Monthly Archives: September 2009

Quicklinks to upcoming workshop, panel and vigil

Sisters in Spirit Community Engagement Workshop: http://www.missingjustice.ca/2009/09/sisters-in-spirit-community-engagement-workshop-sept-16th/
Panel and Vigial: http://www.missingjustice.ca/2009/09/justice-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-2-montreal-events-oct-2nd-4th/

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Hillary Bonnell: Esgenoopetitj Teen Missing Since Sept. 5th

Following text from: http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/788531
Pamel Fillier’s 16-year-old daughter, Hilary Bonnell, hasn’t been seen or heard from since early Saturday morning. With each passing day, the physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted mother becomes more certain that this isn’t simply a case of a teenage runaway.
Bonnell was last spotted just after 7 a.m. Saturday on a video surveillance [...]

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Sisters in Spirit Community Engagement Workshop, Sept. 16th

The 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy and Missing Justice invites you to attend a workshop by the Native Women’s Association of Canada: a Sisters In Spirit (SIS) Community Engagement Workshop.
This workshop is designed to educate participants on the SIS initiative and to inform individuals and communities on ways that they can take action on and [...]

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October 4th March & Vigil; a National day of Action

Sisters in Spirit March & Vigil
Sunday, October 4th, 6pm
Cabot Square (Atwater and St. Catherine)

The 4th annual SIS March & Vigil will take place in communities across the country, including Ottawa, Edmonton and Montreal. It is a national day of remembrance, respect, and demands for government action. Marchers will assemble at Cabot Square, and proceed east [...]

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With more than 500 aboriginal women missing, action is overdue

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/with-more-than-500-aboriginal-women-missing-action-is-overdue/article1274074/
How can this not be considered a national priority for police, justice and public-health officials?
Andre Picard
Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009 12:00AM EDT
Last week, the Manitoba government announced the creation of a joint RCMP and Winnipeg Police task force to investigate dozens of cases of missing and murdered women in the province.
The news, while welcome, raises the [...]

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Vigil for Maisy and Shannon: To commemorate one year since their disappearance

Sunday, September 6, 2009
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Kitigan Zibi at the Home Hardware
Street:
79 Kichi Mikan
City/Town:
Maniwaki, QC
Phone: 819-441-3055
email: mjacko@findmaisyandshannon.com
We will be starting from Home Hardware and walking through town to Nagishkodadiwin Park across from the Chateau Logue. You can choose to drive or just meet at Nagishkodadiwin Park. Complete information at http://www.findmaisyandshannon.com

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Families heartbroken 1 year after Quebec girls vanished: Maisy Odjick, 16, and Shannon Alexander, 17, last seen Sept. 6, 2008

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/09/02/maisy-odjig-shannon-alexander-missing-one-year-maniwaki.html
September 2, 2009
The disappearance of two teenage girls in Maniwaki, Que., one year ago has left a painful void in their families and their small Algonquin community.
Maisy Odjick, 16, and Shannon Alexander, 17, were last seen on Sept. 6, 2008.
A year later, Odjick’s clothes, her flute, her camera and treasured photos are still where she [...]

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