INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT CreatingSystemsfor WomeninPolitics Indigenous Women’s Leadership Summit issues a different environment than others BY JASMINE KABATAY W hen Sheri Doxator was sitting around talking with a group of Indigenous women and heard about the hardships they go through in their jobs, she thought they “We need to create systems for women in politics, Indigenous women in politics and how can we support each other in this journey of leadership as well (as) being the best we can be,” said Doxator. really needed something for Indigenous women. And with that thought, the Indigenous Women’s Leadership Summit (IWLS) was born. SUMMER/WINTER 2018/19 – Chiefs of Ontario Advocate magazine 70 l