Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls

(Chief Commissioner Marion Buller at the launch of the #MMIWG National Inquiry. The national inquiry into missing and murder Indigenous women will travel the country and could arrive in various forms according to Chief Commissioner Marion Buller.

APTN National News The Minister of Indigenous Affairs is expected to announce the details of the long-awaited national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls Wednesday including the terms of reference and commissioners that will take the lead. The inquiry was first announced by Carolyn Bennett and Status of Women Minister Patty Hadju back in December 2015.

KUUJJUAQ-The federal government won't budge on the question of appointing an Inuk commissioner to the inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, the minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs said in Kuujjuaq Sept. 14.

Best of luck, truly, to the new commission on missing and murdered Indigenous women, as it begins its two-year journey into darkness. Best of luck in prying information about racist police behaviour from behind the thick blue wall of Canada's police forces, and best of luck in persuading bureaucrats, who deeply believe information is power, to open up their files and collective minds, and best of luck in dealing with the rather touchy subject of domestic violence inside Native communities. But most of all, best of luck in persuading non-Native Canadians to pay attention.

FEBRUARY 2016 The Government of Canada wants to know how we think the inquiry should be set up. It would like us to answer these questions. Inquiries can be set up in different ways. On the other sheet ( What is an inquiry?) you will find examples of different kinds of inquiries.

DECEMBER 2015 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will follow through on a key election promise to Canada's aboriginal peoples Tuesday.Trudeau is expected to announce the created on a national inquiry into what some have called a Canadian crisis, almost 1,200 cases of missing or murdered indigenous women since 1980.

AUGUST 2014 Grand Chief Gordon Peters issued the following statement regarding Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada. Sonya's Story - Sonya Nadine Mae Cywink Sonya's story is one that is all too familiar to Indigenous people in Canada. She is one of hundreds of Indigenous women that have either been murdered or has gone missing in ...

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FEBRUARY 2016 On Sunday, February 14, thousands of Vancouverites honoured murdered and missing indigenous women in the 26th annual Downtown Eastside Women's Memorial March. The march is intended to bring attention to vulnerable women who died "due to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual violence," reads a press release by the event organizers.

FEBRUARY 2016 The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has released a comprehensive report on missing and unsolved murdered Indigenous people in OPP jurisdiction. The report was released at a news conference by Commissioner J.V.N. (Vince) Hawkes and Detective Superintendent Dave Truax of OPP Criminal Investigation Services who were accompanied by Ontario Regional Chi

JANUARY 2016 The Hon. Patty Hajdu, Minister of the Status of Women, and the Hon. Carolyn Bennett Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, will meet with family members on January 6, 2016 to seek input on the design of the national inquiry into MMIWG.

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?

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.

MARCH 2016 As Manitoba children's advocate, mandated to represent the rights, views and interests of children receiving child-welfare services, I have been following with great interest the Trudeau government's work on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in advance of the promised inquiry.

JUNE 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the one who promised a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, but the provinces still need to sign off on the details.

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.

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.

FEBRUARY 2013 February 14 was the National Day of Action organized by No More Silence and the annual rally and march for missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. We've compiled a list of research and statistics about violence against Aboriginal women to highlight the issue's broad scope - there can be no denying of a need for action and greater accountability.

NOVEMBER 2015 In an aim to demonstrate its increasing solidarity and support, the University of Saskatchewan campus community is coming together to rewrite narratives and raise awareness surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous women. Members of the Indigenous Students' Council, USask Building Bridges and the U of S Students' Union Women's Centre invite the campus and larger community to participate in the week's events.

JANUARY 2016 In an open letter released today, five national organizations that have been deeply involved in efforts to expose and address violence against Indigenous women and girls call on the federal government to ensure that the forthcoming national inquiry can: Focus on the extreme violence faced by Indigenous