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Through the stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls (MMIWG2S) and children, we are able to gain perspective on the violence faced by the communities.
Generations of Canadians have gone through life unaware of residential schools, the historical and ongoing effects of the Indian Act, the significance of treaties, or the contributions of Indigenous Peoples to Canada's mosaic.
Sep 9, 2022
Story of Juanita Cardinal
Juanita Cardinal, 27, was fatally stabbed in Edmonton on Feb. 26, 2006, by a friend after a night of drinking. Edmonton police declared...
Sep 9, 2022
Story of Judy Chesscue
Judy Ann Chescue was 21 years old when she went missing. She was last seen near her home in Edmonton, Alberta, on July 6, 1988. She was...
Sep 9, 2022
Story of Joey English
Joey Tiiah Patricia English, 25, was a mother of three and a member of the Piikani Nation, a community in the Blackfoot Confederacy of...
Sep 9, 2022
Story of Immaculate Basil
Immaculate “Mackie” Basil, 26, was a mother of one from the Tl’azt’en Nation in British Columbia. She was last seen on June 14, 2013,...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Geraldine Beardy
Geraldine Ann Lewis Beardy, 29, was a mother of three from northern Manitoba’s Garden Hill First Nation. Her life ended during a trip to...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Gloria Jean Abotossaway
Gloria was born August 7th, 1963. She went by the nickname “Marty.” Gloria Jean was last seen on Friday, February 14, 1992 when she was...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Edna Bernard
Several family members remember Edna Bernard, 28, as being a good mother who loved her children immensely. A friend saw Edna in a vehicle...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Edna Smith
Edna Smith was 24 years old when she went missing near East Trout Lake, approximately 120 kilometers north of Prince Albert, Sask. She...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Emily Ballantyne
When Emily Ballantyne, a 24-year-old mother of five, left her home in Lynn Lake, Manitoba to play bingo on April 25, 1991, it was the...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Ernestine Kasyon
Mary Jane Kasyon says her cousin, Ernestine Kasyon, 26, was kind to others. On Dec. 6, 1989, Ernestine walked from a home in Prince...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Danielle LaRue
Danielle Marissa LaRue protected her younger brother and sister while growing up, but in November 2002, the 24-year-old disappeared from...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Darlinda Ritchey
Darlinda Lee Ritchey, 26, was found in a shallow grave along with Karen Baker, 20, by Indian River Road in North Vancouver in British...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Deanna Bellerose
Deanna Marie Bellerose was a mother of four children: Amber, Aimee, Tristan, and Julian. The 29-year-old was last seen getting into a car...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Debbie Pelletier
Debbie Faye Pelletier, a mother of four, lived in Regina, Sask. She was known to be funny, happy, caring and as someone who loved her...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Deidre Michelin
Deidre Marie Michelin, 21, was a mother of four from Rigolet, an Inuit community on the north coast of Labrador. She loved to make people...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Delena Lefthand Dixon
Delena Lefthand Dixon, a 20-year-old mother, was shot and killed in August 2008 in Maskwacis (formally called Hobbema), a community about...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Desiree Oldwoman
Desiree Oldwoman,21, was last seen near her home on Siksika First Nation, close to Gleichen, Alberta. She has autism, is non-verbal and...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Destiny Tom
Destiny Rae Tom, 21, was found dead outside a home on the Nadleh Whut’en First Nation in northern B.C. on March 23, 2013. Her badly...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Donna Kasyon
Donna Marie Kasyon was stabbed to death when she was 20 years old. She was found dead June 15, 2002 at a bus shelter in Saskatoon. Police...
Sep 8, 2022
Story of Doreen Jack
Doreen Jack, 26, disappeared with her husband Ronald and their two sons, Russell, 9, and Ryan, 4. They were offered work at a camp from a...
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