Story of Rebecca Contois
Rebecca Contois Age 24. Member of O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation , Manitoba. Her body was recovered from a bin on the Northside of...
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Through the stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls (MMIWG2S) and children, we are able to gain perspective on the violence faced by the communities.
Generations of Canadians have gone through life unaware of residential schools, the historical and ongoing effects of the Indian Act, the significance of treaties, or the contributions of Indigenous Peoples to Canada's mosaic.
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Laura Ann Ahenakew
Laura was a member of the Île-à-la-Crosse Metis Settlement in Saskatchewan. She was murdered a year after her sister Bernadette. Like her...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Lorilee Francis
Lorilee Mae Francis was 24 years old when she went missing in October 2007. Her family reported her missing in December of that year....
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Leanne Benwell
Leanne Benwell, 27, was living near Edmonton, Alta., at the time of her disappearance in 2007. Her body was found in a remote area three...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Leslie Talley
Leslie Talley, from Dene Tha First Nation, was murdered when she was 29. On Jan. 6, 2010, police were called to the area of 151st Avenue...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Lisa Young
Lisa Marie Young, 21, has been missing since June 30, 2002. She was 21 when she disappeared in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Young was at a...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Laura Banman
Laura Lee Banman was 23 years old when her remains were found on a logging road outside Campbell River, B.C. in May 2000. She was last...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Lisa Marie Young
Lisa Marie Young was a 21-year-old indigenous Canadian who disappeared from Nanaimo, British Columbia, on June 30, 2002. She had spent...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Kari Gordon
Kari Gordon, 26, was a mother of one when she vanished from Nanaimo, British Columbia in April 1997. Hikers found her body near Little...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Karina Wolfe
Karina Wolfe was 20 years old when she was last seen in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She had just moved back home with her family. On July 2,...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Kellie Little
Kellie was born Richard Little in 1969 in Campbell River, B.C. According to Wally Oppal’s 2012 missing women report, when Little was...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Kelly Goforth
Kelly Goforth, 21, is described as the pillar of her family in her obituary – as a young woman with a heart of gold. She was a mother of...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Kelly Morrisseau
Kelly Morrisseau, 27, was a mother of three and seven months pregnant with a fourth child. On Dec. 10, 2006, she was found naked in a...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Krystal Andrews
Krystal Andrews, 22, was going to marry her high school sweetheart in 2016. She was a mother of two young children, described as a kind,...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Jennifer Furminger
Jennifer was 28 years old when she disappeared from Downtown Eastside Vancouver around December 27th, 1999. She had developed an...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Jarita Naistus
Jarita Naistus was 20 years old when she was found dead in a Lloydminster hotel room in 2006. She had been strangled and beaten to death....
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Jeanenne Fontaine
Jeanenne Chantel Fontaine, 29, was a mother of three who lived in Winnipeg but was originally from the Sagkeeng First Nation, north of...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Jessica Cardinal
Jessica Cardinal’s sister Tamara says she “didn’t belong [on the street.] She was a really good person.” On June 14, 1997, Jessica, 24,...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Joanne Ghostkeeper
Joanne Ghostkeeper was a generous and kind woman who would give you her last dollar if you needed it, her mom, Mary Willier, said. She...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Joyce Hewitt
Joyce Hewitt was 22 when she was seen for the last time in Edmonton, Alberta. Her body was found in Sherwood Park, Alberta on Oct. 19,...
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