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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.

On October 4, 2024, the annual Sisters in Spirit Walk in Penticton, British Columbia began at the SS Sicamous and proceeded to Gyro Park. Participants walked alongside trees adorned with red dresses, representing the lives lost to violence against Indigenous women. The walk aimed to raise awareness about MMIWG2S, to honour their lives, and to call for justice and change.

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.

Niagara College honoured and advocated for justice on the Sisters in Spirit National Day of Action by displaying red dresses across campuses and launching an awareness campaign for MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ people. The red dresses featured QR codes for NC staff, students and faculty to scan to learn more about the National Day of Action.

A ceremony on October 4, 2024, to commemorate the life of Mona Lee Wilson, also known as Running Bear, which took place on the Peachland waterfront at a tree planted in her memory. A red dress was placed at the tree, along with other items in her memory, and the ceremony included prayers, singing, drumming, and a speech.

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.