Canada's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

User icon Heather Dray
1 October 2023
23 items

Current policy and case study examples.


ICCLR: International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy · 19 July 2023 English

In the The rights of the child and the principle of the absence of appropriate supports, best interests of the child must be respected at separation due to parental incarceration …


Yellowhead Institute · 14 September 2023 English

All of this is happening against the backdrop In light of the overdose crisis impacting the North, with of 昀椀ve Prince George o昀케cers recently Prince George recording some of the …


AFN: Assembly of First Nations · 27 February 2016 English

Community Safety Developing safety initiatives that respond to the unique cultural, traditional, and socio-economic needs and realities of Indigenous communities, organizations, and individuals is a critical component for addressing and …


Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission · 21 September 2023 English

The scope of the systemic initiative includes the review of the parent submissions, conducting stakeholder interviews and meetings, the preparation of a legal summary, and capturing the comment, feedback, and …


ACWS: Alberta Council of Women's Shelters · 23 May 2023 English

Alberta Deserves Better: The 2021-22 ACWS Domestic Violence Shelter Workforce Survey: Are you prepared to provide the resources and work with the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters and shelters across …


Yellowhead Institute · 29 June 2021 English

Today, maintenance of the CWB index falls within the purview of both Crown-Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and is used primarily as a tool …


NAFC: National Association of Friendship Centres · 28 August 2020 English

The CTJs, in the view of the commissioners, build a foundation to allow Indigenous women and girls and 2SLGBTQQIA to “reclaim power and place,” a concept that speaks to the …


Information Commissioner of Canada · 31 December 2014 English

The high numbers of missing and murdered indigenous women in British Columbia are concentrated in two different areas of the province: Prince George, in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights …


OHCHR: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights · 26 May 2023 English

6 both on the view that the humanity of Indigenous peoples was less than that of the European and that the only proper place for women was under the dominion …


Yellowhead Institute · 1 December 2021 English

By April 30, 2019, the final report is expected to make findings on: • Systemic causes of violence against Indigenous women and girls (including underlying causes and vulnerabilities); and • …