3 years after MMIWG report, everyone agrees there’s more work to do
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) says the federal government has made little progress…
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MMIWG Inquiry Anniversary
On June 3, 2019, Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
The report goes into detail on the struggle families have with authorities over loved ones that have either been murdered or gone missing – and labels what Indigenous women have experienced since colonization as genocide.
The commissioners released 231 Calls for Justice from provincial, territorial and federal authorities.
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‘We still don’t know what happened:’ Missing woman’s family grieves as 2nd suspect appears in court
A second man charged in connection with the death of a Métis woman in Saskatoon…
Another sexual assault allegation made against suspended AMC grand chief Arlen Dumas
A second woman has made an accusation in a third-party report to Winnipeg police
National survivors organization calls on police to conduct thorough investigation into Rebecca Contois murder
Dozens came together in Winnipeg Thursday night to remember Rebecca Contois.
Justice system dispenses only injustice for Indigenous women says Sen. Kim Pate
Liberal government at critical crossroads when it comes to addressing high number of Indigenous women in prison
MMIWG advocate says cost of not implementing calls for justice is a ‘continuance of violence’
The head of a group that looks to end all forms of gender- and race-based…
NDP MP calls on Trudeau government to appoint royal commission on racism in policing
Matthew Green says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki ‘said the quiet part out loud’ when denying Alberta convoy blockade was treated with ‘kid gloves’
Veteran MMIWG advocate now head of National Family Survivors Circle
Hilda Anderson-Pyrz is the sister of Dawn Anderson, whose body was found outside her northern Manitoba home in 2011.
‘We’re not going to bother charging’: Saskatoon police accused of mishandling domestic assault complaint
FN woman upset no charges laid; police say it was Crown’s call