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Native health care has improved since the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada was formed 18 years ago, said a founding member of the group.

But Jean Goodwill, a Cree woman who was one of Saskatchewan's first Aboriginal nurses on graduating in the late 1950's, adds there is still a long way to go.

"We don't have enough Native health care professionals yet," Goodwill said. "There have never been enough of us."

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Native women working for and with other Native women for the empowerment of both Native women and the Aboriginal community as a whole.

This is the mandate of the Native Women's Resource Centre in Toronto, says acting executive director Nancy Cooper.

"Native women have specific needs and this is a space they can come and find where to have those needs met or to have them met here," said Cooper. "It's a place they can grow and learn from each other."

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Native women working for and with other Native women for the empowerment of both Native women and the Aboriginal community as a whole.

This is the mandate of the Native Women's Resource Centre in Toronto, says acting executive director Nancy Cooper.

"Native women have specific needs and this is a space they can come and find where to have those needs met or to have them met here," said Cooper. "It's a place they can grow and learn from each other."

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Native women working for and with other Native women for the empowerment of both Native women and the Aboriginal community as a whole.

This is the mandate of the Native Women's Resource Centre in Toronto, says acting executive director Nancy Cooper.

"Native women have specific needs and this is a space they can come and find where to have those needs met or to have them met here," said Cooper. "It's a place they can grow and learn from each other."

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Native women working for and with other Native women for the empowerment of both Native women and the Aboriginal community as a whole.

This is the mandate of the Native Women's Resource Centre in Toronto, says acting executive director Nancy Cooper.

"Native women have specific needs and this is a space they can come and find where to have those needs met or to have them met here," said Cooper. "It's a place they can grow and learn from each other."

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Native women working for and with other Native women for the empowerment of both Native women and the Aboriginal community as a whole.

This is the mandate of the Native Women's Resource Centre in Toronto, says acting executive director Nancy Cooper.

"Native women have specific needs and this is a space they can come and find where to have those needs met or to have them met here," said Cooper. "It's a place they can grow and learn from each other."

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Native women working for and with other Native women for the empowerment of both Native women and the Aboriginal community as a whole.

This is the mandate of the Native Women's Resource Centre in Toronto, says acting executive director Nancy Cooper.

"Native women have specific needs and this is a space they can come and find where to have those needs met or to have them met here," said Cooper. "It's a place they can grow and learn from each other."

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Native women working for and with other Native women for the empowerment of both Native women and the Aboriginal community as a whole.

This is the mandate of the Native Women's Resource Centre in Toronto, says acting executive director Nancy Cooper.

"Native women have specific needs and this is a space they can come and find where to have those needs met or to have them met here," said Cooper. "It's a place they can grow and learn from each other."

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Native women working for and with other Native women for the empowerment of both Native women and the Aboriginal community as a whole.

This is the mandate of the Native Women's Resource Centre in Toronto, says acting executive director Nancy Cooper.

"Native women have specific needs and this is a space they can come and find where to have those needs met or to have them met here," said Cooper. "It's a place they can grow and learn from each other."

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Native women working for and with other Native women for the empowerment of both Native women and the Aboriginal community as a whole.

This is the mandate of the Native Women's Resource Centre in Toronto, says acting executive director Nancy Cooper.

"Native women have specific needs and this is a space they can come and find where to have those needs met or to have them met here," said Cooper. "It's a place they can grow and learn from each other."