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:
December 15, 2011
http://www.fafia-afai.org/en/news/2011/un-will-conduct-inquiry-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-canada
Tue, 13 Dec 2011
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has decided to conduct an inquiry into the murders and disappearances of Aboriginal women and girls across Canada. The Committee, composed of 23 independent experts from around the world, is the UN’s main authority on women’s human rights. The Committee’s [...]
By admin | Published:
August 25, 2011
VIDEO:
http://www.avisderecherche.tv/index.php?var=415
La famille de Tiffany Morrison offre une récompense.
Tiffany Morrison avait 25 ans lorsqu’elle a été vue pour la dernière fois en juin 2006. Son corps a été retrouvé l’an dernier à quelques kilomètres de l’endroit où elle avait été vue pour la dernière fois. Sa famille [...]
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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:
December 16, 2010
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/3764
by Angela Sterritt
VANCOUVER—Ten million dollars set aside by the Harper government to address the crisis of missing or murdered Aboriginal women will be redirected to the Department of Justice and the Ministry of Public Safety.
And that has some groups, like Vancouver’s Walk 4 Justice, fuming.
“We have the answers and tools already because we’ve been working [...]
By admin | Published:
June 5, 2010
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Kahnawake+peacekeepers+identify+remains/3113664/story.html
Friday, June 04, 2010
KAHNAWAKE, QC- Mohawk Peacekeepers have confirmed that the human remains found by a construction worker Monday in a wooded area near the Mercier Bridge are those of Tiffany Morrison.
The remains and a skull were found off the service road of Highway 138.
Morrison, a 25-year-old Mohawk woman, disappeared in June 2006 after she [...]
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By admin | Published:
April 21, 2010
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100421/native_missing_100421/20100421?hub=Canada
OTTAWA — A new report has added 62 more names to a growing list of missing or murdered aboriginal women and girls.
The report by the Native Women’s Association of Canada pegs the total at at least 582.
The report says the data is limited by the way information is collected — there’s no national missing-persons database [...]
By admin | Published:
April 21, 2010
http://www.canada.com/news/List+missing+murdered+aboriginal+women+Canada+grows/2933684/story.html
By Laura Stone, Canwest News Service
OTTAWA — Over the past year, 62 names have been added to the list of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.
A total of 582 women — up from 520 last year — are now on that list; women who were mothers, daughters, and friends, with names including Amber, Beatrice, [...]
By admin | Published:
April 21, 2010
http://www.canada.com/news/Sisters+Spirit+hopes+rebirth/2752458/story.html
By Mia Rabson, Winnipeg Free Press
OTTAWA — The national research project that brought the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women in Canada to the forefront quietly ended Wednesday when its five-year mandate from the federal government ran out.
Organizers are still hopeful the Sisters in Spirit initiative of the Native Women’s Association of Canada will [...]
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 [...]