MMIWG

• New USask human trafficking study asks for sweeping system changes

  According to a new study, women and girls in remote and rural areas are most likely to be victims of human trafficking. Researchers say social systems lead women to vulnerability.

  Crime

  Jan 23
  
• Ottawa announces creation of new Indigenous and human rights ombudsperson

  Ottawa has appointed Jennifer Moore Rattray, the former executive director of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, to the role.

  Canada

  Jan 10
  
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• All Métis residential school survivors must be recognized, MNC president says

  Today, some schools that harmed Métis students are still not recognized by governments as residential schools, according to Caron.

  Canada

  Jan 8
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• Resource companies must be held accountable to keep Indigenous women safe, MPs say

  The committee also recommends requiring companies to track reports of harassment and violence and ensuring natural resource development projects undergo a gender-based analysis.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2022
• New rules, more thorough record-keeping could help find more murder victims, NDP says

  Tighter rules and more thorough record keeping could help prevent cases where human remains are lost in landfills, Manitoba's Opposition NDP said Wednesday.

  Trending

  Dec 7, 2022
• Suspect charged with ‘cold case’ killing of B.C. First Nations woman in Florida

  Evelyn Fisher-Bamforth of Tzeachten First Nation in Chilliwack, B.C. was just 32 years old when she was brutally killed at home in a mobile park in Miramar, Fla. on Jan. 22, 1980.

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2022
• Indigenous families ‘have a right to know’ where missing loved ones are buried, official says

  A Mohawk official says the refusal by Winnipeg police to search for the missing women whose bodies are believed to have been left in a landfill is a 'breach of human dignity.'

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2022
• Manager of private landfill, where slain Winnipeg women are believed to be, offers condolences

  The Prairie Green landfill is a place where things are being moved all the time which makes locating anything very challenging, said the manager while offering condolences.

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2022
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• Barrie shelter to mark National Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women at city hall

  A ceremony will take place in the Barrie, Ont., city hall Rotunda on Tuesday evening in keeping with the National Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2022
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• ‘An absolute tragedy’: Manitoba premier on killing of Indigenous women, girls

  Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson says the ongoing issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is tragic, but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency.

  Crime

  Dec 6, 2022