Red Dress Alert

• Study for Red Dress Alert starting at committee in Ottawa

  'We know that every day we wait, another woman, girl or two-spirit person goes missing. We cannot support that. We need action now. We need a Red Dress (Alert) now.'

  Canada

  Mar 19
  
• Canada begins consultations on alert system for missing Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people

  NDP Winnipeg Central MP Leah Gazan has been a vocal advocate for an Amber-alert-like system for missing Indigenous people for quite some time.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2023
  
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• Calls for wider, more inclusive Amber Alert criteria after 8-year-old girl’s death in Alberta

  Calls for additional, inclusive alert systems for missing persons come in the wake of MMIWG2S being labelled a Canada-wide emergency and the death of an 8-year-old child.

  Politics

  May 12, 2023
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• Motion urging MMIWG alert system gets House of Commons backing

  The non-binding motion introduced by NDP MP Leah Gazan also declared the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls a Canada-wide emergency.

  Canada

  May 2, 2023
• NDP MP urges feds to create ‘Red Dress Alert’ for missing Indigenous women

  An NDP member of Parliament is asking the federal government to establish a system that would send the public a phone notification when an Indigenous woman goes missing.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2023