A school poster assignment in which I chose to focus on Canada’s epidemic levels of violence towards Aboriginal women. If you’re interested in learning more, the page for Amnesty Canada’s No More Stolen Sisters provides some basic information. The #MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) tag on Twitter will give you more of a personal idea of how this effects Aboriginal communities across the country.
Our government refuses to even acknowledge that this is a legitimate societal issue, and I think it’s something that deserves a lot more international attention than it has received.
Reblogging again because, two days ago, our Prime Minister yet again showed how little this issue means to him by curtly announcing in an interview with Peter Mansbridge that missing and murdered Indigenous women were “not really high on [his government’s] radar”. Please, please. If you are a Canadian citizen, write your MP and demand that something be done about this inaction. If you are not Canadian, please share information about this issue! It doesn’t have to be this post— just please help raise awareness of the severe mistreatment of Aboriginal Canadians.
