Please note that this research guide contains content regarding anti-Indigenous racism, gender-based violence, sexual violence, and the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous communities. If you are affected by the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQ people and need immediate mental and emotional wellness support, the following toll free crisis lines are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with service available in English, French, Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut:
First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310 or access online chat service through their website: Hope for Wellness
National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis Line: 1-844-413-6649
NorQuest College students and staff are invited to participate in the Remembrance Walk on Sunday, May 5. Find more details here: National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People and on the Facebook event page: National Red Dress Day 2024 Edmonton
National Family & Survivors Circle. (n.d.). Always loved, never forgotten [online image]. https://familysurvivorscircle.ca/resource-downloads/
Red Dress Day, also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People, is observed on May 5th. The day honours and brings awareness to the thousands of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people who have been subject to disproportionate violence in Canada. Red Dress Day was inspired by Métis artist Jaime Black’s REDress Project installation, in which she hung empty, red dresses to represent the missing and murdered women. Red dresses have become symbolic of the crisis as a result of her installation.