Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirit: Home
Find a missing persons toolkit for families and community, and various reports and studies about MMIWG2S, including Manitoba-specific information.
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Missing Persons & Persons at Risk ToolkitSOURCE: Ka Ni Kanichihk (organization in Winnipeg)
SUMMARY: Contains downloadable instructions and templates to help families in organizing their efforts to find a loved one who has gone missing.
National, toll-free 24/7 crisis line for individuals who need support as a result of learning about and from the Inquiry, its reports and related information. Service is available in English, French, Cree, Anishinaabemowin(Ojbiway) and Inuktitut.
Phone: 1-844-413-6649.
After-care supports: "Survivors, family members and those affected by the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls can access mental health counselling and community-based cultural support services." Visit Indigenous Services Canada. In Manitoba, phone: 1-866-818-3505.
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
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Official website - National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and GirlsSUMMARY: Find the Inquiry's Final and Interim Reports, research documents, videos of testimony and more.
Final and Interim Reports
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EDIT TO VOLUME 1a of The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and GirlsGovernment of Canada publications catalogue.
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Interim Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and GirlsReleased November 1, 2017.
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About the independent inquiry - Indigenous and Northern Affairs CanadaSUMMARY: Information about the mandate, terms of reference, commissioners, timeline, funding and more. "The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is independent from the federal government. The inquiry will establish its own office and website."
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The National Inquiry's Terms of ReferenceSUMMARY: The complete terms of reference for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
In Manitoba
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Fact Sheet: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in ManitobaSOURCE: Native Women's Association of Canada. 2010.
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MAP: Unsolved cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women in ManitobaSOURCE: Winnipeg Free Press. 2014. Research by Mary Agnes Welch. Map by Wendy Sawatsky.
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Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and GirlsSOURCE: CBC
SUMMARY: Information about 285 women (at August, 2016) from across the country. They focused on cases where authorities have said foul play was not involved. Choose "Explore the data" and use the filter boxes to select Manitoba.
Additional reports, studies & lists
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Review of Reports and Recommendations on Violence Against Indigenous Women in CanadaSOURCE: researchers Pippa Feinstein and Megan Pearce
SUMMARY: February 2015. This document summarizes various reports and their recommendations.
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An Awkward Silence: Missing and Murdered Vulnerable Women and the Canadian Justice SystemSOURCE: researcher Maryann Pearce
SUMMARY: 2013. A PhD dissertation To conduct the research Pearce created a database with the names of 3329 missing or murdered women in Canada - 824 of whom could be identified as Indigenous. The list of names is included in this document.
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Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: 2015 Update to the National Operational OverviewSOURCE: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
SUMMARY: 2015. This report concluded that 1181 Indigenous women or girls were murdered or went missing between 1980 and 2012.
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Forsaken: The Report of the Missing Women Commission of InquirySOURCE: British Columbia Government
SUMMARY: 2012. "The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry considered the police investigations into women reported missing from the Downtown Eastside as well as a decision to stay charges against Robert W. Pickton for the assault of a sex trade worker." Also known as "the Opal Report."
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It Starts With Us: support for missing and murdered Indigenous women and their familiesSUMMARY: An initiative of three grassroots organizations - No More Silence, Families of Sisters in Spirit and the Native Youth Sexual Health Network - to gather names of, and tributes to, missing and murdered Indigenous women, including Two-Spirit individuals.
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INVISIBLE WOMEN: A CALL TO ACTION - Report of the Special Committee on ViolenceSpecial Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women, Parliament of Canada. 2014.
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Stolen Sisters: A human rights response to discrimination and violence against Indigenous women in CanadaSOURCE: Amnesty International, 2004.