Indigenous women and girls

• Ontario pledges funds for Kenora park to honour missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls

  Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford says the government aims to bring more awareness to violence against Indigenous women.

  Canada

  Mar 11
  
• Manitoba helping fund healing village for at-risk Indigenous women, girls

  The politicians will be joined by Elder Mae Louise Campbell and Elder Billie Schibler.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2021
  
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• Manitoba spends more than $50k on Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day events

  The Manitoba government is spending over $50,000 to acknowledge and support Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day events on Monday

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2021
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• Awareness walk hosted to recognize 1 year since Megan Gallagher’s disappearance

  On Sunday, hundreds of family, friends and supporters gathered at Joe Gallagher park and walked in memory of Megan Gallagher going missing exactly one year ago.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2021
• Quebec government announces $18.6M over five years to improve Indigenous policing

  Several of the measures put forward by the Ministry of Public Security aim to strengthen Indigenous police forces.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2020
• Children for sale: Canada’s youth at the heart of the rising sex trade

  "The majority of victims are not people being brought from other countries into Canada, it's Canadian young women."

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2020
• Canada is asking families of murdered, missing Indigenous women to wait for action plan. Why?

  'What we often see is that the interests of Indigenous people continue to be weighed less than the interests of the larger Canadian public.'

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2020
• Winnipeg police announce changes to investigations of MMIWG cases

  The news follows a previous realignment after Winnipeg police officers with Project Devote were reassigned to the homicide unit last year due to a backlog of murder investigations.

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2020
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• Andrew Scheer rejects use of ‘genocide’ in reference to Indigenous women, girls

  The term was used in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls this week, prompting debate.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2019
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• From genocide to human trafficking: Key takeaways from the MMIWG inquiry

  The 1,200-page report blames violence against Indigenous women and girls on long-standing discrimination against Indigenous people and Canada's failure to protect them.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2019