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A response plan by the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society aimed at improving community response when Indigenous women and girls go missing in northeast British Columbia. The plan is a direct response to a 2016 Amnesty International report documenting the risks Indigenous women and girls face in northeast B.C., and Fort St. John in particular.

Giving Voice is a multi-year initiative by the Minister’s Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women (MACAW) to provide support for community-led projects for violence prevention, awareness and healing in Indigenous communities across British Columbia.

This strategy from the partnership between the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre and Greater Sudbury Police Services is to bring Greater Sudbury Police and Indigenous communities together with an overall goal of ending the cycle of violence and ensuring future generations of Indigenous women can live in safety and without fear.

Former RCMP detective Ray Michalko, now a private investigator, works pro bono with families of missing or murdered Indigenous women. He takes VICE through Canada’s “Valley of Death,” highlighting cases stalled for decades.

Hosted by the Winnipeg Sexually Exploited Youth Community Coalition, this public forum heard recommendations and consultations on how Canadians can come together to bring an end to sexual trafficking. Special attention was given to MMIW due to the classification of Indigenous women and girls as high-risk victims.

This report by the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) addresses the systemic links between the over-incarceration of Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse people and the ongoing MMIWG2S+ genocide, highlighting the need for culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and Indigenous-led approaches. Along with their final report, NWAC released a toolkit to aid in the safe release from carceral institutions.

Indigenous teens from the Stardale Women’s Group in Calgary created and starred in “The Road,” a short film on MMIWG and colonialism in Canada. Their CBC Calgary interview offers insights into the film’s creation.