Photo Gallery: Daughters of the Vote Instagram Takeover

March 16, 2017 —

Indigenous students Taylor Morriseau (Faculty of Science) and Carly McLellan (Max Rady College of Medicine), along with four other UofM students, visited Ottawa on International Women’s Day (IWD) March 8th to take part in the historic Daughters of the Vote conference.

While studying microbiology and biology, Morriseau is also pursuing opportunities outside the classroom to defend human rights. She shared an inside look at the student trip to Ottawa and the importance of bringing Indigenous and female perspectives to Parliament Hill in this takeover on our UofM Student Instagram account.

Join us tomorrow as Taylor Morriseau takes over our Instagram account. Taylor was featured in our recent recruitment campaign and is excited to share a look inside her day! #umanitoba, #umtakeover

Tansi, boozhoo! Happy International Women's Day! My name is Taylor Morriseau and I am here on unceded Algonquin territory this week representing my federal riding of Provencher in the Daughters of the Vote National Leadership Forum. There are 338 incredible women with me today to take our rightful place in the House of Commons. We are here, expressing our voices, to address the gender gap that exists in our government, where 51% of Canada's population is female but only 26% of Members of Parliament are women. Join me today to share your voices too! The future is female /Taylor #umtakeover #umanitoba #daughtersofthevote

Carly and I are representing the Indigenous Circle of Empowerment (I.C.E.) here on Parliament Hill, we both want to send a special thank-you to Justin Rasmussen, an Indigenous Student Advisor at Migizii Agamik, for being an immense support for both of us and convincing us to apply for this opportunity /Taylor #umanitoba #umtakeover #daughtersofthevote

A woman's place is in The House, thank you to Elizabeth May for paving the way for the Daughters of the Vote /Taylor #umtakeover #umanitoba #daughtersofthevote

Today, 338 women took their seats in the House of Commons including 70 Indigenous delegates. This year represents 100 years since some women got the right to vote but Indigenous people did not have that right until 1967. Today, I am proud to take a seat in a House that I was not welcomed in, as a women and as an Indigenous person, for far too long. Today, we are taking real steps towards reconciliation but we still have so far to go /Taylor #umtakeover #umanitoba #daughtersofthevote

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau addressing the 338 Daughters of the Vote sending a message of equality, equity and self-love /Taylor #umtakeover #umanitoba #daughtersofthevote

And here is Prime Minister @justinpjtrudeau answering some heartfelt, tough and poignant questions from our #daughtersofthevote delegates. I am so proud of our MB women who had the courage to speak out today on issues that matter to Manitoba /Taylor #umanitoba #umtakeover

One woman from each of the federal ridings across Canada = 338 incredible, dynamic, strong, resilient leaders. As we filled the House, we have to remember that, in the history of Canada, there have only been 315 elected Members of Parliament who were women. These women were our trailblazers, our mentors, and our Mothers of Confederation. But these inequalities remain. Today, we still make 74% the wages of men. As sisters, we have to use International Women's Day to reflect on our those who paved the way but come together to dismantle patriarchy, sexism, and colonialism /Taylor #umanitoba #umtakeover #daughtersofthevote

Here are the MB delegates and our Manitoba Teachers that came to support the #daughtersofthevote! We are wrapping up our historic day where we made HERstory! #umtakeover #umanitoba

This is my last post of the day! Thank you for following along my day on Parliament Hill. I hope everyone has an empowering International Women's Day and continues to fight the good fight /Taylor #umanitoba #umtakeover #daughtersofthevote

Indigenous Awareness Week runs from March 20th to 24th at the University of Manitoba. Events are free and open to the public. Find out more at #umindigenous.

UM Today staff

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