A Day of Discussion
In the third week of March, CUE hosts events for the awareness for Missing, Murdered and Exploited Indigenous Peoples. It is important that our campus community engages in learning and dialogue that centers Indigenous Peoples in Canada, including the disproportionate rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women, men, and two-spirits (2S). In the spirit of healing and justice, we challenge our community to participate, reflect, and continue the conversation within your circles. Only together we can address, reform, and create safety for all members of our community.
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Everyone is welcome to attend. See this year’s schedule below.
Quick Facts
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into MMIWG
Indigenous women and girls are 12 times more likely to be murdered or missing than any other women in Canada, and 16 times more likely than Caucasian women
— National Inquiry’s Final Report, Volume 1a, Page 55
- The National Inquiry’s Final Report consists of the truths of more than 2,380 family members, survivors of violence, experts, and Knowledge Keepers.
- The National Inquiry’s Final Report contained 231 individual Calls for Justice directed at governments, institutions, social service providers, industries, and all Canadians.
- In 2010, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) confirmed 582 cases spanning over 20 years of MMIWG. Three years later in 2013, Maryanne Pearce wrote about MMIWG and identified 824 who were Indigenous (Volume 1a, Page 54).
- RCMP did their own review and confirmed 1,181 of “police-recorded incidents of Aboriginal female homicides and unresolved missing Aboriginal females” between 1980 and 2012. That same RCMP report stated that Indigenous women made up approximately 16% of all female homicides between 1980 and 2012, despite making up only 4% of the female population. Indigenous women and girls now make up approximately 24% of female homicide victims (Volume 1a, Page 54-55).
- Indigenous women are 3 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than non-Indigenous women (Volume 1a, Page 55).
- In some communities, sexually exploited Indigenous children and youth make up more then 90% of the visible sex trade, even where Indigenous people make up les than 10% of the population (Volume 1a, Page 55).
- In early 2019, the federal government launched it $10 million commemoration fund, with the objective to “honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals” (Volume 1b, Page 54).
Fact Sheet: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls
Nearly half of the murder cases in the NWAC’s database remain unsolved
— NWAC’s Fact Sheet
- Indigenous women are 3 times more likely to be killed by a stranger than non-Indigenous women (Fact Sheet).
- There is an intergenerational impact to this issue. An estimated 88% of the women in the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) database were mothers. NWAC estimates that more than 440 children have been impacted by the disappearance or murder of their mother (Fact Sheet).
- Approximately 28% of the cases occurred in BC and 16% in Alberta (Fact Sheet).
Other Sources
- 4 out of 5 Indigenous women are affected by violence (Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, USA Statistic).
- Indigenous women and girls are 5 times more likely to experience violence than any other population in Canada (Assembly of First Nations).
- The National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains (NCMPUR) unit was established in 2010 in response to RCMP investigations of MMIWG, relating to what became known as the “Highway of Tears” (Wikipedia).
Schedule of Events
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
9 AM to 2 PM ● Tegler
Faceless Dolls
2:30 PM ● IKRC (AW 124)
Circle and Feast
Learning & Support Resources
Want to learn more? Click here for a list of books, eBooks, reports, videos and other resources OR visit the CUE Library’s display.
Questions? Contact Danielle at Danielle.Powder@concordia.ab.ca for more information.
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