35:, Canada. She identifies as a Lower Nicola Indian Band member and is recognized through her roles in advocacy, where she stresses the importance of Aboriginal Rights. She has been a strong supporter for missing and murdered Indigenous women, including children and has emphasized the importance of such societal issues by addressing the seriousness of this on-going battle. McIvor is also an advocate for NWAC, also referred to the Native Women's Association of Canada. She persistently challenged the government of Canada on numerous accounts regarding sex-based discrimination among Indigenous women and children. More specifically, she shed light on the issue of disenfranchisement and the difficulty it has when obtaining status for the offspring of couples who were victims of this form of identity loss. To expand, this consists of an Indigenous woman who marries a non-Indigenous man, resulting in a loss of status. When Sharon McIvor applied to obtain her status, and by extension of her children as well, she was denied due to the policies under the Indian Act. By being a representative of the Indigenous population who empowers her community through acts of kinship, the deconstruction of colonization and discrimination is prevalent in her attempts to remove sexist undertones from legislation in order to ensure gender equality. Continuing her path of perseverance by overcoming adversity that has been implemented by the government through restrictive and limited policies such as the Indian Act (Bill C-31), McIvor continues to address an array of concerns which inevitably results in deleterious effects for many generations of Indigenous people.
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expand she teaches about history, politics, colonization, and human rights to aboriginal students. McIvor is known for focusing on topics such as systemic discrimination within Bill-C31 (The Indian Act), while shedding light on the lengthy process of the court proceedings that she was extensively involved in. Her ability to continue persevering through the courts lengthy proceeding shows how dedicated she is when advocating
Indigenous Rights. Spreading awareness of the colonialism that has impacted those who identify as Indigenous for so many years is imperative when rectifying policies and legislation that enforce effects in a discriminatory manner.
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Indigenous Rights in 2016 representing FAFIA-AFAI. She has sat on multiple panels for “Justice Bertha Wilson’s Panel on Gender
Justice in the Legal Profession”, “Equality Rights Panel of the Court Challenges Program” and “Aboriginal Circle of the Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women”. Addressing the concern of colonialism deep within policies and legislations, reinforced by an old regime that upheld that values of discrimination amongst Indigenous People. She received Caron Geller award in 2007. In 2011, she received the
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