goodwin, directrice, « De la preuve à l’action »
1-800-461-4043 ou igoodwin@nwac.ca
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