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Video of drummers and speakers at the Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women

Feb 14th, 2013: Over 700 gathered at St. Laurent Metro this Valentine’s Day to make this year, Montreal’s 4th annual memorial march for missing and murdered women the largest yet.
The first women’s memorial march was held in 1991 in response to the murder of a Coast Salish woman on Powell Street in Vancouver. Her name [...]

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Ellen Gabriel at Memorial March for Missing & Murdered Women

Feb 14th 2013, Montreal. The will to fight comes from a heart overflowing with love.
Ellen Gabriel is a Native/human right activist, and former president of Quebec Native Women (QNW). She joined the members of her community of Kanehsatà:ke in March 1990 as they erected barricades to protect The Pines from the expansion of a golf [...]

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Feb 14 2013 March for Missing and Murdered Women in photos

Black and white photos: Thien Vo.
Colour photos: Irina Gaber.

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2013 Annual Memorial March for Missing & Murdered Women

Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (Missing Justice) invites you and yours to attend, spread the word about, and participate in this year’s Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women on Thursday February 14th, 6pm at St. Laurent metro.
The first women’s memorial march was held in 1991 in response to [...]

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Photos: 7th Annual Sisters in Spirit Memorial March & Vigil for Missing and Murdered Native Women

Photos below by Thien Vo. Full set: here

Photos below by Vincent Meurin. Full set: here

Photos below by Spencer Mann. Full set: here

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Photos–Defending the Land: Indigenous Women resisting the Plan Nord and Violence in Their Communities

Friday September 28th, 2012
Presented by Missing Justice in collaboration with Regroupement de solidarité avec les Autochtones, Alliance Romaine, PASC and the Anti-Colonial Solidarity Collective.
Guests: Elyse Vollant, Denise Jourdain & Ellen Gabriel
Photos by Michael Paolucci of The McGill Daily.

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Missing Justice and the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy invite you to come out and show your support in Montreal this October 4th at the 7th Annual Sisters in Spirit Memorial March and Vigil

When? Thursday, October 4th, 6pm

Where? Parc Emilie Gamelin, corner of Berri and St. Catherine. Metro Berri.
Bridget Tolley founded the March and Vigil in 2005, which happens every year on the anniversary of her mother’s Gladys Tolley’s death. Since then, the march has been organized all across the country on that day. In 2010, 86 marches [...]

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ANTI-COLONIAL FORUM AGAINST THE PLAN NORD For sharing strategies of resistance to the Plan Nord and colonization; Saturday the 29th of September**, 10 am-5 pm on the 7th floor of Hall, at Concordia University, 1455 boulevard de Maisonneuve West

The event will take place in two stages: a panel on Friday evening with indigenous women involved in resistance to colonialism, followed by an open forum on Saturday for sharing our strategies, with workshops and spaces for discussion. **If you already have a workshop you would like to present on Saturday, you will be able [...]

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Defending the Land: Indigenous Women resisting the Plan Nord and Violence in Their Communities: Friday September 28th, 2012 from 6:30- 8:30pm; Concordia University, SGW, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, H-110

Please Join Us for an Upcoming Panel Discussion on Friday September 28th, 2012 from 6:30- 8:30pm; Concordia University, SGW, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, H-110
Details Below

Innu women speak out about the Plan Nord and violence against their communities. Activists will discuss their opposition to the massive industrial development plan being imposed on them by the government. [...]

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Systemic Violence Against Indigenous Women

TUESDAY MARCH 13TH, 6:30 PM
Concordia University, H-763, Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve

Closing Panel of Israeli Apartheid Week (iawmontreal.org):

Systemic Violence Against Indigenous Women
Featuring presentations by indigenous activists Sheri Pranteau and Bridget Tolley and Palestinian activist Yafa Jarrar.
Speakers will discuss systemic violence experienced by indigenous women in Canada, and the struggles faced by women in [...]

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