Sunday, October 4th, 3pm-6pm

Cabot Square (Metro Atwater, corner Atwater & Ste. Catherine)

10th Annual Memorial March and Vigil for Missing & Murdered Native Women

With special guests and performers

Missing Justice, Quebec Native Women and the Centre for Gender Advocacy invite you to come out and show your support in Montreal this October 4th at the 10th Annual Memorial March and Vigil for Missing and Murdered Native Women. The purpose of this event is to honour the memories of missing and murdered women and girls, raise awareness about the systemic nature of the violence and the ways in which media, governments, the legal system, police forces, and the education system all facilitate and perpetuate this violence. We demand that the government support the actions of affected families and communities by fulfilling resounding demands for a public inquiry into these unchecked levels of violence. The RCMP reported last year that more than 1,000 aboriginal women were homicide victims between 1980 and 2012, and a further 164 were missing. Meanwhile, indigenous activists put the number of cases closer to 3000. The theme of the Montreal March this year is: JUSTICE.

Invited guests: Buffalo Hat Singers, Norman Achneepineskum, Ellen Gabriel, Melissa Mollen Dupuis (Idle No More), Nakuset (Native Women's Shelter & Urban Aboriginal Strategy Network), Rachel Deutsch (Urban Aboriginal Strategy Network), Laureanne Fontaine (Quebec Native Women), and others!