Profiles of Alberta Women
Muriel Stanley Venne – Supporting Information
Archival materials
Alberta Native Communications Society. Interview with Muriel Stanley Venne. 1979. E78 .C2 A39 No. 133. Aboriginal Film Collection. University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Alberta Native Communications Society. Muriel Stanley interview. 1981. E78 .C2 A39 No. 146. Aboriginal Film Collection. University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Awards and honours
May 26, 1991 – Metis Woman of the Year from the Women of the Métis Nation
December 10, 1998 – Alberta Human Rights Award on the 25th anniversary of the Alberta Human Rights Commission
2002 – Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee Award
2004 – National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Justice and Human Rights
June 29, 2005 – Order of Canada
2005 – Governor General Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case
2005 – Alberta Government Centennial Medal
2006 – Integrity Award from the Rotary Club in Edmonton, Alberta
2006 – YWCA Lois Hole Lifetime Achievement Award
2006 – One of Alberta Venture Magazine’s fifty most influential people in Alberta
2007 – Global Television’s Woman of Vision
2010 – Distinguished Citizen Honorary Bachelor of Arts degree from MacEwan University
2012 – Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
October 25, 2017 – Muriel Stanley Venne Provincial Centre founded
2018 – Women’s Leadership Award
2018 – Honourary Skirt at the SkirtsAfire Festival
2019 – Inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence
N.d – Aboriginal Role Model Lifetime Achievement Award
N.d. – Appreciation Award from the Native Counselling Services of Alberta
N.d. – Bowden Native Brotherhood Award
N.d. – Canadian Merit Award (Loran Award)
Further reading
George, Corrine. “’If I Didn’t Do Something, My Spirit Would Die…’: Grassroots Activism of Aboriginal Women in Calgary and Edmonton, 1951-1985.” Masters thesis. University of Calgary, 2007. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item?id=MR38054&op=pdf&app=Library.
Gereluk, Winston. “Muriel Stanley-Venne (2).” Alberta Labour History Institute, September 20, 2013. http://albertalabourhistory.org/indigenous-labour-history-project/muriel-stanley-venne-2/.
Order of Canada. “Muriel Stanley Venne, C.M.” Governor General of Canada. Government of Canada, 2005. https://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=10443.
The Alberta Order of Excellence. “Muriel Stanley Venne CM, BA (hon).” Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. Government of Alberta, 2019. https://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/aoe/community-service/muriel-stanley-venne/index.html.
Voyageur, Cora J. My Heroes Have Always Been Indians: A Century of Great Indigenous Albertans. Edmonton: Brush Education, 2018.
Women’s Initiative. “Muriel Stanley Venne: Human Rights Defender.” Blog. Women’s Initiative Edmonton, April 3, 2018. https://womensinitiativeedmonton.ca/muriel-stanley-venne-human-rights-defender/.
Publications and interviews
Gereluk, Winston. “Muriel Stanley-Venne #1.” Alberta Labour History Institute, March 29, 2013. http://albertalabourhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2013032801-2013032802-Stanley-Venne-Muriel-r-WG-cor-AF-1.pdf.
The Rights Path – Alberta: Third Edition. Alberta: Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women, 2001. https://12e01dc8-2416-76ba-c3b5-d01ce01e03b3.filesusr.com/ugd/b2f015_c99b319fa17149cc804ae4617a0aeebf.pdf.
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