Mailing Address
#380 – 13401 108 Ave
Surrey, B.C.
V3T 5T3Phone & Email
Email: mowge@mnbc.ca
Toll free: 1-800-940-1150
Phone: 604-557-5851Email Dr. Kate Elliott, Minister of Women and Gender Equity
Office Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:30am-4:30pm
Mandate
The Métis Women of British Columbia are focused on empowering Métis Women to fulfill their potentials in all aspects of their lives: physical health and well-being, cultural connection, community involvement, family well-being, education, and economic security. The Métis Women of British Columbia are entrusted to enhance and empower the rights of Métis Women and to ensure that Métis Women’s voices and political representation are prioritized at the community, regional, provincial and national level.
Guiding Objectives and Principles
The Métis Women of British Columbia promote: Métis culture, language and traditions, nurturing healthy families and communities through sustaining a healthy lifestyle, respecting the diversity and uniqueness of all Métis people, honouring our elders and valuing their traditional knowledge and cultural values in managing and preserving our natural resources for future generations.
The Métis Women of British Columbia will provide, whenever possible, supportive and culturally relevant programs as identified within the Métis community. The Métis Women of British Columbia welcomes the participation and involvement of Métis Women. The Métis Women of British Columbia will strive to address issues in a manner, which reflects the changing needs of the Métis women in BC and be aware of the diversity between these needs in urban and rural communities.
Resources
Resources
Ending Violence Association of BC
Atira Women’s Resource Society
VictimLinkBC Toll-Free Number 1-800-563-0808 (Call or text)
Trans Lifeline Toll-Free Number 1-877-330-6366
Métis Crisis line at 1-833-Metis-BC (1-833-638-4722)
Métis Elder line at 1-833-For-Metis (1-833-676-3847)
MNBC Resources and Reports
Dr. Kate Elliott - Métis Women BC Chair
Fleurette Borsboom - Métis Women BC Representative, R1 Van Isl. & Powell River
Carmen Carriere - Métis Women BC Representative, R2 Lower Mainland
Cheryl Dodman - Métis Women BC Representative, R3 Thompson & Okanagan
Vacant, R4 Kootenays
Laurie Todd - Métis Women BC Representative, R5 North Central
Patricia Paulson - Métis Women BC Representative, R6 Northwest
