Nouvelle Présidente Jeannette Corbiere Lavell

With Aboriginal women from across Canada congregated for the 35th Annual General Assembly of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) in Ottawa, Jeannette Corbiere-Lavell emerged as the new president after two rounds of voting. The newly elected president is a mother, a grandmother and a member of the Anishinabe First Nation of Wikwemikong, Ontario. Corbiere-Lavell will replace outgoing president Beverley Jacobs who held the office for five years. She ran against Marilyn Buffalo and Nahanni Fontaine. With Aboriginal women from across Canada congregated for the 35th Annual General Assembly of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) in Ottawa, Jeannette Corbiere-Lavell emerged as the new president after two rounds of voting. The newly elected president is a mother, a grandmother and a member of the Anishinabe First Nation of Wikwemikong, Ontario. Corbiere-Lavell will replace outgoing president Beverley Jacobs who held the office for five years. She ran against Marilyn Buffalo and Nahanni Fontaine. With Aboriginal women from across Canada congregated for the 35th Annual General Assembly of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) in Ottawa, Jeannette Corbiere-Lavell emerged as the new president after two rounds of voting. The newly elected president is a mother, a grandmother and a member of the Anishinabe First Nation of Wikwemikong, Ontario. Corbiere-Lavell will replace outgoing president Beverley Jacobs who held the office for five years. She ran against Marilyn Buffalo and Nahanni Fontaine. With Aboriginal women from across Canada congregated for the 35th Annual General Assembly of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) in Ottawa, Jeannette Corbiere-Lavell emerged as the new president after two rounds of voting. The newly elected president is a mother, a grandmother and a member of the Anishinabe First Nation of Wikwemikong, Ontario. Corbiere-Lavell will replace outgoing president Beverley Jacobs who held the office for five years. She ran against Marilyn Buffalo and Nahanni Fontaine. If her name sounds familiar it is because Corbiere-Lavell led the Supreme Court challenge of the federal government's system of determining First Nations status. She is also the first Anishinabek Nation Commissioner on Citizenship and she is a founding member of the Ontario Native Women's Association and has served NWAC as interim president. On Oct. 1, Corbiere-Lavell received the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case. The award honours individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of women’s equality and have celebrated Canada’s evolution as an inclusive society.