Ontario Native Women's Association

A Voice for Indigenous Women's Issues

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Art can carry story, connection, responsibility, and hope.
📖 Issue 2 of #SheIsWiseMagazine features Métis artist Christi Belcourt in The Healing Power of Art.
🔗 https://t.co/CLkS5avR9k
#IndigenousHistoryMonth #IndigenousArt

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Congratulations to Big mama and walks a lot woman, the winners of Mocc Walk Weekly Challenge 4! 👣🎉

Weekly Challenges are a great way to help keep your Mocc Walk goals! ✨

Grab your moccasins & join anytime: https://t.co/3PKMnOBFEY

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Indigenous women’s voices carry strength, truth, and leadership.
📖 Issue 1 of #SheIsWiseMagazine features Reclaiming a Voice, an article about speaking out and reclaiming voice.
🔗 https://t.co/CLkS5avR9k
#IndigenousHistoryMonth #ONWA

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Creating safety begins with listening to survivors and Community Members.
📖 Issue 1 of #SheIsWiseMagazine features Creating Safe Spaces, highlighting ONWA’s work to improve supports for survivors of human trafficking.
🔗 https://t.co/CLkS5avR9k
#IndigenousHistoryMonth

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Looking for a new career opportunity or interested in learning more about working with ONWA?
Join us for our Career Opportunity Open House in Kenora!

📍 Location: Kenora
📅 Date: June 9, 2026
🕙 Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Come meet the ONWA team & explore career opportunities.

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📣Calling Indigenous poets, storytellers, writers, & spoken word artists🧡

Share your voice & raise awareness about violence against Indigenous women & girls by submitting your work for ONWA’s Poetry Book.

📅 Deadline: June 30
🔗 https://t.co/C2czUqkwXl

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This Indigenous History Month, ONWA is looking back through the #SheIsWiseMagazine archive.
📖 Issue 1: Inspiring a New Generation shares Dorothy Wynne’s extraordinary life of service.
🔗 Read & subscribe: https://t.co/CLkS5avR9k

#StoriesMatter #IndigenousHistoryMonth

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This Indigenous History Month, we’re spotlighting Indigenous women’s stories from She Is Wise Magazine ✨We’re sharing articles that celebrate the voices, experiences, and leadership of Indigenous women across generations.

#IndigenousHistoryMonth #StoriesMatter

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ONWA applauds recent Ontario Superior Court ruling protecting homelessness under Section 15 of the Charter. If upheld, decision could empower courts to require governments to take meaningful, proactive steps to directly address homelessness.

https://t.co/MvflC1P0UM

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🍓 Mocc Walk Week 5 Challenge = Strawberry Strong
🗓 June 1 - 7

June’s Strawberry Moon = growth & connection. 🌕 Berries are low GI—help manage blood sugar & keep you full. Reflect on what it means to you!

🔗 Submit your entry at https://t.co/3PKMnOBFEY

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Indigenous women’s collective activism is stoking the fire – and it has been for generations.
Today, our youth are carrying this work forward - sustaining hope, leading grassroots activism, and driving systemic change for the next seven generations.

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ONWA members BRAWC, Georgian Bay Native Women’s Association, and Hamilton Native Women’s Centre participated in a panel discussion on reconciliation with Indigenous women in housing at the 2026 OMSSA Exchange Conference in Hamilton.

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Week 4 of the Mocc Walk is wrapping up 👣💜

Reminder to submit your Time Log and Weekly Challenge entry before the week ends!

This week’s challenge: 150 Minutes of Movement 💪

Join anytime: https://t.co/3PKMnOBFEY

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ONWA members BRAWC, Georgian Bay Native Women’s Association, & Hamilton Native Women’s Centre led a break-out session, From Crisis to Collaboration: Working in Partnership with Indigenous Women’s Organizations to Address the Housing Crisis, at the 2026 OMSSA Exchange Conference.

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ONWA is proud to congratulate Stephanie Mikki Adams, Mary Daoust, and Matt Richer on receiving the 2025–26 Ontario Attorney General Victim Services Award of Distinction.

Read more: https://t.co/rkHjNytWFr

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Week 4 of the Mocc Walk is wrapping up 👣💜

Reminder to submit your Time Log and Weekly Challenge entry before the week ends!

This week’s challenge: 150 Minutes of Movement 💪

Join anytime: https://t.co/3PKMnOBFEY

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On May 5, 2026, ONWA members across the province hosted events in recognition of Red Dress Day to raise awareness of the ongoing crisis of MMIWG. ONWA members honoured the lives lost and the families & loved ones who continue to call for action to address this crisis.

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As youth leaders, we take action to keep hope alive through caring for our families, communities and honouring the land.

#SafetyIsSacred 
How are you creating safety for Indigenous women?
Share and learn more: https://t.co/qHPT8CLJEO

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⏱️ Mocc Walk Week 4 Challenge = 150 Minutes of Movement
🗓 May 25 - 31

Build a strong, healthy body for life 💪 Aim for 150 mins of activity this week & let us know how you did!

🔗 Submit your entry at https://t.co/3PKMnOBFEY

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This free initiative invites Indigenous women and their families across Ontario to come together, move their bodies, and support diabetes awareness through everyday activity. Every step, every stretch, every moment matters.

🔗 https://t.co/3PKMnOBFEY