‘I had to say goodbye’: Stories from the national MMIWG inquiry
When Wet’suwet’en Chief Vivian Tom went to the scene of her daughter’s last moments RCMP officers would not let her across the barricade of yellow tape.
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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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MMIWG hearings begin Tuesday in Highway of Tears community
After schedule changes and delays, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) is set to begin hearings Tuesday in a community along the so-called Highway of Tears in B.C.
Federal minister open to extension for MMIWG inquiry
Indigenous-Crown Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett signaled Friday her government is open to giving the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls an extension beyond the current two-year mandate.
MMIW Commissioner Michele Audette says no tensions exist with Chief Commissioner
Commissioner Michele Audette on Friday denied the existence of internal tensions with Marion Buller, the chief commissioner for the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls.
MMIWG inquiry ‘forensic team’ probing police investigations: commissioners
The MMIWG inquiry created to examine the disproportionate level of violence faced by Indigenous women and girls will “investigate the investigations” of police agencies across the country, according to the inquiry’s Chief Commissioner Marion Buller.
MMIWG Commissioners testify before Parliamentary committee
The four commissioners overseeing the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls are testifying before a House of Commons in Ottawa.
MMIW inquiry in ‘communication’ with Ontario police watchdog over probe into 9 Thunder Bay MMIW cases
Jorge Barrera APTN National News Officials with the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous…
Former MMIWG inquiry staffer: ‘Stop the process right now’
MMIWG inquiry has “a lot of dysfunction, a lot of disorganization, a lack of leadership.”
