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Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

\"The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The two volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country\" (from the website description).

Use this link to download both parts of the final report in PDF format from the website for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

The REDress Project, an installation project by Métis artist Jaime Black

\"AN AESTHETIC RESPONSE TO THE MORE THAN 1000 MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA. The REDress Project focuses around the issue of missing or murdered Aboriginal women across Canada. It is an installation art project based on an aesthetic response to this critical national issue. The project has been installed in public spaces throughout Canada and the United States as a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us. Through the installation I hope to draw attention to the gendered and racialized nature of violent crimes against Aboriginal women and to evoke a presence through the marking of absence\" (Jaime Black, from the website description).

Honouring MMIWG2S+, Standing in Solidarity

A resource about the history and meaning of Red Dress Day from First Light.

\"The red dress has become a symbol of the stolen sisters and the loved ones still waiting for answers. Each dress speaks to lives taken too soon and the ongoing crisis of gender-based violence facing Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQ+ people\" (from the website).