Eva Ottawa
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Eva Ottawa | |
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 Eva Ottawa in 2006 | |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Nationality | Atikamekw |
Eva Ottawa is an Atikamekw political figure. She was the first women to be elected Grand Chief of the Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw and the first Indigenous woman to lead the Conseil du statut de la femme du Québec.[1][2][3][4] She received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and the Médaille Premiers Peuples in 2019.[5][6][7] She is currently a law professor at the University of Ottawa.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eva Ottawa, un pont entre deux mondes". Le Devoir (in French). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "Eva Ottawa nommée présidente du Conseil du statut de la femme". Le Devoir (in French). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "L'ex-grand chef Eva Ottawa à la tête du Conseil du statut de la femme". La Presse (in French). 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "Conseil du statut de la femme: Eva Ottawa avait des idées divergentes". Le Soleil (in French). 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "Native leader lands prominent role in women's advocacy". thestar.com. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "Ottawa, Eva". Faculty of Law - Civil Law section. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "Le lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec procède à la première remise de la médaille premiers peuples (premières nations)". www.lieutenant-gouverneur.qc.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société-. "Un nouveau défi pour l'ex-grande chef de la nation atikamekw". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2020-04-29.
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