Before the holidays, the Federal government announced its intention to move forward with an Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, but said further that it will be up to victims and survivors to help guide the hand of the process in terms of what form the inquiry would take. Those meetings actually begin this week with eight already scheduled and the promise of more to come.
Courtesy of Indigenous and Norther Affairs Canada, here’s the list of meetings scheduled so far:
Thunder Bay, Ontario: January 6, 2016
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories: January 8, 2016
Whitehorse, Yukon: January 11, 2016
Vancouver, British Columbia: January 13, 2016
Prince George, British Columbia: January 15, 2016
Halifax, Nova Scotia: January 20, 2016
Québec City, Québec : January 21, 2016
Montréal, Québec : January 22, 2016
If you are survivors, family members or loved ones and would like to attend one of these meetings, the government asks you to e-mail them at AADNC.EFFAAD-IMMIWG.AANDC@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca or call toll-free at 1-877-535-7309.
For the rest of us, summaries of all meetings will be posted at the IND website as feedback is received.
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