Eva Ottawa
Eva Ottawa | |
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 Eva Ottawa in 2006 | |
| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) |
Eva Ottawa is an Atikamekw political figure. She was the first women to be elected Grand Chief of the Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw and the first Indigenous woman to lead the Conseil du statut de la femme du Québec.[1][2][3][4] She received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and the Médaille Premiers Peuples in 2019.[5][6][7] She is currently a law professor at the University of Ottawa.[8]
Biography
Ottawa was born in Manawan, Quebec.[6] In 1996, she received a Bachelors of Sociology from Université Laval, followed by a Bachelor of Laws in 2002.
Ottawa served as Grand Chief of the Atikamekw Nehirowiskwew Nation from 2006 until 2013.[9] She was first elected Grand Chief in 2006, with over 75% of the vote, becoming the first woman to hold this position. She was re-elected in 2010.[2]
References
- ^ "Eva Ottawa, un pont entre deux mondes". Le Devoir (in French). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ a b "Eva Ottawa nommée présidente du Conseil du statut de la femme". Le Devoir (in French). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "L'ex-grand chef Eva Ottawa à la tête du Conseil du statut de la femme". La Presse (in French). 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "Conseil du statut de la femme: Eva Ottawa avait des idées divergentes". Le Soleil (in French). 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "Native leader lands prominent role in women's advocacy". thestar.com. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ a b "Ottawa, Eva". Faculty of Law - Civil Law section. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "Le lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec procède à la première remise de la médaille premiers peuples (premières nations)". www.lieutenant-gouverneur.qc.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société-. "Un nouveau défi pour l'ex-grande chef de la nation atikamekw". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "Waseskinokwe Eva Ottawa". Presses de l'Université Laval (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-30.