Missing Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls

• Indigenous women’s group says police too quick to label missing girls as runaways

  Lorraine Whitman, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, says criteria for Amber alerts should be reviewed to prevent the same delays from affecting another minor.

  Crime

  Aug 26, 2020
  
• N.B. to hold coroner’s inquest into death of Chantel Moore as calls for systemic review continue

  Calls for a public inquiry into systemic racism in New Brunswick are growing louder.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2020
  
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• Community walk in Stand Off, Alta., honours MMIWG

  A community healing event began in Stand Off on Tuesday in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2019
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• Inuit women should ‘take our communities back,’ MMIW inquiry told in Labrador

  The commissioners began the inquiry in September 2016. The commission has so far heard from more than 760 witnesses.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2018
• MMIWG inquiry hears calls for increased punitive damages in deaths of Indigenous women

  Cheryl Maloney testified Tuesday that legal changes need to be made to help families sue for punitive damages in cases of wrongful death like that of Victoria Rose Paul of Indian Brook First Nation.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2017
• MMIW inquiry commissioner Marilyn Poitras resigns

  A University of Saskatchewan law professor who was serving as one of the commissioners for Canada's inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women has stepped down.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2017