Each year, Sisters in Spirit Day is recognized in Alberta on October 4 to honour the memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people (MMIWG2S+).
The Library will have displays for Sisters in Spirit at all locations from October 1 – 6.
As a display of remembrance and action with location MMIWG2S+ banners, we invite you to write messages on red dress cutouts and take home a button.
Source: Statistics Canada
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action #41 PDF addresses the issue of disproportionate violence towards Indigenous women and girls and calls for the creation of a public inquiry into the crisis.
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: 2015 Update to the National Operational Overview
Court outcomes in homicides of Indigenous women and girls, 2009-2021
Voice of Our Sisters in Spirit: A Report to Families and Communities PDF
What Their Stories Tell Us: Research Findings from the Sisters in Spirit Initiative
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in Alberta
Alberta Joint Working Group on MMIW
Annual Memorial Walk to Honour the Lives of MMIWG2S+
Sisters in Spirit Day – Government of Alberta
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada – The Canadian Encyclopedia
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