Wednesday, March 11, 2015

PHOTOS: Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women 2015


A star for each of the 1 200 Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada.

"Indigenous women in Canada are at least five times more likely than other women living here to die as a result of violence." www.missingjustice.ca

From the Annual Memorial March for Missing & Murdered Women - February 14, 2015.




Saturday, February 15, 2014

PHOTOS: Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women 2014



Hundreds March Through Montreal for Missing and Murdered Women
Annual Demonstration Seeks Justice for Native Women

Link to article in The Link Newspaper 



Under the watchful eye of Grandmother Moon, close to 700 people marched through downtown Montreal, demanding justice for the hundreds of missing and murdered Aboriginal women,
 whose cases are often left uninvestigated. 








It is the first year I see mainstream media covering the event! Yey!








Monday, April 1, 2013

PHOTOS: Silent vigil against police brutality

 






 

Last Friday's vigil to protest police brutality and repression ended with a sit-in, instead of the planned march that deemed the demonstration legal for the first time this month. The trajectory submitted to the police, as the decision to follow it, was not unanimous in the crowd. They opted for a sit-in and the night concluded peacefully, with no arrests or reports.
















Thursday, February 14, 2013

PHOTOS: Missing Justice


It's V-day, everyone! That means... time for the annual 
Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women March!


Organized in cities across Canada since 1991, this years's march coincided with the publication of the Human Rights Watch report accusing RCMP officers in Northern B.C. of abusing aboriginal girls.


Read the report:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/02/13/canada-abusive-policing-neglect-along-highway-tears