(L-R) Janey Michael third vice, Karina Matthews-Denny secretary, Sarah MacDonald treasurer, Annie “Gibbet” Stevens second vice, Bernadette Marshall first vice, Annie Bernard-Daisley president and Lorraine Whitman, past president and NWAC president.

On September 14, 2019, during its Annual General Assembly, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) elected Lorraine Whitman as its new president.

Ms. Whitman served as president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association (NSNWA) and has been a long-time advocate for Indigenous women’s rights. She has a deeply rooted passion for health care and healing and has spoken on many occasions about the se ...

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