Invitation to Contribute!

We invite Métis women in Canada to help review a community document that can set a gender-based framework for health.

Métis women are part of a unique cultural and political dynamic that cannot be directly compared to or included with those of First Nations or Inuit women. A number of Métis women and the agencies they work with have been striving to establish Métis women-specific agendas and criteria in various political arenas. These calls for recognition have taken numerous forms and include experiences, expertise, knowledge, concerns and suggestions for change that will be essential for consideration in a framework that is both culturally-relevant and gender-specific to Métis women.

A Métis-specific Gender-Based Framework for Health is one area for growth.

Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence has developed a DRAFT framework that is specific to Métis women and their lives. The framework will be considered by Health Canada and others for future developments in an Aboriginal specific sex and gender framework.

We welcome your comments on what goes into the framework and how it might be used.

Please take some time to review the draft document and click here to complete our survey and tell us what you think.

Download the document.