More than 1,100 Canadian women and girls have been killed by men since 2018. So why is the federal government dragging its heels in adding femicide to the Criminal Code?
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All of us have lost loved ones. Each of us know First Nations women and children who have been murdered and disappeared. This inquiry was welcome – but its recommendations fall far short of justice.
In today’s episode, we hear from two women who talk about how diamond mines in the Northwest Territories have negatively impacted women and girls and perpetuated gender violence.
The MMIWG Inquiry two years later: What’s changed and what still needs to be done?
We tend to pay attention to mass killings and terrorism. But one girl or woman is killed every other day in Canada. If we identify that as terrorism, we might pay more attention and do something.
Canadians should be listening closely to stories coming from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. We need to hear the truth and then help justice move forward.
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Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, Global Development Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Director American Indian Education, Elk River District
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Associate Professor and Director of the First Nations House of Learning, University of British Columbia
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Formerly the Victim Services Coordinator for the Native Women's Association of the Northwest Territories
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Co-coordinator of the Tangentyere Youth Safety Group, and Northern Territory Aboriginal Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence Advisory Group, Indigenous Knowledge
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Co-coordinator of Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor, Athabasca University
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Co-Founder and Managing Director of Her Story, lead on U Right Sis? project, Indigenous Knowledge