Tanya Kappo
Tanya Kappo | |
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| Born | |
| Education | University of Manitoba |
| Known for | Idle No More |
Tanya Kappo is an indigenous rights activist. She is one of the co-founders of Idle No More and was briefly the manager of community relations for Canada's national public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Early life and education
Kappo is from the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 8 Territory and was raised on the Northwestern Alberta Reserve in Sturgeon Lake.[1] Her father was Harold Cardinal, author of The Red Paper. She graduated the University of Manitoba with a J.D. in 2012.[2][3]
Career
Kappo co-founded the Idle No More movement in November 2012.[4] Kappo described the impetus for founding the movement as "the legislation facing First Nations, primarily Bill C-45".[3] Kappo co-edited the book The Winter We Danced: Voices From the Past, the Future, and the Idle No More Movement.[5][6]
Kappo was hired as the community relations for the national public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in early 2017.[7] She resigned from the inquiry in June 2017.[8][9] In November, 2017, Kappo emceed the symposium, Indigenous Climate Action: An Indigenous led climate change initiative.[10] She currently works as a lawyer in Alberta.[11][12]
Politics
In 2006, Kappo ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal election in the riding of Peace River (Alberta). She lost to Conservative candidate Chris Warkentin.[13][14]
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Peace River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris Warkentin | 27,785 | 56.97 | -8.15 | $61,636 | |||
| Independent | Bill Given | 9,882 | 20.26 | – | $101,905 | |||
| New Democratic | Susan Thompson | 5,427 | 11.13 | +0.02 | $20,836 | |||
| Liberal | Tanya Kappo | 4,573 | 9.38 | -9.58 | $4,298 | |||
| Green | Zane Lewis | 1,102 | 2.26 | -2.53 | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 48,769 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 113 | 0.23 | -0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,882 | 54.7 | +1.0 | |||||
Personal life
Kappo has three children and lives in Edmonton.[3]
References
- ^ Fong, Petti (2013-01-12). "Idle No More: Tanya Kappo had first epiphany as a native in derelict residential school". thestar.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tanya Kappo [J.D. 2012]". University of Manitoba. 2014. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Jan 2013: Full interview: In conversation with Tanya Kappo". Winnipeg Free Press. 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Postmedia News (2012-12-21). "'We believe our future is at stake,' Idle-No-More movement founder Tanya Kappo says". National Post. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sanyal, Aparna (2014-06-27). "The Winter We Danced reveals the full depth and breadth of Idle No More". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Semple, Angela (2015). "Review Essay: On Idle No More". Transmotion. 1 (2). doi:10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.198.
- ^ Still, Michael (2017-03-04). "Find out the latest developments in the MMIW national inquiry". The Signal. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Porter, Jody (2017-06-14). "Tanya Kappo resigns from MMIWG national inquiry staff". CBC. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ APTN National News (2017-06-14). "Tanya Kappo resigns from missing and murdered inquiry". APTN News. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Copley, John (2017-12-20). "Climate Change Symposium: Solutions will require human intervention". Alberta Native News. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sayers, Naomi (2020-03-20). "Indigenous needs during pandemic demand culturally competent response". The Lawyer's Daily. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ King, Hayden; Kappo, Tanya (2016-04-14). "If we want to end indigenous suffering, we must end colonization". Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Grande Prairie NEWS 2006". discoverthepeacecountry.com. 2006. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Voter Information Service - Past results - Peace River (Alberta)". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
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