Peggy Revell
On hand to launch the new Kanawayhitowin program last Thursday were United Native Friendship Centre executive director Sheila McMahon (right) and program co-ordinator Heidi Smith. Translated as “Taking Care of Each Other’s Spirit,” the new program now being implemented at friendship centres across the province aims to raise awareness about what the warning signs of abuse and violence against aboriginal women are, and what steps everyone can do to help stop it.
