Metis advocate raising money for MMIWG memorials
Shawna J Serniak, the founder of Every Woman Empowered, wants to see memorials for missing…
MMIWG
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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Cree mother recovering from trauma of violent robbery in Winnipeg
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Tip leads family of Lorilee Mae Francis to Montreal for search
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Remains of missing Cheyenne Partridge confirmed using DNA
RCMP say this is their first match using the National Missing Persons DNA program
Minister minces few words, condemns police brutality but pledges little action
“I’m pissed. I’m outraged.”
RCMP special unit in N.W.T. still has no answers for MMIWG families
Every month Freda Cardinal receives the same letter from the RCMP and relives the painful…
Indigenous women say little has changed with policing since MMIWG report singled out Quebec
Nearly half the recommendations for Quebec are aimed at policing.
Concerns over government’s lack of response to inquiry report from 2S member
Alaya McIvor testified twice at the hearings looking into the causes of violence against Indigenous…
