Story of Fonassa Bruyere
Fonassa Bruyere, 17, loved to laugh and run errands with her grandmother. She was last seen getting into a car in Winnipeg on Aug. 9,...
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Through the stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls (MMIWG) 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 8, 2022
Story of Freda Goodrunning
Freda Goodrunning, 35, was a mom of six from Sunchild First Nation in Alberta. She had been living on the street for the last four years...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Edna Bernard
Several family members remember Edna Bernard, 28, as being a good mother who loved her children immensely. A friend saw Edna in a vehicle...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Evaline Cameron
Nineteen-year old Evaline Cameron was known for getting good grades and for her sparkling sense of humour. On Oct. 19, 1995 she was found...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Evelyn Kebalo
Evelyn Edith Kebalo, a Metis mother of four, was sexually assaulted and strangled to death in the middle of a Winnipeg playground on...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Edith Angalik
Edith was Inuit from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. She was beaten to death by her abusive partner. They had been drinking at a friend’s house on...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Danielle LaRue
Danielle Marissa LaRue protected her younger brother and sister while growing up, but in November 2002, the 24-year-old disappeared from...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Deanna Bellerose
Deanna Marie Bellerose was a mother of four children: Amber, Aimee, Tristan, and Julian. The 29-year-old was last seen getting into a car...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Debbie Pelletier
Debbie Faye Pelletier, a mother of four, lived in Regina, Sask. She was known to be funny, happy, caring and as someone who loved her...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Deborah Sloss
Deborah Anne Sloss, 42, was found dead in the Toronto rooming house where she lived on July 29, 1997, after police responded to a 911...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Deidre Michelin
Deidre Marie Michelin, 21, was a mother of four from Rigolet, an Inuit community on the north coast of Labrador. She loved to make people...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Delaine Copenace
Delaine Copenace, 16, was reported missing in Kenora, Ont., on Feb. 28, 2016, and her body was found in a nearby lake almost a month...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Delena Lefthand Dixon
Delena Lefthand Dixon, a 20-year-old mother, was shot and killed in August 2008 in Maskwacis (formally called Hobbema), a community about...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Della Ootoova
Della Ootoova, 46, died in 2008 after her common-law spouse called police in Iqaluit and reported that she was not breathing. An initial...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Delores Brown
Delores Brown, 19, was last seen on July 27, 2015. Family and friends notified police two days later. Brown was from Penelakut Island,...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Delores Brower
Delores Dawn Brower, 32, was a Métis woman who was reported missing in June 2005. An investigation revealed she was last seen hitchhiking...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Destiny Tom
Destiny Rae Tom, 21, was found dead outside a home on the Nadleh Whut’en First Nation in northern B.C. on March 23, 2013. Her badly...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Diana Rattlesnake
Diana Rattlesnake was a mother of three who loved to read books and do beadwork. The 49-year-old was found dead in a Brandon, Manitoba...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Diane Dobson
Diane Dobson was a 36-year-old mother of three when she was found dead in Windsor, Ontario on Feb. 15, 1995. Dobson died from a blow to...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Diane Stewart
Diane Mary Stewart, 42, was last seen leaving a New Year’s Eve party on foot in 1996, on the Penticton Indian Reserve, in British...
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