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QNW Reaction to the Speech from the Throne: “Speech from the Throne Disquieting due to its vagueness”

FEMMES AUTOCHTONES DU QUÉBEC INC.
QUEBEC NATIVE WOMEN INC.
March 4, 2010
QNW would like to comment on the Governor General’s speech from the Throne in hopes that clarifications may be made regarding important issues impacting Indigenous women and our communities. We are pleased to hear mention of the research project Sisters In Spirit but are concerned [...]

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NWAC pleased by Government Pledge for 10 Million to Address Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/04/c7220.html
OTTAWA, March 4 /CNW Telbec/ - The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is encouraged by the federal government’s pledge of 10 million dollars in funding over a period of two years, to address the disturbingly high number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada.
The federal budget noted the particular challenges faced by Aboriginal [...]

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Oneida girl, 16, to be buried Thursday on reserve SIERRA PHILLIPS: Police have not released cause of death, saying only it was not a suicide but the result of a ‘tragic set of circumstances’

By JOE BELANGER, THE LONDON FREE PRESS
A 16-year-old girl whose frozen body was found outside a childcare centre in a native community west of London will be buried Thursday.
Meanwhile, police continue to investigate how Sierra Phillips of Oneida First Nation ended up at the centre on Saturday.
Sources say she had been at a party Friday [...]

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Montreal’s 1st Annual Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women

Sunday, February 14th. About 200 braved the cold, gathered at Berri Square and quietly (except for a lone drum), marched all the way to Parc des Ameriques holding white hearts and signs: “3000 stories untold.”

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Panel Discussion, Cegep du Vieux Montreal, Feb. 11

With guest speakers Jessica Yee, Janie Jamieson, and Rachel Alouki-Labbe.

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Missing women’s initiative in limbo as memorial marches approach

http://news.globaltv.com/story.html?id=2559398
Mia Rabson, Winnipeg Free Press: Saturday, February 13, 2010
OTTAWA — Missing and murdered women in Canada will be remembered Sunday in memorial that marches across the country.
But the occasion may also become a memorial for a government-funded research project that put a spotlight on the hundreds of aboriginal women who have gone missing or were [...]

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Panel Discussion and Annual Memorial March, Feb. 11 & 14

Missing Justice would like to invite you to a Panel Discussion on February 11th, 2010 at 6pm at the Exode in Cegep du Vieux Montreal, 255 Ontario St. East. The panel will feature Jessica Yee, Janie Jamieson, and Rachel Alouki Labbe as we continue to educate and become aware of the injustices being committed to [...]

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PRESS RELEASE: Women Go Missing and Die amid Government and Social Apathy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(WINNIPEG MB, December 15, 2009) “There is no question – absolutely no question – that we are going to put violence against women at the centre of this country’s agenda, starting right now,” said Suzanne Dzus of Calgary.
Ms. Dzus made this compelling declaration following a day long meeting of women anti-violence advocates held [...]

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Making Visible the Lives

By Cynthia Oka
As the 20th anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre approaches, I challenge myself and all of us who identify as feminists and social justice activists to deepen and broaden our analysis of violence against women. While we should continue to honour victims and survivors, let us not forget that physical brutalization is only [...]

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Sisters in Spirit shines a light

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Sisters+Spirit+shines+light/2142835/story.html
A crusade by the Native Women’s Association of Canada is getting more recognition after a media blitz about murdered and missing women - but the federally funded program, too, is in danger of disappearing.
By RANDY BOSWELL, Canwest News ServiceOctober 25, 2009
They are the keepers of the flame for more than 500 missing and murdered aboriginal [...]

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