‘Pushed to the back’: First Nations women under-represented as chiefs in Canada
More than a year after Sheila North unsuccessfully ran to lead one of Manitoba’s largest First Nations political organizations, the Cree leader and journalist is ready to try again.
If elected, North would be the first female grand chief the Manitoba assembly has seen in its nearly 35-year history North, who was most recently a broadcaster with CBC Manitoba, said she’s keenly aware she’s running at a time when the reputation of the Manitoba assembly is being questioned. But she hopes to bring back a sense of unity between chiefs, staff and the grassroots.
Canada-wide, the number of women occupying these roles in the last 15 years has virtually stayed the same, said Cora Voyageur, a sociology professor at the University of Calgary and a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Alberta.“There was between 15 and 18 per cent of the chiefs being women, and that’s been pretty constant over the last 15 years or so,” she said.
Angela Levasseur decided to take a break from her burgeoning law career to run after community members and elders encouraged her.
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