May 5th is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ People (MMIWG2S)
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Finding Dawn
Rustic Oracle
Taken
This River
Highway of Tears
Sisters in Spirit was a program led by the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) and funded by Status of Women Canada beginning in 2005. This initiative was to research and document the statistics of violence against Indigenous women in Canada and to heighten awareness and education regarding the treatment of Indigenous women.
Sisters in Spirit is observed annually on October 4th.
Red Dress Day is an annual event held by the REDress Project in memory of the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls across Canada. This day is observed annually on May 5th.
These books are available through the NB Public Library. If you don't have a free Library card - sign up here. Link sign up here
If I Go Missing
Combining graphic fiction and non-fiction, this young adult graphic novel serves as a window into one of the unique dangers of being an Indigenous teen in Canada today. The text of the book is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police by fourteen-year-old Brianna Jonnie -- a letter that went viral and was also the basis of a documentary film.
Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
The hidden crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada is both a national tragedy and a national shame.
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
For decades, Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been found murdered along an isolated stretch of highway in northwestern British Columbia. The highway is known as the Highway of Tears, and it has come to symbolize a national crisis.
Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters
In Keetsahnak / Our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Sisters, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as the contributors look at the roots of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for anti-violence work from an Indigenous perspective.
Stolen sisters: the story of two missing girls, their families and how Canada has failed indigenous women
In 2014, the nation was rocked by the brutal violence against young Aboriginal women Loretta Saunders, Tina Fontaine and Rinelle Harper. But tragically, they were not the only Aboriginal women to suffer that year.
NBCC campuses are located on Mi’kmaq, Wolastoq and Peskotomuhkati homelands. Since 1726 this land has been subject to treaties that are still in effect today. We are grateful to learn together on this land and do so guided by the original spirit of those treaties - peace, respect and friendship.