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    icon-circle Inuvik Drum Community Art Showcase: Red Dress

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    The Inuvik Drum featured an art piece titled “Red Dress” for the October 29, 2024 edition of its Community Art Showcase, in which they highlight artworks sent in by their readers. The “Red Dress” art piece was created by students in East Three Elementary School’s grades 4A and 5B, to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women.
    Artwork Red Dress
    Oct 29, 2024 Inuvik

    icon-circle Our Women Now: Red Dress Project Awareness

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    The “Our Women Now: Red Dress Project Awareness” campaign by Grandmother’s Voice in Oakville, Ontario, displays red dresses from October 4 to November 25 to symbolize and raise awareness of violence against Indigenous women.
    Accountability Artwork Red Dress
    Oct 4–Nov 25, 2024 Oakville

    icon-circle Red Dress Photoshoot and Red Ribbon Skirt Workshop

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    In recognition of the National Day of Action for MMIWG, Wahnapitae First Nation hosted a Red Dress Photoshoot on October 2, 2024 and a Red Ribbon Skirt Workshop on October 4, 2024, to honour MMIWG and raise awareness about the ongoing crisis.
    Ongoing Artwork Red Dress
    Oct 2, 2024 3 PM Oct 4, 2024 6–9 PM Capreol

    icon-circle Jackie Traverse Mural Honouring MMIWG

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    Jackie Traverse and Mary Duncan School students collaborated on a mural in The Pas, Manitoba, honouring and bringing awareness for MMIWG, as part of a larger project to revitalize a community path. The mural features four Indigenous women in red dresses adorned with flowers, symbolizing beauty and connection to land and community.
    Artwork Community Safety Memorials Red Dress
    Sep 27, 2024 The Pas

    icon-circle Little Moons

    LittleMoons
    “Little Moons” is a graphic novel that explores themes of grief and healing through the lens of Ojibwe traditions, following a young girl’s journey after her sister’s disappearance.
    Ongoing National Artwork Literary Activism
    Sep 3, 2024 Canada

    icon-circle Inaugural Gathering for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men & Boys

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    The Inaugural Gathering for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men & Boys is an event focused on raising awareness and developing strategies to address violence against Indigenous men and boys.
    Ongoing Advocacy Artwork Community Safety Events & Gatherings Healing & Ceremony Men
    Jul 29, 2024 Jul 30, 2024 Jul 31, 2024 Winnipeg

    icon-circle Memorial Installation Ceremony in Mississippi Mills

    On June 15, 2024, Mississippi Mills held a memorial for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQTIA+ people, featuring The Canadian Library installation of 8,000 name-bearing books wrapped in Indigenous-designed fabrics.
    Artwork Healing & Ceremony Literary Activism Memorials
    Jun 15, 2024 1 PM Mississippi Mills

    icon-circle Iskwēw Minwāyāwin: 2nd Annual Two-Day Self-Care Gathering for Indigenous Women

    Iskwēw Minwāyāwin is a two-day gathering in Winnipeg focused on the self-care and healing of grassroots Indigenous women through traditional practices and modern therapies.
    Ongoing Advocacy Artwork
    May 28, 2024 May 29, 2024 Winnipeg

    icon-circle NWT Observes Red Dress Day

    The Northwest Territories observed Red Dress Day on May 5, 2024, with events including a march, Red Shirt Pin and Tie Dye Making, and a video unveiling the MMIWG Monument at the NWT Legislative Assembly.
    Ongoing Accountability Advocacy Artwork Healing & Ceremony Memorials Red Dress
    May 6, 2024 12 PM May 11, 2024 2 PM May 13, 2024 10 AM Yellowknife

    icon-circle Qulliit Unveils RED Project to Honour MMIWG

    On May 5, 2024, the Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council launched the year-long RED (Remember-Educate-Dedicate) project in Iqaluit, featuring art by Nunavut artists to honour MMIWG, with Minister Margaret Nakashuk and Qulliit President Amber Aglukark, and the exhibit will tour the territory starting at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in September 2024.
    Advocacy Artwork Healing & Ceremony Memorials Red Dress
    May 5, 2024 2–4 PM Iqaluit
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