By admin | Published:
January 17, 2012
The following links are to articles that further discuss and explain the UN inquiry and why it may be in jeopardy.
http://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/2012/01/11/fn-reagerer-pa-kvinnedrap-i-canadas-urbefolkning
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106402
http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=44370&utm_source=catholic.org%2Fhomepage&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=latest%2Bnews
http://wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/1/6/un-committee-investigate-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women_22218
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1111907–un-to-investigate-missing-aboriginal-women
By admin | Published:
August 11, 2011
http://www.kenoradailyminerandnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3252625
By Jessica Cable
In June of 2008 the first Walk 4 Justice set out from Vancouver, honouring the 2,932 missing and murdered women the group had named in their database of research and demanding a national public inquiry from the government. Four years later the walkers are once again on route to [...]
By admin | Published:
May 23, 2011
CALL OUT FOR HELP!!!!
Calling on all people far and wide who would be willing to come to Chase
to look for Neskie Manuel who has been missing since last Sunday. Neskie
has given alot to the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty and
the food security movement in general.
Shuswap Search and Rescue combined with Vernon and Kamloops SAR [...]
Also posted in Searches |
By admin | Published:
January 12, 2011
Why you should come to the March and bring others:
Violence against women is an ever-present symptom of a sick society. It continues to affect communities all over Québec, Canada and the rest of the world.
Since roughly 1980, Between 583 and 3000 Indigenous women have gone misisng or been murdered in “Canada.”
Come out and show support [...]
Also posted in Events, Marches, Murdered |
By admin | Published:
November 4, 2010
http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2010/11/04/moon-setting-on-sisters-in-spirit/
By Jorge Barrera
APTN National News
The Conservative government is opposing the use of the name Sisters
and Spirit and any work on a groundbreaking database on murdered and
missing Aboriginal women cases if the Native Women’s Association of
Canada expects to receive any funding for new projects on the issue,
sources say.
The Conservative government has been slowly “smothering” the Sisters
in [...]
By admin | Published:
October 21, 2010
Saturday, October 23 · 7:00am - 5:00pm
Kitigan Zibi Anishanabeg First Nation (Maniwaki, Quebec)
Volunteers will gather at the Cultural Center across from the Home Hardware on highway 105 in Kitigan Zibi, Quebec (1 and a half hour north of Ottawa, ON). Volunteers are asked to be there at 7am for instruction and the [...]
Also posted in Events, Searches |
By admin | Published:
April 15, 2010
http://news.sympatico.cbc.ca/Local/BC/ContentPosting?newsitemid=vancouver-bc-abigail-andrews-missing-fort-st-john&feedname=CBC_LOCALNEWS&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=True
14/04/2010 7:19:28 AM
CBC News
The northern B.C. family of a missing pregnant woman is appealing for the public’s help to find her.
Abigail Andrews, 28, went missing April 7 in Fort St. John after leaving her apartment at about 6 p.m. PT to walk to a friend’s house.
Her family said her disappearance is out of character.
“Abigail [...]
By admin | Published:
February 14, 2010
With guest speakers Jessica Yee, Janie Jamieson, and Rachel Alouki-Labbe.
By admin | Published:
December 17, 2009
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 [...]