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Forever loved : exposing the hidden crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada / edited by D. Memee Lavell-Harvard and Jennifer Brant.

Lavell-Harvard, D. Memee (Dawn Memee), 1974- (author,, editor.). Brant, Jennifer, 1981- (author,, editor.).

Summary:

"In October 2004 Amnesty International released a report titled Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to the Discrimination and Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada, in response to the appalling number of Indigenous women who are victims of racialized and sexualized violence. This report noted over 500 missing or murdered Indigenous women. Tragically, since this initial report the numbers have risen. Noting that Indigenous women are eight times more likely to die as a result of violence, the most recent RCMP report documented 1181 missing or murdered Aboriginal women and girls (2013), with more distressing cases being reported every month. After conducting an extensive investigation here in Canada, in March of 2015 the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women issued their report condemning Canada for the ongoing failure to protect Indigenous women and girls calling it a "grave human rights violation" (UNCEDAW). Over 40 separate reports have outlined the increase in racialized and sexualized violence against Indigenous women, yet the recommendations they contain are ignored. The failure of the federal government to respond to this issue has resulted in widespread pressure from human rights groups, grassroots movements, and community leaders. This collection supports the call for prompt response and action and urges Justin Trudeau to hold his promise to immediately launch a public inquiry. This collection brings together the voices of Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics, frontline workers and activists who weave together academic and personal narratives, spoken word and poetry in the spirit of demanding immediate action. Our intent is to honour our missing sisters and their families, to honour their lives and their stories."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781772580204
ISBN: 1772580201
Physical Description: xiv, 308 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Bradford, ON : Demeter Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Introduction: forever loved / D. Memee Lavell-Harvard and Jennifer Brant -- I. Violence against indigenous women and girls: a sociological phenomenon -- Stolen sisters: the politics, policies, and travesty of missing and murdered women in Canada / Wendee Kubik and Carrie Bourassa -- Understanding violence against indigenous women and girls in Canada / Jessica Riel-Johns -- "Only the silence remains": Aboriginal women as victims in the case of the Lower Eastside (Picton) murders, investigative flaws, and the aftermath of violence in Vancouver / Patricia O'Reilly and Thomas Fleming -- Sisters in spirit / Anita Olsen Harper -- II. The ongoing erasure of indigenous women -- The unmournable body of Cindy Gladue: on corporeal integrity and grievability / Caroline Fidan Tyler Doenmez -- Analyzing erasures and resistance involving indigenous women in New Brunswick, Canada / Josephine L. Savarese -- The duty of the Canadian media in relation to the violence against Native women: lessons drawn from the case of Ciudad Juárez / Isela Pérez-Torres -- III. Education, awareness, and action -- Transnational advocacy for the missing and murdered indigenous women / Rosemary Nagy -- How the lens of the global locates Canada's missing and murdered indigenous women: pedagogical methods, lessons, and hope from the classroom / Brenda Anderson -- Honouring "our sisters in spirit": an interview with film director Nick Printup / Jennifer Brant and Nick Printup -- IV. Taking a stance: resistance and sisterhood -- Sisterhood on the frontlines: the truth as we hear it from indigenous women / Summer Rain Bentham, Hilla Kerner, and Lisa Steacy, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter -- Visualizing grassroots justice: missing and murdered indigenous women / Vicki Chartrand, Myrna Abraham, Leah Maureen Gazan, Cheryl James, Brenda Osborne, and Chickadee Richard -- Personal political pedagogy with respect to #MMIW / Maxine Matilpi -- V. Voices of healing: narrative and poetry -- Little sister / Tasha Spillet -- She, remembers, warrior / Tasha Spillet -- What I learned from walking with our sisters / Gillian McKee -- To my sister I have never met / Sherry Emmerson -- If one more / Sǎkihitowin Awǎsis -- Take back the night / Sǎkihitowin Awǎsis -- Accomplice / Alyssa M. General -- Moving forward: a dialogue between D. Memee Lavell-Harvard, Gladys Radek, and Bernice Williams / D. Memee Lavell-Harvard, Gladys Radek, and Bernice Williams