Story of Jennifer Furminger
Jennifer was 28 years old when she disappeared from Downtown Eastside Vancouver around December 27th, 1999. She had developed an...
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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 Jane Sutherland
Jane Louise Sutherland, 19, nicknamed as “Jeano” was originally from the Moose Cree First Nation in Ontario. She relocated to Ottawa in...
- 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 Jeanette Basil
Jeanette Basil was a 33-year-old single mother to one son. On August 1, 1985 she was robbed and stabbed to death on Hastings Street in...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Jeanette Cardinal
Jeanette Marie Cardinal, 40, was a mother of five children. She moved to Edmonton in late 2010 from Slave Lake, Alta. On Feb. 7, 2011,...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Jeannette Chief
Jeannette Jean Chief, 48, was an outgoing woman who loved going on walks and spending time with family, she was just shy of turning 49....
- 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 Inusiq Sarah Akavak
Inusiq was from Iqaluit, Nunavut. She was strangled to death at the age of 39 in her apartment by her common-law husband, Kootoo...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Helen Betty Osborne
Helen Osborne was born in Norway House, Manitoba, the eldest of 12 children born to Joe and Justine (née McKay) Osborne. Her ambition was...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Hilda Agawa
Hilda was born in 1946. She was a member of the Batchewana First Nation, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Hilda was murdered by James Dunn a...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Geraldine Beardy
Geraldine Ann Lewis Beardy, 29, was a mother of three from northern Manitoba’s Garden Hill First Nation. Her life ended during a trip to...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Glenda Morrisseau
Glenda Morrisseau, 19, loved to dress up and go out with friends. But on July 17, 1991 she disappeared in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Gloria Plume
Gloria Kaily Black Plume was a mother to six children, a grandmother and a sister. In March 1999, when she was 49, Gloria was found...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Gloria Mildred Gladue
Gladue, from Bigstone Cree Nation in northern Alberta, is remembered by family as “bright and bubbly” and someone “who took pride in...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Gloria Gladue
Gloria Mildred Gladue, 44, was from Bigstone Cree Nation in northern Alberta. She was a mother of seven and grandmother to several...
- 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 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...
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