Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

Comments on the role the Canadian government played in the systematic oppression and discrimination towards Indigenous women.

Using a comparative case study to examine the unequal mainstream media coverage of murdered Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in Mexico. The findings show that non-Indigenous cases are given more and longer media coverage that provides those cases a "higher profile" for law enforcement.

Addresses case of the serial murderer Robert Pickton.

Focuses on reforms that could be make by provincial and/or federal government justice departments in the areas of policing, prosecutions, corrections, victim services, crime prevention, policy and legislation.

For materials relevant to Aboriginal women, see points 17-20 (matrimonial real property) and 29-32 (violence and missing or murdered).

Looks at a conference held in Regina, Saskatchewan to discuss the disturbing number of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada and Mexico. Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 3.

This article contains descriptions of extreme sexual and systemic violence. Author describes the social and institutional discourses that render Aboriginal women disposable in the Canadian consciousness; addresses the stereotypical “Indian squaw” – “Indian princess” dichotomy, and examines RCMP approaches to investigating missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) cases.

An examination of the shift from Indigenous women being highly valued in traditional Indigenous communities to being devalued in modern times through colonial interventions.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2008.

Government's response to Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women's recommendation about investigation of cases of missing or murdered Aboriginal women.

Looks at how issues surrounding the request for a national inquiry were represented in The National Post, Canadian Broadcasting Centre (CBC), The Vancouver Sun and the Canadian Television News (CTV) between 2010 and 2014.

Comments on the inaction of the Canadian government and the international legal obligations that have repeatedly been neglected.

Contends that Canada has not fulfilled the international human rights obligations to investigate the hundreds of missing Aboriginal women.

Focuses on over-incarceration and criminalization, new approachs to prostitution, murdered and missing women inquiry, inequalities in education, and sex discrimination in the Indian Act.

Results of interviews with 16 study participants grouped into five themes: identity, family and community, violence, systemic racism/colonialism, social networks/supports, and resiliency and integrity.

Using the murder of Inuit Deidre Michelin to discuss the unequal access to law enforcement in Indigenous communities.

Looks at a collaborative project protesting gender based violence against women.

Looks at Canadian government response towards inquiry, how public inquiry should be addressed and prevention of further disappearances. Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2014.

Gender Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2016.

Analyzes a documentary film Through a Blue Lens produced by the Vancouver Police Department.

Analyzes 29 articles from two highest circulation newspapers in British Columbia The Province and The Sun using four theoretical frames: pathological deviant; the Madonna and whore; spatialization of disordered behavior and deviant people; and single deranged male.

Covers issues such as adequacy of reserve lands and resources, housing, tax exemptions, post-secondary education funding, residential schools, connection between unemployment and health and social problems, and missing and murdered women and girls.

Guerrilla art display was placed on various streets in Calgary with the hope of evoking empathy and a sense of urgency in society to intervene with this injustice. Artists filmed the public's reactions. Duration: 4:55.

Thematic list of current programs and policies and discussion of how they could be built upon in the future.

Section one describes consultation process, section two provides excerpts of participants' contributions, and section three provides synthesis of recommendations.

Book review of: Dying from Improvement by Sherene H. Razack.

Interview with author of Monkey Beach, Queen of the North and Traplines to supplement Master Thesis Shattered Hearts. Duration: 24:24.

Contends that the current Canadian system to protect Indigenous women and girls is ineffectual and it is time for a new approach.

Using cases studies to examine Indigenous feminist resistance to violence and how the resistance gave Indigenous people more agency in their own history.

An examination of the sexist ideology present in the Indian Act and its impact on missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Family members of missing and murdered women and girls spoke before the Committee.

Senior Counsel for the Family, Children and Youth Section of the Department of Justice appeared before the Committee.

British Columbia Representative for Children and Youth spoke to the Committee.

Representative from Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls in Canada, Canadian Women's Foundation appeared before the Committee.

Representatives from Human Rights Canada and the Zebra Child Protection Centre addressed the Committee.

Representatives from the Native Women's Transition Centre (Winnipeg), Families of Sisters in Spirit, and Carrier Sekani Family Services addressed the Committee.

Ending Violence Association of British Columbia, Ngwaagan Gamig Recovery Centre, and Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada spoke to the Committee.

Representatives from Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , Department of Public Safety, and Statistics Canada appeared before the Committee.

Representatives from Status of Women Canada appeared before the Committee.

Representatives from the Native Women's Association of Canada spoke to the Committee about the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

President of the Native Women's Association of Canada and two representatives from the Community Holistic Circle Healing, Hollow Water First Nation appeared before the Committee.

World Literatures and Cultures Major Research Paper (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2020. Focuses on the Bentwood Box by Luke Marston, the Witness Blanket by Carey Newman and the Living and Healing Quilt.

Brief data on missing and murdered Aboriginal Women and girls in Canada including statistics.

Based on five years of quantitative research drawn from Sisters In Spirit database; looks at situation in the province compared to the national context.

Based on five years of quantitative research drawn from Sisters In Spirit database; looks at situation in the province compared to the national context.

Based on five years of quantitative research drawn from Sisters In Spirit database; looks at situation in the province compared to the national context.