Focuses on four themes: protection of vulnerable women, structure of police force, policies and practices used in investigations of missing persons and suspected serial murders, and relationships with communities and media.
Focus on Robert Pickton case.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. i-iii
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Introduces the articles in this specially themed issue.
The Gathering: The Newsletter of the Church of the Redeemer, Easter-Pentecost , 2014, pp. 14-18
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Presentation from International Women's Day, March 8, 2014. Discusses recommendations from the report Invisible Women: A Call to Action. A Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada.
Lawyer from the British Columbia Civil Liberties Assoc. and lawyer who represented Aboriginal interests critique the Commission in terms of the structure, lack of consultation and operation, and give reasons why groups most directly affected eventually withdrew from the process. Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:21:17.
Host speaks with one of the founders of Walk 4 Justice, author of Just Another Indian, RCMP officer in charge of Project E-Pana, which is investigating disappearances and murders along the "Highway of Tears", and the founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women.
Duration: 27:30
Comments on the murders committed by Robert Pickton.
Excerpt from chapter in the book Criminal Investigative Failures by Kim Rossmo.
Exhibit no. 69 from the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.
Provides brief overview of issues related to police protection, identifies and discusses seven major policy options, and sets out questions for further discussion.
Coordinating Committee of Senior Officials (Criminal) Missing Women Working Group
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Information about: factors which lead to venerability, characteristics of predators, major cases involving serial murders, responses to reported cases, prevention and safety planning for potential victims, the role of media, and the trial process.
Background to the issue and discussion with activist and founder of the Walk 4 Justice initiative, which began in 2008 to raise public awareness and publicize the extent of ongoing violence against women.
Developed on the basis of review of Canadian and international reports and best practices. Summarizes major issues and questions likely to inform the Commission analysis.
Five topics: police failure to protect women at risk, how discriminatory attitudes, biases and stereotyping undermined investigations, suppression of information about risk of a serial killer, and Crown counsel's decision to stay attempted murder charge against Robert Pickton in January 1997.