OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will deliver remarks at the launch of the Coady International Institute’s national Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program, on Monday, June 7, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec.
Mary Simon, national Inuit leader, Mary Coyle, Director of the Coady International Institute and St. Francis Xavier University Vice President, and Bruce March, Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Oil Limited, will also speak.
The goal of this new training program is to give the next generation of First Nations, Inuit and Métis women leaders the opportunity to acquire skills and practical experience in leadership so they can help strengthen and build their communities.
For more information on the Coady International Institute and its program, please visit www.iwomenlead.ca.
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Media information:
Julie Rocheleau
Rideau Hall Press Office
613-998-7280
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Christina Lamey
Coady International Institute
902-471-1538
clamey@stfx.ca
www.coady.stfx.ca
