Media Advisory: MP Yvonne Jones to Make Announcements in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Regarding Projects and Programming to Support Inuit and Innu Women in Labrador

Ottawa – Please be advised that Yvonne Jones, Member of Parliament for Labrador, on behalf of the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, will announce investments for projects that provide traditional skills training, employment counselling, and cultural awareness support that help Inuit and Innu women in Labrador transition into the labour force.

MP Jones will also announce funding for Indigenous women who are victims of violence and trauma.

Date: Thursday, February 8, 2018
Time: 3:00 p.m. (AST)

Where: Hotel North 2
382 Hamilton River Rd
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
A0P 1C0

For more information:

Andrew MacKendrick
Office of the Honourable Jane Philpott,
Minister of Indigenous Services
819-956-5372

DISC Media Relations
819-953-1160
aadnc.publicaffairsteam.aandc@canada.ca

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