Growing human trafficking industry increasingly targets Indigenous youth in Alberta, non-profit warns
ACT Alberta is hosting seminars to raise awareness about the $150-billion global trade
MMIWG
MMIWG Inquiry Anniversary
June 3 marks the one-year anniversary of 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.
Daughter livid court orders new trial in homicide of Cree woman in Ottawa
‘This proves to me how many Indigenous women continue to fail to receive justice,’ says daughter
Cousin of murdered Inuk woman says MMIWG plan needs to put ‘action to these words’
‘You’re just lost and trying to find answers,’ says Leevee Naglingniq who lost her cousin in 2002.
Ottawa delivers action plan in response to MMIWG inquiry, but implementation plan won’t come out until the fall
Much-anticipated action plan lays out short-term priorities but includes no expected costs or completion dates
NWAC pulls out of ‘dysfunctional’ national action plan process with feds
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) has lost confidence in the federal government’s process…
Feds should be doing something about loss of Greyhound bus service: MMIWG advocates
The bus company stops serving eastern Canada on May 20
Montreal launches a toll-free, confidential MMIWG hotline
Montreal has a new tip line for cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women and…
Beyond Red Dress Day: Seven calls to action for Indigenous allies
Non-Indigenous people have a role to play in the fight for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people in this country.
Vancouver lit up in red to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women
More than a dozen family members and advocates shut down Cambie street in downtown Vancouver…