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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.


Story of Lisa Marie Young
Lisa Marie Young was a 21-year-old indigenous Canadian who disappeared from Nanaimo, British Columbia, on June 30, 2002. She had spent...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Kari Gordon
Kari Gordon, 26, was a mother of one when she vanished from Nanaimo, British Columbia in April 1997. Hikers found her body near Little...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Karina Wolfe
Karina Wolfe was 20 years old when she was last seen in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She had just moved back home with her family. On July 2,...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Kathleen Leary
Kathleen Leary, 66, was a mother of four and a grandmother. She was from Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, and worked as the...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Katie Ballantyne
Katie Sylvia Ballantyne was a 40-year-old mother of four when a friend reported her missing to the Edmonton Police Service on May 5,...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Kelly Goforth
Kelly Goforth, 21, is described as the pillar of her family in her obituary – as a young woman with a heart of gold. She was a mother of...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Kelly Morrisseau
Kelly Morrisseau, 27, was a mother of three and seven months pregnant with a fourth child. On Dec. 10, 2006, she was found naked in a...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Krystal Andrews
Krystal Andrews, 22, was going to marry her high school sweetheart in 2016. She was a mother of two young children, described as a kind,...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Krystle Knott
Krystle Ann Knott, 16, loved animals, and planned to become a veterinarian. On Feb. 18, 2005 she was seen for the last time at Alberta’s...
Sep 9, 2022


Stort of Joyce Echaquan
Joyce Echaquan was a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman who died on September 28, 2020 in the Centre hospitalier de Lanaudière in...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Jennifer Furminger
Jennifer was 28 years old when she disappeared from Downtown Eastside Vancouver around December 27th, 1999. She had developed an...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Jane Sutherland
Jane Louise Sutherland, 19, nicknamed as “Jeano” was originally from the Moose Cree First Nation in Ontario. She relocated to Ottawa in...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Jarita Naistus
Jarita Naistus was 20 years old when she was found dead in a Lloydminster hotel room in 2006. She had been strangled and beaten to death....
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Jeanenne Fontaine
Jeanenne Chantel Fontaine, 29, was a mother of three who lived in Winnipeg but was originally from the Sagkeeng First Nation, north of...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Jeanette Basil
Jeanette Basil was a 33-year-old single mother to one son. On August 1, 1985 she was robbed and stabbed to death on Hastings Street in...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Jeanette Cardinal
Jeanette Marie Cardinal, 40, was a mother of five children. She moved to Edmonton in late 2010 from Slave Lake, Alta. On Feb. 7, 2011,...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Jeanine St. Jean
Jeanine Marie St. Jean, 42, was last seen alive in Schreiber, Ontario, with two men. It’s perhaps an innocuous detail, but not after a...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Jeannette Chief
Jeannette Jean Chief, 48, was an outgoing woman who loved going on walks and spending time with family, she was just shy of turning 49....
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Jennifer Catcheway
Jennifer Catcheway, 18, phoned her mom on June 19, 2008 to say she would be home in Manitoba’s Portage la Prairie that night to celebrate...
Sep 9, 2022


Story of Jessica Cardinal
Jessica Cardinal’s sister Tamara says she “didn’t belong [on the street.] She was a really good person.” On June 14, 1997, Jessica, 24,...
Sep 9, 2022
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