tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79598402202313835622024-02-20T17:51:22.453-08:00No More SilenceNo More Silence aims to develop an inter/national network to support the work being done by activists, academics, researchers, agencies and communities to stop the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women - you can reach us at nomoresilenceorg@gmail.comNoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-2301250340270996272017-05-17T09:41:00.001-07:002017-05-17T09:41:14.675-07:00New Website with Community Lists and Tribute Pages<a href="http://itstartswithus-mmiw.com/no-more-silence-blog/">http://itstartswithus-mmiw.com/no-more-silence-blog/</a>NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-18778755100895955412017-02-12T14:28:00.001-08:002017-02-12T15:08:03.862-08:00Violence No More At Ground Zero: It Starts With Us - August 2016 St. Johns, Newfoundland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">On August 13 of this year, the <i>It Starts With Us</i> partnership
between No More Silence (NMS), The Native Youth Sexual Health Network, and
Families of Sisters In Spirit held its fourth annual Violence No More event.
For the first time the event was held outside of Toronto in what is now known
as St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), the traditional territories of
the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Inuit, Southern Inuit and Innu peoples— colonialism’s
“ground zero” in North America. This historic meeting took place thanks to
collaboration between NMS, the St. John’s Native Friendship Centre, and the
Department of Gender Studies at Memorial University. Indigenous grassroots
activists, community members, scholars and allies from across Canada, including
many based locally in NL, joined family members of missing and murdered
Indigenous women, girls, trans and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S) to share updates
on and insights into our respective organizing on this issue, and to strategize
about how to hold the Government accountable (especially to Indigenous
families, communities and nations) during the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered
Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada (the Inquiry).</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Three years into our work on Ontario’s community-led database, our
volunteers have collected 186 names in total, of which 117 have been researched
and entered into the database. We have produced an interim draft report which
is currently undergoing a peer review. Our work on community lists in other
provinces and assisting families with tributes is ongoing and can be found at: </span><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.itstartswithus-mmiw\.com\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><u><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://www.itstartswithus-mmiw.com/</span></u></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the spirit of dialogue, and in alignment with the broad movement that
is Idle No More, we would like to share publicly our thoughts about the Inquiry
(how it should proceed; what possible difference it could make) as well as the
important and invaluable grassroots efforts that brought about the Inquiry and
that will persevere regardless. We are optimistic that the Inquiry process can
become The People’s Inquiry. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">First,</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"> the Inquiry presents an opportunity to acknowledge the decades of
grassroots work done by Indigenous women, communities and nations, and their
allies to place this issue squarely on the public radar. It was this dedicated
labour that compelled the Trudeau Government to launch the Inquiry.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Moreover, we know that this grassroots work will endure. We see the Inquiry
as only part of what must be done to end the genocide directed at Indigenous
women, girls, trans and Two Spirit people across Turtle Island. Family members,
loved ones and survivors must continue to tell their truths in their own
formats, including by keeping records in parallel with the Inquiry if they so
desire. In short, Indigenous women and their communities must continue to tell
their own stories of MMIWG2S—and be heard.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Accordingly, our vision for the Inquiry centers the work done by
Indigenous women, communities, and survivors. We call on the Commissioners to
honour and build on this work, while treading carefully, respectfully and
compassionately. We also believe that, rather than “reinvent the wheel,” the Inquiry
should consolidate and update the information that we already have. The Legal
Research Strategy Coalition has compiled reports and their recommendations can
be found here: </span><span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.leaf\.ca\/legal-strategy-coalition-on-mmiw\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><u><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://www.leaf.ca/legal-strategy-coalition-on-mmiw/</span></u></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">. In this way, the Inquiry could
produce an indisputable historical record about MMIWG2S, akin to that of the TRC
on residential schools.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Second</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">, given that the terms of reference have yet to be precisely defined, we
have questions about—and hopes for—a genuine, reciprocal relationship between
grassroots initiatives such as <i>It Starts With Us</i> and the Commissioners.
Importantly, we urge the Commissioners to adhere to Indigenous-defined terms of
engagement, including pre-inquiry insights into how this relationship should
unfold.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Third</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">, we believe that stories are potentially transformative. By providing
the right kind of space and process in which Indigenous stories can be told and
listened to, the Inquiry could serve as a way to educate non-Indigenous settler
populations, and build understanding vis-à-vis their relationship with
Indigenous peoples. In that vein, we call on the Commissioners to create an
effective media strategy to engage the broader public with the Inquiry’s work.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fourth</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">, we highlight the compounded levels of marginalization faced by
Indigenous sex workers, trans, Two Spirit, queer and gender fluid individuals,
and others who are often left out of narratives about the Inquiry. These groups
should be centered in grassroots initiatives for change and in the Inquiry’s
work.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fifth</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">, while we appreciate how difficult the task of selecting commissioners
must have been, we note a heavy weight given to expertise in law and the
justice system in that selection process, and call on the Commissioners to seek
the collaboration of individuals with research and activist experience in
socio-political and cultural realms while undertaking the Inquiry. This
holistic approach to the issue is needed to ensure that the Inquiry explores
and clearly delineates systemic causes of violence against Indigenous women,
girls, trans and Two Spirit people, and avoids a narrow focus on the justice
system.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Likewise, we are aware of the enormous challenge of inclusivity—whose
voices will be heard—and call on the Commissioners to avoid tokenizing families
in an effort to meet that challenge. Here we reiterate our call for the Inquiry
to make gender and sexual diversity central to its investigative scope.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sixth</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">, we demand that the Inquiry’s recommendations be legally binding,
particularly when it comes to the comportment of provinces, municipalities and
police at all jurisdictional levels. We also have serious concerns about
referring families back to those very same authorities and institutions that
failed in their due diligence when it came to many cases of missing and
murdered Indigenous women, girls, trans and Two Spirit people.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Seventh</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">, we call on the commission to ensure that supports are in place for
families (chosen ones included) not only during, but after the Inquiry. Those
of us who participated in the pre-inquiries saw that supports were sorely
lacking for those re-traumatized by the process. Past experiences show us that
when governments hold round tables or inquiries, grassroots groups are often
left—with little to no resources—to deal with those individuals who have been
triggered.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;">Eighth</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;">, we must look after the
health and well-being of our helpers, including the Commissioners. In
recognizing that there will be a call-out and search for support staff to
collect testimony and to follow community protocols in the process, we call on
the Commissioners to value the spiritual and psychological health of those they
employ, more specifically, that they provide adequate leave and access to
spiritual and counselling services for staff—and for themselves—as needed.
Vicarious trauma and other triggers are the nature of the work, and important
supports—noted above—may not be readily available in remote regions and
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">In sum</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">, we are optimistic that social change will happen, independent of the Inquiry.
It is our hope that the Inquiry contributes to that change by honouring the
work being done on the ground by Indigenous women, families, communities and
nations, and the stories yet to be told.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lindsay Batt, Memorial University
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;">Carol Lynne D'Arcangelis, Memorial University<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;">Audrey Huntley, No More Silence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wanda Whitebird, No More Silence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-66072285917433315612016-06-30T08:25:00.001-07:002016-06-30T08:26:11.395-07:00Video Resource for Families of MMIWT2S Call Out for Community Input and CollaborationNo More Silence and Aboriginal Legal Services are teaming up with their shared expertise to create a video for family and community members who are dealing with the violent loss of a loved one. <br />
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Over the years of working with survivors of violence and families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls trans and two spirits, No More Silence and Aboriginal Legal Services have identified significant legal needs among Indigenous community members who have experienced the premature and violent loss of a loved one. Building on the knowledge garnered over the years, this project will create an online video as an educational tool that will assist community members in navigating the legal system and accessing legal supports. <br />
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This video will draw on the knowledge of community members as well as those who support them. Our aim is to build and strengthen community capacity by providing this legal resource. We adopt a broad definition of family that includes not only biological family members, but also chosen family. In particular with regard to Indigenous community members involved in the sex trade or street economies or those who identify as Two Spirits or trans there may have been a breakdown in the relationship with the biological family. As well, the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls affects not only those with intimate ties to the individual. Given the nature of kinship and clan ties, the community as a whole suffers and is impacted. In addition, service providers to Indigenous people will also benefit as they will be able to refer their clients to the video as well as learn to better understand the realities of their clients and hopefully how to better support them.<br />
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In order to ensure that the video will have a national focus, video production will include a development phase with focus groups to be held in Toronto, British Columbia and Newfoundland to determine the legal resources and supports needed by community members and drive the focus of the video to be created.<br />
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NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-47595301000649575332016-01-22T10:18:00.000-08:002016-01-22T10:18:11.183-08:00Violence No More - It Starts With Us with Bev Jacobs and Mary Eberts in Toronto on May 23, 2015<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yd8DoPmMO7k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-69319481374800715362015-03-29T16:37:00.000-07:002015-03-29T16:37:19.261-07:00No Justice, No Peace - Honouring Cindy Gladue<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
WOMEN DEMAND JUSTICE FOR CINDY GLADUE</div>
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We, women outside the system at the grassroots, demand justice for Cindy Gladue and for all Indigenous women in the sex industry.</div>
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Cindy Gladue was a 42 year old mother of two daughters, an Indigenous woman who was in the sex industry. In 2010 she was killed by an aggressor posing as a client who left her to bleed to death while he slept. During the trial, Cindy’s body was treated with horrific indifference as her wounded vagina was brought into court as evidence. Her killer admitted to injuring her but claimed it was an accident due to “rough sex”. The mostly white male jury believed him found Cindy’s killer not guilty of anything. He was acquitted and walked free.</div>
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Though the circumstances of Cindy’s death and trial are gruesome, her story is not unique, nor is the indifference of the Canadian legal system to an Indigenous women, especially those in the sex industry.</div>
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This verdict is an abomination--and it represents a larger pattern of deep and relentless violence by individuals and the state against Indigenous people. We support those who are calling for an appeal to the verdict in this trial--but we also know that for Indigenous women, especially sex workers, the court systems will never provide justice. The legal system did to Cindy exactly what it has done to thousands of Indigenous women--to over-police and under-protect.</div>
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Violence against Indigenous women including those who sell or trade sex is not inevitable--it can be changed! We are part of a movement for real solutions to the issues of violence against Indigenous women.</div>
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We demand</div>
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-CREATE SAFE NON-JUDGMENTAL SPACES IN YOUR COMMUNITY for people who trade or sell sex (or work in street economies) where they can access culturally safe harm reduction and support that is not dependent on exiting the sex industry.</div>
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-REPEAL BILL C-36 AND FULLY DECRIMINALIZE SEX WORK!<br />Under Bill C-36, Cindy was legally barred from working with any sort of security that could have prevented her from becoming a target. Her vulnerability to violence was not the inevitable result of being a sex worker. The state is guilty of forcing this mother to make a living without basic protections and must be responsible for that. We demand that the Federal government follow the world-leading example of New Zealand (Aotearoa) and fully decriminalize the sex industry.</div>
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-STOP Bill C-51. Under racist Bill C-51, the ways we come together and defend ourselves and our families are being criminalized as “terrorist”. From the streets to the tar sands to the rivers and lakes, Indigenous peoples are fighting for our lives, our families and our nations. Bill C-51 would legitimize the creation of secret police powers to surveill, harass and drag even more Indigenous and other racialized people into jails and prisons. Like Bill C-36 , this law is dangerous, reckless and ineffective at reducing violence.</div>
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The Federal government has made clear that violence against Indigenous women (in the sex industry or not) is “not high on their radar”. But out of love for our families and communities, we continue to come together to demand justice, re-build, heal and fight back.</div>
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<br />NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-65824878926332610762014-01-02T15:54:00.003-08:002014-01-02T16:33:24.322-08:00Community Database - Data Entry has begun!<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4014073841273929916" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 660px;">
No More Silence is creating a community run database documenting violent deaths of Indigenous women/Two-Spirit and Trans in collaboration with<a href="http://familiesofsistersinspirit.com/"> Families of Sisters In Spirit</a>, community partner <a href="http://www.nativeyouthsexualhealth.com/">The Native Youth Sexual Health Network</a> and with the assistance of Dr. Janet Smylie and Conrad Prince of the<a href="http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/crich/well-living-house/"> Well Living House</a> at the Keenan Research Centre. We are beginning the work by creating a research methodology based on Ontario data. So far we have entered 69 women's names from Ontario nations who have died violent deaths since the 1960s.<br />
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It's time for community to build our own structures independent of government and institutional funding. The purpose of the database is to our honour our women and provide family members with a way to document their loved ones passing. If you would like a loved one's information included please get in touch via nomoresilenceorg@gmail.com.<br />
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Check out this radio interview with Audrey Huntley, co-founder of No More Silence and Krysta Williams of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network: <a href="http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/talking-radical-radio/2014/01/naming-understanding-challenging-violence-against-indig" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Naming, understanding, challenging violence against indigenous women</a><br />
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Incomplete list of Indigenous women who have died violent and premature deaths in Ontario.<br />
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♥ Alice Quoquat Netemegesic, murdered in Thunder Bay in the late 1970s.<br />
♥ Alissa Martin-Travers, 5, murdered in Cornwall, April 2008.<br />
♥ Audrey Brown, murdered in Lac La Croix First Nation, Sept. 2007.<br />
♥ Barbara Shapwaykeesic, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1989.<br />
♥ Bella (Nancy Marie) LaBoucan McLean, 25, fell from 31st floor of a Toronto condo on July 20, 2013.<br />
♥ Bernadette Leclair, 16, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1987.<br />
♥ Caroll Lou Viau, 41, missing from Thunder Bay in September 1985.<br />
♥ Carolyn Connolly, 54. beaten and repeatedly stabbed to death, her body found on August 2, 2008 near Sherbourne and Dundas Streets, Toronto.<br />
♥ Cheyenne Fox, 20, fell from 24th floor of a Don Mills condo on April 25, 2013.<br />
♥ Cynthia Lynette Jamieson, 44 of Six Nations; beaten, brutally raped and murdered in Hamilton on June 12, 2002.<br />
♥ Deanna Daw, of Fort Frances; shot to death on Oct. 29, 2000.<br />
♥ Debbie Sloss- Clarke, 42, found dead in her room at Gerrard and Sherbourne, Toronto on July 29, 1997.<br />
♥ Deborah Toulouse, 41, murdered in Wikwemikong on May 18, 2002.<br />
♥ Denise Bourdeau, 39, murdered in Kitchener Waterloo in Jan. 2007.<br />
♥ Diane Dobson, 36, found dead in ditch in Windsor in Feb. 1995.<br />
♥ Diane Marshall, 43, found dead in Toronto in May 2006.<br />
♥ Donna Kabatay, approx. late teens; murdered in Seine River First Nation.<br />
♥ Donna Tebbenham, raped and murdered in Thunder Bay in 1987.<br />
♥ Doreen Hardy, 18, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1996.<br />
♥ Edith McGinnis Quagon, 42; murdered in Minneapolis.<br />
♥ Elaine LaForme, 48, murdered in New Credit on Jan. 22, 2012<br />
♥ Elena Assam-Thunderbird, 17, sexually assaulted and beaten to death on June 1, 2002.<br />
♥ Helen Gillings; murdered in Hamilton, February 1995.<br />
♥ Helen Louise Jacobs, 73, murdered in Elliot Lake, July 2005.<br />
♥ Helyna Rivera of Six Nations 25, murdered in 2011 in Buffalo<br />
♥ Holly Anne Painter, missing from East York since June 1995.<br />
♥ Jane Jack, stabbed to death in Kenora on April 28, 1995.<br />
♥ Jane Louise Sutherland, 20, fully clothed body found on Oct. 23, 1984 in Hull’s Jacques Cartier Park across the Ottawa River from Lowertown.<br />
♥ Jennifer Stewart, stabbed to death in Ottawa in August 2010.<br />
♥ Jordina Skunk, 29, found frozen to death in Fort Severin First Nation on January 31, 2008.<br />
♥ Josephine Thompson, 18; murdered in 1971 - her body found by the railway tracks in Macdiarmid/Rocky Bay.<br />
♥ Judie Thibault, 57, murdered in Thunder Bay in November 2000.<br />
♥ Katelynne Sampson, 7, found dead with signs of bodily trauma on August 3, 2008 in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood.<br />
♥ Kelly Morrisseau, 27 and 7 months pregnant; murdered in Ottawa; her body found in Gatineau Park on December 10, 2006.<br />
♥ Laura Pilon, 22, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1992.<br />
♥ Lisa Lynn Anstey, 21, last seen getting into a car on Bleeker St; found murdered behind Street City in Toronto on May 12, 1997.<br />
♥ Liz Bonney, murdered in Cat Lake First Nation in 1992.<br />
♥ Lorraine Rivers, murdered in Thunder Bay.<br />
♥ Mae Morton, 17, raped and left to freeze to death outside Beardmore in 1962.<br />
♥ Margaret Yvonne Guylee, disappeared in Toronto in 1965.<br />
♥ Margaret Perrault (Bluebird), 32, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1988.<br />
♥ Mary Ann Davis, 25, murdered in Zhiibaahassing (Manitoulin Island) First Nation.<br />
♥ Mary Peters King, murdered in Thunder Bay.<br />
♥ Maxine Susanne Peters, 34, of Walpole Island First Nation; shot and killed on June 13, 2004.<br />
♥ Meloni Sutton, 18, of Fort Frances; reported missing on March 13, 2003 and found murdered in Kenora<br />
a month later.<br />
♥ Mercedes Stevens, 9, murdered in Kashechewan First Nation, Sept. 2006.<br />
♥ Minnie Sutherland, 40, killed in Hull on Dec. 31, 1988.<br />
♥ Pamela Holopainen, 22, of Schumacher; last seen in Timmins on Dec. 14, 2003.<br />
♥ Petrina Whitecrow; murdered in Fort Frances.<br />
♥ Rebecca Jean King, 22, missing since Oct. 21, 1999 from North Bay.<br />
♥ Rena Fox, 38, murdered in Thunder Bay, Feb. 2003.<br />
♥ Samantha Johnings, of Hamilton, 19 months; sexually assaulted and murdered on Dec. 13, 1992.<br />
♥ Sandra Kaye Johnson, 18, found dead on Feb. 13, 1992 near 110 Ave in Thunder Bay.<br />
♥ Sarah Jane Wawia Bernard, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1966.<br />
♥ Sarah Mason, 44, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1997.<br />
♥ Sarah Skunk, 43, missing from Thunder Bay since 1995.<br />
♥ Shelley Lynne Joseph, of Six Nations, 43, stabbed to death in Hamilton on July 2nd 2004.<br />
♥ Sonya Nadine Mae Cywink, 31, found dead in 1994 at Southwold Prehistoric Earthworks near Iona.<br />
♥ Spring Phillips, 26, murdered in Toronto in December 2009.<br />
♥ Stacey Diabo, 18 of Kahnawake; killed in Sept. 2003.<br />
♥ Susan Asslin, 19, brutally stabbed to death near Dryden in 1974.<br />
♥ Sylvia Gaudet, 52 of Hamilton; found murdered on Jan. 5, 2005.<br />
♥ Tashina Cheyenne Vaughn General, 21, murdered along with her unborn child, body found on<br />
April 26, 2008 at Six Nations, near Chiefswood Road and Indian Line.<br />
♥ Terra Gardener, 26, was killed by a train in Toronto on May 14, 2013.<br />
♥ Theresa Wilkins Jamieson, body found Spring 2011 in Thames River, Chatham.<br />
♥ Therese Labbe, 47, body found in Mountjoy River in October 1989.<br />
♥ Tricia Paquette, 8, murdered in Brantford, February 1978.<br />
♥ Viola Melvin, 67, murdered in Toronto on April 14, 1977.<br />
♥ Viola Panacheese, 42, missing from Sioux Lookout since August 1991.<br />
♥ Virginia Carol Kitty, 46, missing from Swastika since March 2008.<br />
♥ Virginia Nootchchtai, 31, missing from Whitefish, October 1988<br />
♥ Vivian Cada, 53, found dead on June 30, 2005 in apt. at 285 Shuter St, Toronto.<br />
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NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-40140738412739299162013-09-22T07:11:00.000-07:002014-01-02T15:59:20.564-08:00Community Database Honouring Indigenous Women, Trans and Two-SpiritsNo More Silence is creating a community run database documenting premature and violent deaths of Indigenous women/Two-Spirit and Trans in collaboration with <a href="http://familiesofsistersinspirit.com/">Families of Sisters In Spirit</a>, our community partner, <a href="http://www.nativeyouthsexualhealth.com/">The Native Youth Sexual Health Network</a> and with the assistance of Dr. Janet Smylie and Conrad Prince of the <a href="http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/crich/well-living-house/">Well Living House</a> at the Keenan Research Centre.<br />
<br />
It's time for community to build our own structures independent of government and institutional funding. The purpose of the database is to our honour our women and provide family members with a way to document their loved ones passing. If you would like a loved one's information included please get in touch via nomoresilenceorg@gmail.com.<br />
<br />
Check out this radio interview with Audrey Huntley, co-founder of No More Silence and Krysta Williams of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network: <a href="http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/talking-radical-radio/2014/01/naming-understanding-challenging-violence-against-indig">Naming, understanding, challenging violence against indigenous women</a><br />
<br />
Incomplete list of Indigenous women who have died violent and premature deaths in Ontario.<br />
<br />
♥ Alice Quoquat Netemegesic, murdered in Thunder Bay in the late 1970s.<br />
♥ Alissa Martin-Travers, 5, murdered in Cornwall, April 2008.<br />
♥ Audrey Brown, murdered in Lac La Croix First Nation, Sept. 2007. <br />
♥ Barbara Shapwaykeesic, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1989. <br />
♥ Bella (Nancy Marie) LaBoucan McLean, 25, fell from 31st floor of a Toronto condo on July 20, 2013.<br />
♥ Bernadette Leclair, 16, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1987. <br />
♥ Caroll Lou Viau, 41, missing from Thunder Bay in September 1985.<br />
♥ Carolyn Connolly, 54. beaten and repeatedly stabbed to death, her body found on August 2, 2008 near Sherbourne and Dundas Streets, Toronto.<br />
♥ Cheyenne Fox, 20, fell from 24th floor of a Don Mills condo on April 25, 2013.<br />
♥ Cynthia Lynette Jamieson, 44 of Six Nations; beaten, brutally raped and murdered in Hamilton on June 12, 2002.<br />
♥ Deanna Daw, of Fort Frances; shot to death on Oct. 29, 2000.<br />
♥ Debbie Sloss- Clarke, 42, found dead in her room at Gerrard and Sherbourne, Toronto on July 29, 1997.<br />
♥ Deborah Toulouse, 41, murdered in Wikwemikong on May 18, 2002.<br />
♥ Denise Bourdeau, 39, murdered in Kitchener Waterloo in Jan. 2007.<br />
♥ Diane Dobson, 36, found dead in ditch in Windsor in Feb. 1995.<br />
♥ Diane Marshall, 43, found dead in Toronto in May 2006.<br />
♥ Donna Kabatay, approx. late teens; murdered in Seine River First Nation. <br />
♥ Donna Tebbenham, raped and murdered in Thunder Bay in 1987.<br />
♥ Doreen Hardy, 18, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1996. <br />
♥ Edith McGinnis Quagon, 42; murdered in Minneapolis. <br />
♥ Elaine LaForme, 48, murdered in New Credit on Jan. 22, 2012<br />
♥ Elena Assam-Thunderbird, 17, sexually assaulted and beaten to death on June 1, 2002.<br />
♥ Helen Gillings; murdered in Hamilton, February 1995.<br />
♥ Helen Louise Jacobs, 73, murdered in Elliot Lake, July 2005.<br />
♥ Helyna Rivera of Six Nations 25, murdered in 2011 in Buffalo <br />
♥ Holly Anne Painter, missing from East York since June 1995.<br />
♥ Jane Jack, stabbed to death in Kenora on April 28, 1995.<br />
♥ Jane Louise Sutherland, 20, fully clothed body found on Oct. 23, 1984 in Hull’s Jacques Cartier Park across the Ottawa River from Lowertown. <br />
♥ Jennifer Stewart, stabbed to death in Ottawa in August 2010.<br />
♥ Jordina Skunk, 29, found frozen to death in Fort Severin First Nation on January 31, 2008.<br />
♥ Josephine Thompson, 18; murdered in 1971 - her body found by the railway tracks in Macdiarmid/Rocky Bay.<br />
♥ Judie Thibault, 57, murdered in Thunder Bay in November 2000.<br />
♥ Katelynne Sampson, 7, found dead with signs of bodily trauma on August 3, 2008 in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood.<br />
♥ Kelly Morrisseau, 27 and 7 months pregnant; murdered in Ottawa; her body found in Gatineau Park on December 10, 2006. <br />
♥ Laura Pilon, 22, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1992.<br />
♥ Lisa Lynn Anstey, 21, last seen getting into a car on Bleeker St; found murdered behind Street City in Toronto on May 12, 1997.<br />
♥ Liz Bonney, murdered in Cat Lake First Nation in 1992.<br />
♥ Lorraine Rivers, murdered in Thunder Bay. <br />
♥ Mae Morton, 17, raped and left to freeze to death outside Beardmore in 1962.<br />
♥ Margaret Yvonne Guylee, disappeared in Toronto in 1965.<br />
♥ Margaret Perrault (Bluebird), 32, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1988. <br />
♥ Mary Ann Davis, 25, murdered in Zhiibaahassing (Manitoulin Island) First Nation. <br />
♥ Mary Peters King, murdered in Thunder Bay.<br />
♥ Maxine Susanne Peters, 34, of Walpole Island First Nation; shot and killed on June 13, 2004. <br />
♥ Meloni Sutton, 18, of Fort Frances; reported missing on March 13, 2003 and found murdered in Kenora <br />
a month later.<br />
♥ Mercedes Stevens, 9, murdered in Kashechewan First Nation, Sept. 2006. <br />
♥ Minnie Sutherland, 40, killed in Hull on Dec. 31, 1988.<br />
♥ Pamela Holopainen, 22, of Schumacher; last seen in Timmins on Dec. 14, 2003.<br />
♥ Petrina Whitecrow; murdered in Fort Frances. <br />
♥ Rebecca Jean King, 22, missing since Oct. 21, 1999 from North Bay.<br />
♥ Rena Fox, 38, murdered in Thunder Bay, Feb. 2003. <br />
♥ Samantha Johnings, of Hamilton, 19 months; sexually assaulted and murdered on Dec. 13, 1992.<br />
♥ Sandra Kaye Johnson, 18, found dead on Feb. 13, 1992 near 110 Ave in Thunder Bay. <br />
♥ Sarah Jane Wawia Bernard, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1966. <br />
♥ Sarah Mason, 44, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1997. <br />
♥ Sarah Skunk, 43, missing from Thunder Bay since 1995.<br />
♥ Shelley Lynne Joseph, of Six Nations, 43, stabbed to death in Hamilton on July 2nd 2004.<br />
♥ Sonya Nadine Mae Cywink, 31, found dead in 1994 at Southwold Prehistoric Earthworks near Iona. <br />
♥ Spring Phillips, 26, murdered in Toronto in December 2009.<br />
♥ Stacey Diabo, 18 of Kahnawake; killed in Sept. 2003.<br />
♥ Susan Asslin, 19, brutally stabbed to death near Dryden in 1974.<br />
♥ Sylvia Gaudet, 52 of Hamilton; found murdered on Jan. 5, 2005.<br />
♥ Tashina Cheyenne Vaughn General, 21, murdered along with her unborn child, body found on <br />
April 26, 2008 at Six Nations, near Chiefswood Road and Indian Line. <br />
♥ Terra Gardener, 26, was killed by a train in Toronto on May 14, 2013. <br />
♥ Theresa Wilkins Jamieson, body found Spring 2011 in Thames River, Chatham.<br />
♥ Therese Labbe, 47, body found in Mountjoy River in October 1989.<br />
♥ Tricia Paquette, 8, murdered in Brantford, February 1978.<br />
♥ Viola Melvin, 67, murdered in Toronto on April 14, 1977.<br />
♥ Viola Panacheese, 42, missing from Sioux Lookout since August 1991.<br />
♥ Virginia Carol Kitty, 46, missing from Swastika since March 2008.<br />
♥ Virginia Nootchchtai, 31, missing from Whitefish, October 1988<br />
♥ Vivian Cada, 53, found dead on June 30, 2005 in apt. at 285 Shuter St, Toronto.NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-70854324527893373572013-06-28T17:52:00.003-07:002013-12-31T10:48:20.590-08:00'Oh Canada' Our Home on Stolen Native land<br />
July 1st settler celebrations are coming up - a good time to remember that Canada is founded on the disappearances of Indigenous women and destruction of the land. Let's honour their spirits during this #SovereigntySummer and work to end the violence!<br />
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Currently we are working together with Ottawa-based Families of Sisters in Spirit (FSIS) to create a grassroots community database for the families of Indigenous women who have died violent deaths. We hope to launch in September 2013. Please let us know if we have missed anyone that you would like added.<br />
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<br />
Incomplete list of Indigenous women who have died violent and premature deaths in Ontario.<br />
<br />
♥ Alice Quoquat Netemegesic, murdered in Thunder Bay in the late 1970s.<br />
♥ Audrey Brown, murdered in Lac La Croix First Nation, Sept. 2007. <br />
♥ Barbara Shapwaykeesic, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1989. <br />
♥ Bernadette Leclair, 16, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1987. <br />
♥ Alissa Martin-Travers, 5, murdered in Cornwall, April 2008.<br />
♥ Caroll Lou Viau, 41, missing from Thunder Bay in September 1985.<br />
♥ Carolyn Connolly, 54. beaten and repeatedly stabbed to death, her body found on August 2, 2008 near <br />
Sherbourne and Dundas Streets, Toronto.<br />
♥ Cynthia Lynette Jamieson, 44 of Six Nations; beaten, brutally raped and murdered in Hamilton on <br />
June 12, 2002.<br />
♥ Deanna Daw, of Fort Frances; shot to death on Oct. 29, 2000.<br />
♥ Debbie Sloss- Clarke, 42, found dead in her room at Gerrard and Sherbourne, Toronto on July 29, 1997.<br />
♥ Deborah Toulouse, 41, murdered in Wikwemikong on May 18, 2002.<br />
♥ Denise Bourdeau, 39, murdered in Kitchener Waterloo in Jan. 2007.<br />
♥ Diane Dobson, 36, found dead in ditch in Windsor in Feb. 1995.<br />
♥ Diane Marshall, 43, found dead in Toronto in May 2006.<br />
♥ Donna Kabatay, approx. late teens; murdered in Seine River First Nation. <br />
♥ Donna Tebbenham, raped and murdered in Thunder Bay in 1987.<br />
♥ Doreen Hardy, 18, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1996. <br />
♥ Edith McGinnis Quagon, 42; murdered in Minneapolis. <br />
♥ Elaine LaForme, 48, murdered in New Credit on Jan. 22, 2012<br />
♥ Elena Assam-Thunderbird, 17, sexually assaulted and beaten to death on June 1, 2002.<br />
♥ Helen Gillings; murdered in Hamilton, February 1995.<br />
♥ Helen Louise Jacobs, 73, murdered in Elliot Lake, July 2005.<br />
♥ Helyna Rivera of Six Nations 25, murdered in 2011 in Buffalo <br />
♥ Holly Anne Painter, missing from East York since June 1995.<br />
♥ Jane Doe, ca. 23, murdered near St. Clair River, June 1992.<br />
♥ Jane Doe, ca. 30-50, murdered in Lively, April 2005. <br />
♥ Jane Jack, stabbed to death in Kenora on April 28, 1995.<br />
♥ Jane Louise Sutherland, 20, fully clothed body found on Oct. 23, 1984 in Hull’s Jacques Cartier Park <br />
across the Ottawa River from Lowertown. <br />
♥ Jennifer Stewart, stabbed to death in Ottawa in August 2010.<br />
♥ Jordina Skunk, 29, found frozen to death in Fort Severin First Nation on January 31, 2008.<br />
♥ Josephine Thompson, 18; murdered in 1971 - her body found by the railway tracks in Macdiarmid/Rocky Bay.<br />
♥ Judie Thibault, 57, murdered in Thunder Bay in November 2000.<br />
♥ Katelynne Sampson, 7, found dead with signs of bodily trauma on August 3, 2008 in Toronto’s Parkdale <br />
neighbourhood.<br />
♥ Kelly Morrisseau, 27 and 7 months pregnant; murdered in Ottawa; her body found in Gatineau Park<br />
on December 10, 2006. <br />
♥ Laura Pilon, 22, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1992.<br />
♥ Lisa Lynn Anstey, 21, last seen getting into a car on Bleeker St; found murdered behind Street City <br />
in Toronto on May 12, 1997.<br />
♥ Liz Bonney, murdered in Cat Lake First Nation in 1992.<br />
♥ Lorraine Rivers, murdered in Thunder Bay. <br />
♥ Mae Morton, 17, raped and left to freeze to death outside Beardmore in 1962.<br />
♥ Margaret Yvonne Guylee, disappeared in Toronto in 1965.<br />
♥ Margaret Perrault (Bluebird), 32, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1988. <br />
♥ Mary Ann Davis, 15, murdered in Zhiibaahassing (Manitoulin Island) First Nation. <br />
♥ Mary Peters King, murdered in Thunder Bay.<br />
♥ Maxine Susanne Peters, 34, of Walpole Island First Nation; shot and killed on June 13, 2004. <br />
♥ Meloni Sutton, 18, of Fort Frances; reported missing on March 13, 2003 and found murdered in Kenora <br />
a month later.<br />
♥ Mercedes Stevens, 9, murdered in Kashechewan First Nation, Sept. 2006. <br />
♥ Minnie Sutherland, 40, killed in Hull on Dec. 31, 1988.<br />
♥ Pamela Holopainen, 22, of Schumacher; last seen in Timmins on Dec. 14, 2003.<br />
♥ Petrina Whitecrow; murdered in Fort Frances. <br />
♥ Rebecca Jean King, 22, missing since Oct. 21, 1999 from North Bay.<br />
♥ Rena Fox, 38, murdered in Thunder Bay, Feb. 2003. <br />
♥ Samantha Johnings, of Hamilton, 19 months; sexually assaulted and murdered on Dec. 13, 1992.<br />
♥ Sandra Kaye Johnson, 18, found dead on Feb. 13, 1992 near 110 Ave in Thunder Bay. <br />
♥ Sarah Jane Wawia Bernard, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1966. <br />
♥ Sarah Mason, 44, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1997. <br />
♥ Sarah Skunk, 43, missing from Thunder Bay since 1995.<br />
♥ Shelley Lynne Joseph, of Six Nations, 43, stabbed to death in Hamilton on July 2nd 2004.<br />
♥ Sonya Nadine Mae Cywink, 31, found dead in 1994 at Southwold Prehistoric Earthworks near Iona. <br />
♥ Spring Phillips, 26, murdered in Toronto in December 2009.<br />
♥ Susan Asslin, 19, brutally stabbed to death near Dryden in 1974.<br />
♥ Sylvia Gaudet, 52 of Hamilton; found murdered on Jan. 5, 2005.<br />
♥ Tashina Cheyenne Vaughn General, 21, murdered along with her unborn child, body found on <br />
April 26, 2008 at Six Nations, near Chiefswood Road and Indian Line. <br />
♥ Theresa Wilkins Jamieson, body found Spring 2011 in Thames River, Chatham.<br />
♥ Therese Labbe, 47, murdered in Mountjoy River in October 1989.<br />
♥ Tiffany Morrison of Kahnawake, 25, last seen in Montreal in 2006, body found in 2010.<br />
♥ Tricia Paquette, 8, murdered in Brantford, February 1978.<br />
♥ Viola Melvin, 67, murdered in Toronto on April 14, 1977.<br />
♥ Viola Panacheese, 42, missing from Sioux Lookout since August 1991.<br />
♥ Virginia Caol Kitty, 46, missing from Swastika since March 2008.<br />
♥ Virginia Nootchchtai, 31, from Whitefish, October 1988<br />
♥ Vivian Cada, 53, found dead on June 30, 2005 in apt. at 285 Shuter St, Toronto.NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-18905894830781436872013-05-22T05:41:00.000-07:002013-05-22T05:41:01.813-07:00VIDEOS: Violence No More with Andrea Smith and Families of Sisters In SpiritHere are videos of the four panelists from <a href="http://nomoresilence-nomoresilence.blogspot.ca/2013/04/violence-no-more-with-andrea-smith-and.html">Violence No More with Andrea Smith and Families of Sisters In Spirit</a> event at the OISE Auditorium in Toronto on April 29, 2013.<br />
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(The lighting conditions in the auditorium were not great for video, but beyond our control.)<br />
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<b>Part 01: Opening and Andrea Smith</b><br />
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<b>Part 02: Panel Discussions</b><br />
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<b>Part 03: Q&A and Closing Songs</b><br />
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NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-81479505352738130782013-04-07T13:02:00.002-07:002013-04-07T13:02:50.385-07:00Violence No More with Andrea Smith and Families of Sisters In Spirit April 29th OISE Auditorium Toronto <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7A4fTMoNsJY6c85QNnnEFvybnlFGXXOCfZcBbSg-xqKGV03UPbJ_NTZtlc8w-BPSWj0nRZVjHCm12LdNfYsW1e4HW8xE_Re0YSStjUUetTOKaINxpoNlzrhgpTVWqSex3cqnVHWept4/s1600/SUFINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7A4fTMoNsJY6c85QNnnEFvybnlFGXXOCfZcBbSg-xqKGV03UPbJ_NTZtlc8w-BPSWj0nRZVjHCm12LdNfYsW1e4HW8xE_Re0YSStjUUetTOKaINxpoNlzrhgpTVWqSex3cqnVHWept4/s320/SUFINAL.jpg" /></a>NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-14064382821183933112013-02-07T17:27:00.001-08:002013-06-28T17:52:00.051-07:00'Oh Canada' Our Home on Stolen Native land July 1st settler celebrations are coming up - a good time to remember that Canada is founded on the murder of Indigenous women and destruction of the land. Let's honour their spirits during this #SovereigntySummer and work to end the violence!<br />
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Currently we are working together with Ottawa-based Families of Sisters and Spirit (FSIS) to create a grassroots community database for the families of Indigenous women who have died violent deaths. We hope to launch in September 2013. Please let us know if we have missed anyone that you would like added.<br />
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♥ Alice Quoquat Netemegesic, murdered in Thunder Bay in the late 1970s.<br />
♥ Amber Carrie Potts, missing from Etobicoke since November 1998.<br />
♥ Audrey Brown, murdered in Lac La Croix First Nation, Sept. 2007. <br />
♥ Barbara Shapwaykeesic, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1989. <br />
♥ Bernadette Leclair, 16, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1987. <br />
♥ Alissa Martin-Travers, 5, murdered in Cornwall, April 2008.<br />
♥ Caroll Lou Viau, 41, missing from Thunder Bay in September 1985.<br />
♥ Carolyn Connolly, 54. beaten and repeatedly stabbed to death, her body found on August 2, 2008 near <br />
Sherbourne and Dundas Streets, Toronto.<br />
♥ Cynthia Lynette Jamieson, 44 of Six Nations; beaten, brutally raped and murdered in Hamilton on <br />
June 12, 2002.<br />
♥ Deanna Daw, of Fort Frances; shot to death on Oct. 29, 2000.<br />
♥ Debbie Sloss- Clarke, 42, found dead in her room at Gerrard and Sherbourne, Toronto on July 29, 1997.<br />
♥ Deborah Toulouse, 41, murdered in Wikwemikong on May 18, 2002.<br />
♥ Denise Bourdeau, 39, murdered in Kitchener Waterloo in Jan. 2007.<br />
♥ Diane Dobson, 36, found dead in ditch in Windsor in Feb. 1995.<br />
♥ Diane Marshall, 43, found dead in Toronto in May 2006.<br />
♥ Donna Kabatay, approx. late teens; murdered in Seine River First Nation. <br />
♥ Donna Tebbenham, raped and murdered in Thunder Bay in 1987.<br />
♥ Doreen Hardy, 18, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1996. <br />
♥ Edith McGinnis Quagon, 42; murdered in Minneapolis. <br />
♥ Elaine LaForme, 48, murdered in New Credit on Jan. 22, 2012<br />
♥ Elena Assam-Thunderbird, 17, sexually assaulted and beaten to death on June 1, 2002.<br />
♥ Helen Gillings; murdered in Hamilton, February 1995.<br />
♥ Helen Louise Jacobs, 73, murdered in Elliot Lake, July 2005.<br />
♥ Helyna Rivera of Six Nations 25, murdered in 2011 in Buffalo <br />
♥ Holly Anne Painter, missing from East York since June 1995.<br />
♥ Jane Doe, ca. 23, murdered near St. Clair River, June 1992.<br />
♥ Jane Doe, ca. 30-50, murdered in Lively, April 2005. <br />
♥ Jane Jack, stabbed to death in Kenora on April 28, 1995.<br />
♥ Jane Louise Sutherland, 20, fully clothed body found on Oct. 23, 1984 in Hull’s Jacques Cartier Park <br />
across the Ottawa River from Lowertown. <br />
♥ Jennifer Stewart, stabbed to death in Ottawa in August 2010.<br />
♥ Jordina Skunk, 29, found frozen to death in Fort Severin First Nation on January 31, 2008.<br />
♥ Josephine Thompson, 18; murdered in 1971 - her body found by the railway tracks in Macdiarmid/Rocky Bay.<br />
♥ Judie Thibault, 57, murdered in Thunder Bay in November 2000.<br />
♥ Katelynne Sampson, 7, found dead with signs of bodily trauma on August 3, 2008 in Toronto’s Parkdale <br />
neighbourhood.<br />
♥ Kelly Morrisseau, 27 and 7 months pregnant; murdered in Ottawa; her body found in Gatineau Park<br />
on December 10, 2006. <br />
♥ Laura Pilon, 22, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1992.<br />
♥ Leah Kendra Anderson, 15; went missing on January 4th 2013 from Gods Lake First Nation - her body was found<br />
on Jan 6th 2013.<br />
♥ Lisa Lynn Anstey, 21, last seen getting into a car on Bleeker St; found murdered behind Street City <br />
in Toronto on May 12, 1997.<br />
♥ Liz Bonney, murdered in Cat Lake First Nation in 1992.<br />
♥ Lorraine Rivers, murdered in Thunder Bay. <br />
♥ Mae Morton, 17, raped and left to freeze to death outside Beardmore in 1962.<br />
♥ Margaret Yvonne Guylee, disappeared in Toronto in 1965.<br />
♥ Margaret Perrault (Bluebird), 32, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1988. <br />
♥ Mary Ann Davis, 15, murdered in Zhiibaahassing (Manitoulin Island) First Nation. <br />
♥ Mary Peters King, murdered in Thunder Bay.<br />
♥ Maxine Susanne Peters, 34, of Walpole Island First Nation; shot and killed on June 13, 2004. <br />
♥ Meloni Sutton, 18, of Fort Frances; reported missing on March 13, 2003 and found murdered in Kenora <br />
a month later.<br />
♥ Mercedes Stevens, 9, murdered in Kashechewan First Nation, Sept. 2006. <br />
♥ Minnie Sutherland, 40, killed in Hull on Dec. 31, 1988.<br />
♥ Pamela Holopainen, 22, of Schumacher; last seen in Timmins on Dec. 14, 2003.<br />
♥ Petrina Whitecrow; murdered in Fort Frances. <br />
♥ Rebecca Jean King, 22, missing since Oct. 21, 1999 from North Bay.<br />
♥ Reena Fox, 38, murdered in Thunder Bay, Feb. 2003. <br />
♥ Samantha Johnings, of Hamilton, 19 months; sexually assaulted and murdered on Dec. 13, 1992.<br />
♥ Sandra Kaye Johnson, 18, found dead on Feb. 13, 1992 near 110 Ave in Thunder Bay. <br />
♥ Sarah Jane Wawia Bernard, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1966. <br />
♥ Sarah Mason, 44, murdered in Thunder Bay in 1997. <br />
♥ Sarah Skunk, 43, missing from Thunder Bay since 1995.<br />
♥ Shelley Lynne Joseph, of Six Nations, 43, stabbed to death in Hamilton on July 2nd 2004.<br />
♥ Sonya Nadine Mae Cywink, 31, found dead in 1994 at Southwold Prehistoric Earthworks near Iona. <br />
♥ Spring Phillips, 26, murdered in Toronto in December 2009.<br />
♥ Stacey Diabo, 18 of Kahnawake; killed in Sept. 2003.<br />
♥ Susan Asslin, 19, brutally stabbed to death near Dryden in 1974.<br />
♥ Sylvia Gaudet, 52 of Hamilton; found murdered on Jan. 5, 2005.<br />
♥ Tashina Cheyenne Vaughn General, 21, murdered along with her unborn child, body found on <br />
April 26, 2008 at Six Nations, near Chiefswood Road and Indian Line. <br />
♥ Theresa Wilkins Jamieson, body found Spring 2011 in Thames River, Chatham.<br />
♥ Therese Labbe, 47, murdered in Mountjoy River in October 1989.<br />
♥ Tiffany Morrison of Kahnawake, 25, last seen in Montreal in 2006, body found in 2010.<br />
♥ Tricia Paquette, 8, murdered in Brantford, February 1978.<br />
♥ Viola Melvin, 65, murdered in Toronto on April 14, 1977.<br />
♥ Viola Panacheese, 42, missing from Sioux Lookout since August 1991.<br />
♥ Virginia Caol Kitty, 46, missing from Swastika since March 2008.<br />
♥ Virginia Nootchchtai, 31, from Whitefish, October 1988<br />
♥ Vivian Cada, 53, found dead on June 30, 2005 in apt. at 285 Shuter St, Toronto. NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-68405455787610845592013-01-18T08:42:00.003-08:002013-01-18T08:48:45.242-08:008th Annual Toronto Ceremony on Feb 14 to honour our missing and murdered sisters Strawberry and Water Ceremony with Wanda Whitebird begins at 12:30 Police Headquarters 40 College Street at Bay, Toronto<br />
Community Feast catered by NaMeRes at the 519 Church Street Community Centre; 519 Church Street following the rally.<br />
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This year One Billion Rising (the global campaign for an end to violence against women and for gender equality) is going to be supporting the February 14th Annual Women's Memorial Marches and will be spotlighting the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women across Canada.<br />
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Please signs and banners about the missing and murdered women only. <br />
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Tokens will be available at the rally.<br />
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Raising our Voices to Demand a national public inquiry led by Indigenous grass roots women and supported by a United Nations Investigation into Missing & Murdered Indigenous women in Canada<br />
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According to research conducted by the Native Women Association of Canada (NWAC) under the Sisters In Spirit Program, over 600 Indigenous women have been murdered or gone missing, most of them over the last 30 years.<br />
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Despite clear evidence that this is an ongoing issue, the federal government decided in the fall of 2010 to end funding to Sisters in Spirit. Instead monies in the amount of $10 million have been dedicated to a central RCMP missing person centre. The same institution - who, along with the Vancouver Police Department, failed to properly investigate Pickton in 1997 - was at the centre of a public inquiry in Vancouver. The sham inquiry into the failed Pickton investigation has since been completed with no consequences for any guilty parties and was boycotted by 20 of the 21 groups who were granted standing due to the denial of adequate funding for legal defense.<br />
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Pickton, who was convicted for six murders, has admitted to killing 49 women. A total of 18 murders occurred after he was arrested and released for the attempted murder of a sex worker in 1997. This is blood on police hands, yet RCMP officers testifying at the sham inquiry state “there are few things they would change about how they did their work.”<br />
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It should come as no surprise that the Committee to End Discrimination Against Women at the United Nations has accepted submissions put forward by advocates of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) as well as the Native Women's Association of Canada and announced their intent to launch an inquiry into Canada's missing and murdered Indigenous women.<br />
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On February 14th we come together in solidarity with the women who started this vigil over 20 years ago in Vancouver's DTES, and with the marches and rallies that will be taking place across this land. We stand in defense of our lives and to demonstrate against the complicity of the state in the ongoing genocide of Indigenous women and the impunity of state institutions and actors (police, RCMP, coroners' offices, the courts, and an indifferent federal government) that prevents justice for all Indigenous peoples. <br />
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List of Feb 14th Memorial Marches in other communities:<br />
http://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com/national/<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdv5Bid6XhuzMgCXphrfxdNKCDaqyEv3JAjxxL5uwCTkOLaPn_FWE40yryC9mCjiJJ4HpNn-7HWRTQgyDgp85Rl9A5DWe6I0HodvM54-2a5M5dFYr25vGLrZOT0yYiRyCVTltZDw5EeI/s1600/p15-Toronto_Rally.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="180" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdv5Bid6XhuzMgCXphrfxdNKCDaqyEv3JAjxxL5uwCTkOLaPn_FWE40yryC9mCjiJJ4HpNn-7HWRTQgyDgp85Rl9A5DWe6I0HodvM54-2a5M5dFYr25vGLrZOT0yYiRyCVTltZDw5EeI/s320/p15-Toronto_Rally.jpg" /></a></div>NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-16737266373423149992011-12-20T21:49:00.000-08:002011-12-20T21:49:29.781-08:00VIDEOS: The Silence is Broken, But the Violence Continues: Now What? Part IIHere are videos of the four panelists from <a href="http://nomoresilence-nomoresilence.blogspot.com/2011/11/silence-is-broken-now-what-part-ii-nov.html">The Silence is Broken, But the Violence Continues: Now What? Part II</a> event at the Native Women's Resource Centre in Toronto on November 24, 2011. This event was part of <a href="http://www.defendersoftheland.org/isw">Indigenous Sovereignty Week, Toronto 2011.</a><br />
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<b>Part 01: Opening Prayer and Song</b><br />
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<b>Part 02: Introduction</b><br />
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<b>Part 03: Lee Maracle</b><br />
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<b>Part 04: Native Youth Sexual Health Network</b><br />
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<b>Part 05: Darlene Ritchie</b><br />
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<b>Part 06: Faith Nolan</b><br />
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<b>Part 07: Group Discussion Report Back (pt1)</b><br />
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<b>Part 08: Group Discussion Report Back (pt2)</b><br />
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8yoEDMHOlNI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-861153886970033132011-12-12T13:15:00.000-08:002011-12-12T13:15:36.869-08:00The Silence is Broken Part II was attended by over 70 peopleWatch for video that will be posted soon!NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-31885368489835175772011-11-23T21:42:00.000-08:002011-11-23T21:42:40.493-08:00The Silence is Broken: Now What? Part II - Nov 24 6:30 - 9:00 NWRC Gerrard & Sherburne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGuEBfzOsFumO04Vcc1LsvFr-VUgOTa3PI2lDvLTPpEyDnvQDr4ej5-QS3uKKcxfI22DAy-gkQ3CJgjgeXmtuoZjkIrDTnLFdpnrgYMVMzOQBCWKva7PLXv9SKNXnZX2zqWxZTbKw74U/s1600/339003_293908883967017_293908483967057_1080993_1368725653_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGuEBfzOsFumO04Vcc1LsvFr-VUgOTa3PI2lDvLTPpEyDnvQDr4ej5-QS3uKKcxfI22DAy-gkQ3CJgjgeXmtuoZjkIrDTnLFdpnrgYMVMzOQBCWKva7PLXv9SKNXnZX2zqWxZTbKw74U/s320/339003_293908883967017_293908483967057_1080993_1368725653_o.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Join Lee Maracle, Darlene Ritchie and No More Silence in talking about the way forward to end the disappearances of Indigenous women!<br />
This event is part of Indigenous Sovereignty week and is part two of a discussion began in the summer:NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-28943295693513397482011-08-01T11:29:00.004-07:002023-05-26T08:04:14.909-07:00VIDEOS: The Silence is Broken, But the Violence Continues: Now What?Here are videos of the four panelists from <a href="http://nomoresilence-nomoresilence.blogspot.com/2011/07/silence-is-broken-but-violence.html">The Silence is Broken, But the Violence Continues: Now What?</a> event at the Native Canadian Centre in Toronto on July 20.<br />
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<b>Darlene Ritchie</b><br /><div>
<a href="https://youtu.be/QBIYivC6BDo">https://youtu.be/QBIYivC6BDo</a><br />
<b>Lee Maracle</b><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/wEyFuhlhh8w">https://youtu.be/wEyFuhlhh8w</a><br />
<b>Native Youth Sexual Health Network</b><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/w9_M4sePjIc">https://youtu.be/w9_M4sePjIc</a><br /></div>NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-66553104629443524082011-07-10T12:08:00.000-07:002011-07-10T12:08:53.342-07:00The Silence is Broken, But the Violence Continues: Now What?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8ZXYj9vqGQjCQeRAbEn6xFfdtmGgNHsFZ1E4KXr5M7q3dy-YkgOnNMNkwjGyico_rTyLyR-ua-x5k4N5wrLwEhX4L0Ky9f8xJEzIBLYWPjBy32g-ACRFsJ2RCw6Wk8Nb7HpGREIA6Gc/s1600/276445_160347444036743_1281621_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8ZXYj9vqGQjCQeRAbEn6xFfdtmGgNHsFZ1E4KXr5M7q3dy-YkgOnNMNkwjGyico_rTyLyR-ua-x5k4N5wrLwEhX4L0Ky9f8xJEzIBLYWPjBy32g-ACRFsJ2RCw6Wk8Nb7HpGREIA6Gc/s1600/276445_160347444036743_1281621_n.jpg" /></a>Wednesday July 20, 2011<br />
7:00 - 9:00 pm<br />
Native Canadian Centre <br />
16 Spadina Road,<br />
Toronto, ON<br />
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<strong>Discussion:</strong> Where to take our efforts to end the murders and disappearance of Indigenous women/Two Spirit/Trans and a screening of the film: "Survival, Strength, Sisterhood: Power of Women in the Downtown Eastside"<br />
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"Survival, Strength, Sisterhood: Power of Women in the Downtown Eastside" is a short film that documents the 20 year history of the annual women's memorial march for missing and murdered women in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories. By focusing on the voices of women who live, love, and work in the Downtown Eastside this film debunks the sensationalism surrounding a neighbourhood deeply misunderstood, and celebrates the complex and diverse realities of women organizing for justice. (32 mins)<br />
A film by Alejandro Zuluaga and Harsha Walia, based on concept by the Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group. This is a not-for-profit production that is available for free distribution under creative commons license<br />
Panel featuring: Lee Maracle, Darlene Ritchie, Harsha Walia, Native Youth Sexual Health Network, Audrey Huntley (MC)<br />
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Hosted by: No More Silence & Toronto Missing and Murdered Women's Committee at the NCCTNoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-23793710431197433122011-02-19T11:49:00.001-08:002011-02-19T11:49:37.786-08:00Update: Missing mom surfaces on Facebook - Nikita is safe!http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/116427049.html?c=y&curSection=/vancouver_island_north/campbellrivermirror&curTitle=BC+News&bc09=true<br />
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A young mother from Surrey, who dropped her child off with friends last Thursday, and never returned to pick her up, updated her Facebook status this morning.<br />
23-yer-old Nikita Jack reportedly disappeared last Thursday evening, Feb. 10. Her friends, family and police put out a call for anyone who saw the young woman to call Surrey police.<br />
Reportedly Jack was not missing but stuck in Revelstoke B.C.<br />
Today she posted a photo of herself with her boyfriend and a copy of a newspaper article asking for the public’s help in locating her. <br />
She apologized to her family and friends who had been frantically trying to contact by way of Facebook since her disappearance.<br />
Surrey police have confirmed that she has been located safe. No other information was provided.NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-85275911974413710042011-02-17T11:52:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:52:29.408-08:00Black Coffee Poet interview with activist Robyn Bourgeois with pics from Feb 14, 2011 in TorontoPlease go to the link to read the interview and see the pics: <br />
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http://blackcoffeepoet.com/2011/02/16/breaking-the-silence-about-canadas-800-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-interview-with-cree-academic-and-activist-robyn-bourgeois-a-photo-essay-of-the-no-more-silence-rally-feb-14th-201/NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-32484348293220907062011-02-16T14:17:00.001-08:002011-02-16T14:17:36.090-08:00Feb 14 youtube videoCheck it out!<br />
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2AQ-e1zZUA<br />
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And thanks to everyone who came out in support!!NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-82331278153159677972011-02-04T12:02:00.000-08:002011-02-13T17:35:01.545-08:00February 14: National Day of Action<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Toronto’s 6<sup>th</sup> Annual Rally & March </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Monday, February 14, 2011</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"> @ **</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">5 pm</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">** (<span style="color: red;">NOTE THE </span></span></b><b style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">NEW</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red;"> TIME</span>)</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Rally at Police HQ, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">40 College St</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"> at Bay</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">March to the Coroner’s Office, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">26 Grenville St</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Followed by gathering & food @ The Meeting Place, Queen & Bathurst (nw corner)</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Food prepared & provided by The Centre for Women and Trans People (UT) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"> </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">A </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">bus will be available to transport participants from the Coroner’s Office to the gathering.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">TTC</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"> tokens will be available for those attending by public transit</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">The bus is not wheelchair accessible, but the Meeting Place is. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">According to research conducted under the Native Women Association of Canada’s (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">NWAC</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">) Sisters in Spirit project, over 580 Indigenous women have been murdered or gone missing, most of them over the last 30 years. Despite the clear evidence that this is an ongoing issue, the federal government decided in Fall of 2010 to end funding to Sisters in Spirit. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">In a move to detract attention from this cut, Rona Ambrose (Federal Minister for Status of Women) announced a $10 million fund to be put primarily towards creating a central RCMP missing person centre</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">. It is evident that few of those in power have a genuine interest in ending the violence against Indigenous women. On February 14<sup>th</sup>, we come together in solidarity with the women who started this vigil in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and with the marches and rallies that will be taking place across this land. We stand in defense of our lives and to demonstrate against the complicity of the state in the ongoing genocide of Indigenous women and the impunity of state institutions and actors (police, RCMP, coroners’ offices, the courts, and an indifferent federal government) that prevents justice for all Indigenous Peoples.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">This event is organized by No More Silence, part of an inter/national network to support the work being done by activists, academics, researchers, agencies and communities to stop the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Besides the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Toronto</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"> rally, marches and other events will take place in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Vancouver</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Edmonton</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Calgary</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Saskatoon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Winnipeg</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">London</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"> (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Ontario</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">), and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Ottawa</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Endorsed by</span></u></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">: Sistering, The Women and Gender Studies Institute (University of Toronto), No One is Illegal Toronto, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Indigenous Education Network (University of Toronto), </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Canadian Chiapanecas Justice for Women, Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre (PARC), Springtide Resources Inc. Ending Violence Against Women, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Anduhyaun Shelter, ShelterlSanctuarylStatus Campaign, Assaulted Women's and Children's Counsellor/Advocate Program (George Brown College), Christian Peacemaker Teams - Aboriginal Justice, Indigenous Sovereignty and Solidarity Network (Toronto), First Nations Solidarity Working Group, CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy (Ryerson University), Women and Gender Studies Student Union (University of Toronto), Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA), Centre for Women and Trans People (University of Toronto), UN Women - Canada, Ryerson Students' Union</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">, The Redwood, OCAP. </span> <style>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">To add your organization's name to this list of endorsers, email: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:nomoresilenceorg@gmail.com">nomoresilenceorg@gmail.com</a></span></div>NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959840220231383562.post-70593855741557377782011-01-19T20:18:00.000-08:002011-02-04T12:04:31.182-08:00Remembering Our Sisters - Feb 3, OISE: Film Screening & Skype Q&A with Vancouver Women's Memorial March Organizers; Feb 14 at Police HQ - 6th Annual Memorial March for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Remembering Our Sisters</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">On February 3<sup>rd</sup>, the Centre for Integrative Anti-racism Studies (CIARS at OISE/UT), with the support of No More Silence, will screen short docs on missing and murdered Indigenous women in preparation for February 14th when rallies and memorial marches will take place across the country.<br />
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February 3</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">7:00 pm at OISE 5th floor Room 5-250</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><br />
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Screening work by director/producer Audrey Huntley including “A New Day” produced for </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">CTV</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"> First Story in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside - the piece looks at the tragic death of 22 year old Ashley Mischiskinic in mid September. Community members believe she was thrown out of the window of the 5th floor of the Regent Hotel by drug dealers as punishment for a drug debt and to send a message and warning to the community. Residents were outraged when police initially closed the investigation declaring her death a suicide on the same day. Huntley interviews members of the February 14th Women's Memorial March organizing committee looking at the bigger picture and their quest to end the violence. The screening will be followed by a skype Q & A with </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Vancouver</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"> activists and DTES residents. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Sponsored by</span></u></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">: Centre for Integrative Anti-racism Studies, CIARS at OISE/UT</span></div>NoMoreSilencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00085731628879878204noreply@blogger.com0