Over 50 people gathered the evening of July 23rd, at Montreal’s Independent Media Centre, for the screening of two films, Finding Dawn, and Stolen Sisters. They also came to hear the words of two women, whose stories brought the films to life. Bridget Tolley, a member of the Kitigan Zibi First Nation in Quebec whose [...]
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Family and friends have confirmed Vanessa Tagoona is the 29-year-old woman who was found dead in an Ottawa motel room Friday.
Tagoona was discovered around 12:45 p.m. at the Concorde Motel at 333 Montreal Rd.
The Ottawa police major crimes unit is investigating the death, which police describe as “suspicious.”
A tribute page on the social-networking website Facebook [...]
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OTTAWA - Aboriginal women continue to feel targeted and vulnerable because the Harper government continues to ignore their calls for a judicial investigation into the devastatingly high number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls, said Liberal Status of Women Critic Anita Neville and Aboriginal Affairs Critic Todd Russell.
“I have been doing [...]
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2110 Summer Night Screenings
The Missing Justice Campaign presents:
“Finding Dawn” & “Stolen Sisters: A Documentary”
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Film Screening
& Discussion with Bridget Tolley
THURSDAY July 23rd, 7pm
2035 St-Laurent
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*Finding Dawn*
Dawn Crey. Ramona Wilson. Daleen Kay Bosse. These are just three out of hundreds of Aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the past thirty [...]
In 2001, Gladys Tolley of Kitigan Zibi Anishnaabeg was struck and killed by a Surete de Quebec cruiser. The “investigation” that ensued was carried out by brothers of the offending officer. Since then, Gladys’ daughter, Bridget Tolley, has been working non-stop at calling a public inquiry into her mother’s death. She has, so far, not [...]