"The Helen Betty Osborne Memorial Fund recognizes Indigenous students who are making a difference in eliminating the barriers of racism, sexism, violence, and indifference in society including those impacted by the Missing and Murdered Indigenous PEOPLE (Women, Girls, Men, Boys, and 2SLGBTQQIA+) genocide and/or Survivors of Gender-Based Violence. The purpose of The Helen Betty Osborne Memorial Fund Award is to honour Helen Betty Osborne’s tragic legacy by providing financial support to Indigenous students who are enrolled in full-time post-secondary studies and residing in Manitoba."
Helen Betty Osborne, known as Betty to her closest friends and family, dreamed of becoming a teacher. She left home to attend residential school and later moved to The Pas, Manitoba, to attend high school. On November 13, 1971, Betty was abducted and brutally murdered by four young men. Initially met with silence and indifference, her tragic murder resonates loudly today.
SOURCE: Report of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba. Volume 2, 1991.
SUMMARY: This volume of the AJI is dedicated to information about the murders of Helen Betty Osborne in 1971 in The Pas, Manitoba and J.J. Harper in Winnipeg, 1988.