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,...
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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 9, 2022
Story of Josephine Chakasim
Josephine Chakasim, 17, was from Moosonee, Ont. She went out for the night on April 21, 1977 and never returned home. Her body was found...
- 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,...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Judy Chesscue
Judy Ann Chescue was 21 years old when she went missing. She was last seen near her home in Edmonton, Alberta, on July 6, 1988. She was...
- Sep 9, 2022
Story of Justine Cochrane
Justine Cochrane was a 15-year-old girl from the Sunchild First Nation, a Cree community in Alberta, who enjoyed crafts, powwows and...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Felicia Solomon
Felicia Velvet Solomon, 16, was a Grade 10 student at R.B. Russell Collegiate in Winnipeg, Manitoba, when she disappeared in March 2003....
- Sep 8, 2022
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,...
- 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 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 Delphine Nikal
Delphine Nikal vanished on June 13, 1990. She was 16 years old, and living in Telkwa, British Columbia. On the day she went missing, she...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Cecilia Nikal
Cecilia Nikal was 15-years-old and new to Vancouver when she vanished. She arrived in the city on Aug. 1, 1989, to visit her mother, but...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Cherisse Houle
Cherisse Diane Marie Houle, 17, had plans to change her lifestyle to raise her 18-month-old son in a healthy environment. She was...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Cheryl Duck
Cheryl Duck, 15, was killed and left face-down in a field behind a residential area in Winnipeg’s Maples subdivision. Media reports from...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Coral Baird
Coral Baird was 15 years old when she was last seen on July 2, 2006 at her home on the Tsawwassen Reserve in British Columbia. She is...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Betsy Owens
Betsy Owens, 15, was a sister to three girls when she vanished from Manitoba’s Pauingassi First Nation on Oct. 23, 1988. The lead...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Brandy Vittrekwa
Brandy Vittrekwa, 17, belonged to a close-knit family and lived with her mother and brother in Whitehorse, Yukon. On Dec. 8, 2014, her...
- Sep 8, 2022
Story of Brittany Bearspaw
Brittany Bearspaw, 16, was found dead on the Trans-Canada Highway near Morley, Alta. on Jan. 1, 2006. An Alberta medical examiner...
- Sep 7, 2022
Story of Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace
Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace, 14, was found dead on April 17, 2016, a few days after she walked away from a Kenora, Ont., hospital. She had...
- Sep 7, 2022
Story of Ashley Mandamin
Ashley (Anang Kwe – Star Woman) Mandamin is described in her obituary as the daughter of Dean Jacobs and Mary Lou Mandamin, the mother of...
- Sep 7, 2022
Story of Adrienne Amikons
Adrienne Amikons was brutally murdered on December 18, 1997 by Jean Anne Rudski a woman whom her mother had met at the Peterborough...
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