Tag: MMIW

Canada, we need to talk about racism

Published October 23, 2015

Houston, we have a problem!

Here’s how these Conservatives really feel about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Published October 12, 2015

Stephen Harper says "we are way past the time for further study," but if that's true, why do his candidates show they can't get their facts straight on this issue?

World opinion is against the Conservatives on missing and murdered indigenous women

Published February 27, 2015

Conservatives seem to be in the minority on this one. Despite over 1,200 missing or murdered women, and counting, the Harper government is increasingly in the minority opinion on the need for a national inquiry. So who’s for it? Who’s against it? As Friday’s national roundtable on murdered and missing indigenous women meets, it’s shaping up to be the […]

Aboriginal women ask Stephen Harper: Am I next?

Published September 5, 2014

Am I next? That’s the question aboriginal women are asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a new online campaign to renew pressure on his government to call a national inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women. Coming on the heels of Harper’s “sociological phenomenon” blunder, the campaign is the brainchild of Holly Jarrett. She’s the cousin of Loretta […]

5 stats we now know about Canada’s murdered and missing aboriginal women

Published May 17, 2014

The week began with a United Nations envoy calling out Canada for having a First Nations human-rights problem of “crisis proportions.” It ended with the release of an RCMP report acknowledging a staggering number of aboriginal women are victims of violence in a country marred by inequality. The numbers in the report, released Friday, renewed calls for a public […]

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