Affirmative Action: Assembly Of First Nations

Native Women's Association Dept: OTTAWA - They did it without quotas, action plans or affirmative action, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The secret to such high female participation is two-fold, says Michele Audette, president of the Quebec Native Women's Association and michelle Audette, President of the Quebec's Native Women's Association, speaks during the final day of the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly in Toronto on Thursday, July 19, 2012. Half of the eight candidates in the recent election for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations were women a novel event, not just for the native organization but for Canadian politics in general. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle Siu Half of the eight candidates in the recent election for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations were women a novel event, not just for the native organization but for Canadian politics in general. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.