FEBRUARY 2015 The Regina city council has added its voice to the growing call on Canada to institute an independent inquiry into the national crisis of 1,200 murdered and missing aboriginal women. A groundbreaking report ( PDF version) issued by the RCMP last year revealed that 1,181 Aboriginal women have gone missing or been murdered in the last 30 years.

JANUARY 2015 Canadian Human Rights Commission 2014 annual Report. The murder of a 15-year-old Aboriginal girl in Winnipeg this past summer, and the assault and near drowning of another Aboriginal teen in the same city only a few months later shocked the nation and catapulted the issue of violence against vulnerable Aboriginal women and girls into the spotlight as never before.

MAY 2016 The Government of Canada heard from a number of stakeholders in the coming months through face-to-face meetings and on-line outreach.

The Government of Canada website: national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

SEPTEMBER 2006 Published in the Canadian Journal of Communication by Jiwani, Yasmin, & Young, Mary Lynn. Employing a frame analysis, we analyze 128 articles from the Vancouver Sun published between 2001 and 2006. We argue that prevailing and historically entrenched stereotypes about women, Aboriginality,, and sex trade work continue to demarcate the boundaries of 'respectability' and degeneracy, interlocking ways that situate these women's lives, even after death, in the margins.

SEPTEMBER 2014 Canada's response to the safety concerns of Indigenous women and girls has garnered significant attention in recent months. Alongside high-profile debates about Canadian sex work laws and the experiences of Aboriginal women and girls in sex industries, significant attention has focused on Canada's response, or lack of response, to the nearly 1,200 murdered and missing Aboriginal women and girls.

AUGUST 2014 Echoing Socrates' paraphrase of Meno, Andrew Coyne wonders out loud what the point of a public inquiry would be into 1,182 -- at last count -- missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. What could we learn that we don't already know?

FEBRUARY 2015 Pam Palmater was in Ottawa on Feb. 24, 2015 to give a talk entitled "The Law's Role in Canada's National Disgrace: Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls" at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law.

FEBRUARY 2015 Hundreds of aboriginal women have been murdered or gone missing under suspicious circumstances in Canada.

AUGUST 2014 Indigenous peoples are calling for a national investigation that is centered on the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and they are also calling for immediate action. This nation is rich in monies directly derived from Indigenous lands and resources. Please don't try to tell us Canada just can't afford to do both.

DECEMBER 2014 We must ask hard questions of ourselves individually and as a society when women and girls disappear or are murdered. How can we prevent this? What are the solutions?

JUNE 2015 To review the minimal, mostly belated media "coverage," in the first half of 2015, of the epidemic of femicides in the State of Mexico is perhaps, for many Canadians, to contemplate the staggering realities of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in this country through another lens.

SEPTEMBER 2014 "I'm Not Next." A chorus of resistance is rising on social media this week, as Indigenous girls and women take a stand against furthering their portrayal as victims by posting pictures of themselves with the hashtag #ImNotNext.

"I'm Not Next." A chorus of resistance is rising on social media this week, as Indigenous girls and women take a stand against furthering their portrayal as victims by posting pictures of themselves with the hashtag #ImNotNext.

FEBRUARY 2015 Premiers, federal ministers and aboriginal leaders are meeting with aboriginal families in Ottawa today to try to determine what can be done about missing and murdered indigenous women. Follow developments throughout the day in our live blog.

Premiers, federal ministers and aboriginal leaders are meeting with aboriginal families in Ottawa today to try to determine what can be done about missing and murdered indigenous women. Follow developments throughout the day in our live blog.

FEBRUARY 2015 The Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde called today's roundtable meeting on missing and murdered aboriginal women in Ottawa a start but he will continue to push for a national inquiry into the issue. Bellegarde outlined three key areas where progress was made in the meeting: Prevention and awareness.

AUGUST 2015 Manitobans are remembering Tina Fontaine, whose body was recovered from the Red River one year ago, with memorial services in Winnipeg and the Sagkeeng First Nation, as well as a new headstone at the spot where she and her father are buried.

OCTOBER 2015 A stark remembrance for Canada's missing and murdered aboriginal women unfurled across the country on Sunday. Haunting displays of red dresses marked the National Day of Remembrance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women as part of a project created by Jaime Black.