Annual MMIW march in Montreal demands action now
Tom Fennario APTN National News Vigils for missing and murdered Indigenous women were held across…
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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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New photo shoot shows #MMIWG families in a different light
New photo exhibit features families of #MMIWG.
Vigil on Parliament Hill marks 11 years of Sisters in Spirit movement
200 gather on Parliament Hill to mark 11th Sisters in Spirit vigil.
Annie Pootoogook remembered during MMIW vigil attended by PM Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became the first prime minister to ever attend the annual vigil on Parliament Hill for murdered and missing Indigenous women
#MMIWG #MMIW Tamra Keepness
5 year old Tamra Keepness disappeared in 2004.
Goal of MMIW inquiry is achieving societal change: Michele Audette
Commissioners need to to provide strong recommendations says Audette.
#MMIWG chief commissioner talks about putting together the national inquiry
#MMIWG commissioner says inquiry will travel to communities but no date on when hearings will start.
Complaints about police go back a long way for families of #MMIWG
APTN looks back on old #MMIWG cases
Head of Québec chiefs says province must hold its own independent inquiry
Ghislain Picard responds to province’s decision not to hold an inquiry into relationship between police and First Nation communities.