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May 24, 2025

Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association

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Resiliency Centre a dream come true for Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association

August 1, 2022 Maureen Googoo
Bernadette Marshall says it has always been her dream to have a centre just for Mi’kmaw women in Nova Scotia. Now, the president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association says that dream will become […]
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Memorial set up to mourn discovery of remains of 215 children who attended B.C. residential school

June 1, 2021 Maureen Googoo
Teddy bears, flowers and orange ribbons were tied to the guardrail near the site of a former residential school in Nova Scotia to mourn the discovery of children’s remains on the grounds of another former […]
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Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister

November 18, 2019 Maureen Googoo
The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association has filed a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission against Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil, who is also the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. […]
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Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Mi’kmaw Chiefs remove Morley Googoo as AFN regional vice-chief

October 11, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Morley Googoo has been removed as the Assembly of First Nations regional vice-chief for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. In a news release issued on Friday afternoon, Mi’kmaw chiefs in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland announced its […]
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AFN suspends NS/NL Vice-Chief while it investigates harassment allegations

September 5, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Morley Googoo has been suspended from his position as Assembly of First Nations Vice-Chief for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland while the AFN investigates allegations he harassed women while serving in his role as vice-chief. AFN’s […]
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Former NSNWA president files human rights complaint against AFN Vice-Chair, Tripartite Forum

August 10, 2019 Maureen Googoo
The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association is taking her harassment and discrimination complaints against a regional vice-chief for the Assembly of First Nations to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Cheryl Maloney, […]
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Former NSNWA president says harassment complaint against AFN vice-chief caused emotional, financial stress

July 25, 2019 Maureen Googoo
The woman who filed a harassment and discrimination complaint against an Assembly of First Nations vice-chief says the ordeal has taken an emotional and financial toll on her. “I have experienced considerable stress over the […]
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AFN executive considers suspending NS/NL Vice-Chief Morley Googoo following harassment allegations

July 23, 2019 Maureen Googoo
The executive committee of the Assembly of First Nations has proposed to suspend Morley Googoo from his position as AFN Vice-Chief for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. In a letter dated July 22, AFN […]
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MMIWG Inquiry to hold hearing in Membertou First Nation

October 27, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Agnes Gould is looking forward to sharing her sister’s story to commissioners with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, or MMIWG, next week in Membertou, N.S. “I want to humanize […]
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Indigenous support workers hired to help families involved with inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls

September 7, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Families in Nova Scotia who plan on participating in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will now have a specialized support team to help them through the process. Three Indigenous […]
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National inquiry into murdered, missing Indigenous women and girls hold community meetings in NS this week

August 16, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Debra Ginnish, who’s niece was killed in 2004, has a list of questions to ask staff with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls when they arrive in Membertou First Nation […]
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Details announced for inquiry into missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls

August 3, 2016 Maureen Googoo
After more than a decade of lobbying by Indigenous women’s groups across Canada, the federal government announced Wednesday the details for a national inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. […]
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Daughter of Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash upset with Halifax MMIW pre-inquiry meeting

February 2, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The daughter of a Mi’kmaw activist who was murdered on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in 1975 is criticizing the way the pre-inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women was organized in Halifax. […]

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