Systemic Racism
The RCMP stated that there have been over 1,200 cases MMIWG. However, what is the approximate number that Indigenous organizations report otherwise?
Closer to 4,000
What did the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) National Inquiry do?
Addressing systemic violence and discrimination faced by Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
The RCMP's investigations of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls along British Columbia's Highway 16 is also known as?
Highway of Tears
What did the Missing Women’s Commission of Inquiry failed to address?
Examining the disproportionate rates of death of Indigenous women compared to non-Indigenous women
What is the well-known commemorative art installation that acknowledges the grief families experience and honors the lives of MMIWG?
“Walking with our Sisters” movement
Name 5 key issues for MMIWG inquiry?
Ongoing Institutional Racism, Justice and Accountability, Inadequate Data and Reporting, Lack of Culturally Safe Services, Policy and Legislation
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was officially launched in what year?
2016
What project did the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) initiate in response to the Government’s inaction and lack of a national database for the MMIWG?
The “Sisters in Spirit” project
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released how many calls for justice today?
231
The RCMP acknowledged how many MMIWG in 2014?
1,200 missing and murdered Indigenous women between 1980 and 2012
In comparison to the RCMP report of the number of MMIWG, Indigenous women’s groups, document the number of missing and murdered to be?
Over 4,000
How did Red Dress Day start?
Red Dress Day was inspired in 2010 by Jaime Black, a Métis artist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Black hung hundreds of empty red dresses in public places to represent missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and to bring awareness to the issue.
The 2019 National Inquiry into MMIWG made how many recommendations?
231
How many people participated in the national inquiry?
2,380
Researchers have reported that Indigenous women and girls are how many more times likely to be murdered or missing than other women in Canada?
12 times more likely.