Melissa Carlick speaks out about being fired from MMIWG inquiry
Shirley McLean APTN News In early November Melissa Carlick wrote a letter to the commissioners…
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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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Inquiry fires 3 people in wake of Edmonton complaints
Three people have been fired after families complained of mistreatment by the MMIWG Inquiry, APTN News has learned.
2 Yukon staff members resign from MMIWG inquiry
Two Yukon staff members resign from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls according to a Facebook message received by APTN News.
Littlechild tells inquiry that violence against women and girls getting international attention
The grand chief of Treaty 6 territory, on which the Edmonton hearings of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Women and Girls took place, made a brief appearance on the final day of the hearings to offer encouragement to the commission and to the 75 witnesses who testified during the three-day session.
Families to help design MMIWG national police task force to reopen cold cases
Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls will have a say on designing a national police task force, something the national inquiry called on the Trudeau government to develop Wednesday.
MMIWG Commissioners clarify powers at Membertou hearings
Commissioners at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls clarified their powers Tuesday on the eve of releasing an interim report into their work of the past 14 months.
Emotional opening day at MMIWG Membertou hearings
The first day of the Membertou hearings of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls inquiry heard emotional testimony from the family of Loretta Saunders, an Inuk murdered in 2014 over rent money.
Membertou First Nation gears up for MMIWG Inquiry
Out of her purse, Agnes Gould pulls out some sheets of paper – on the front is the agenda for the upcoming hearings for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls taking place this week in Membertou First Nation, NS.
