Women's Memorial March

• Over a thousand attend Women’s Memorial March for MMIWG in Vancouver

  Now in its 33rd year, the Women's Memorial March takes place annually on Valentine's Day starting at the corner of Main and East Hastings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2024
  
• Cree woman leads initiative making over 100 red ribbon skirts for families of MMIWG

  Every weekend leading up to the Women's Memorial March people gather at Strathcona Community Centre to make ribbon skirts for families of MMIWG.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2023
  
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• Squamish Nation asserts need to lead reconciliation after Gassy Jack statue toppled

  Squamish Nation Coun. Wilson Williams Sxwixwtn said the Nation will be provide the city with recommendations on what to do with the space where the statue once stood.

  Politics

  Feb 16, 2022
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• ‘When are we going to be seen as humans?’: Downtown Vancouver packed for annual Women’s Memorial March

  The annual Women's Memorial March honours those lost to the violence of colonization, and urges those in power to take meaningful action to prevent further harm.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2022
• 30th annual memorial march honours missing, murdered women in Vancouver

  The annual Women's Memorial March has been held in since 1992, when community members gathered to mark the murder of a woman on Powell Street.

  Crime

  Feb 14, 2021
• Large crowds gather for Vancouver Women’s Memorial March amid Indigenous rights protests

  The annual march honouring women takes place this year against the backdrop of a surge in activism in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2020
• Women’s Memorial March remembers DTES violence victims

  Hundreds of people marched in the annual Women’s Memorial March on Tuesday.

  Feb 14, 2017