Support and Resources

AWAN was established in 1995 in response to a pressing need for an Aboriginal women’s group to provide a much needed voice for Aboriginal women’s concerns regarding governance, policy making, women’s rights, employment rights, violence against women, Indian Act membership and status, and many other issues affecting Aboriginal women in contemporary society.

A Teacher’s Guide helped educate high school students on MMIWG with texts on Tina Fontaine, Robert Pickton, and the National Inquiry, including supporting and opposing resources. It featured a video, discussion questions, and an activity where students analyzed cases of five missing women, considering their backgrounds, reasons for being targeted, and broader societal issues for further study.

This website by Ontario Native Women’s Association offered a place to share stories, information and tools to help the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Ontario. The website is not currently active, but an archive of it remains.

The Data Methodological Guide for MMIWG2S+ Genocide is a toolkit by NWAC for law enforcement and support workers, emphasizing Indigenous methodologies and the Seven Sacred Teachings to improve data practices and foster empathy in MMIWG2S+ cases.

The Dream Catcher Foundation Third Party Fundraising Guide helps individuals and groups organize creative and meaningful fundraising events to support the Foundation’s mission.

The helpline was launched by the New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council as part of the larger Looking Out For Each Other campaign in Canada and Quebec and it is staffed by Gignoo Transition House, an Indigenous safe house in Fredericton. The helpline number is 1-833-MMI-FIND and operates 24 hours a day.

A toolkit with 14 resources to educate community members about the highway of tears in order to promote safety and promote awareness. It includes information found to be useful for teaching prevention strategies to First Nations adults and youth.

Iskweu Project is an initiative by the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal that aims at reducing and ultimately eradicating the number of MMIWG2S+ of Quebec, to offer support, as well as reduce barriers to accessing support and receiving adequate response when someone goes missing from institutions that have historically discriminated against Indigenous people.

Kanawayhitowin is a Cree word, which in English translates to “taking care of each others spirit”. Kanawayhitowin is an Indigenous campaign adapted from the Neighbours, Friends and Family initiative in the province of Ontario, and aims to raise awareness about the signs of woman abuse in communities so that people who are close to an at-risk woman or abusive man can provide support.

This guide for developing youth land education programs features decolonial, anti-hierarchical, and anti-racist activities, authored by Jo Billows, Sefanit Habtom, Nicole Ineese-Nash, and Eve Tuck, in collaboration with Sogorea Te’, The Underground Centre, and Métis in Space.