Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls / Jessica McDiarmid

Public ISBD Title : Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Material Type: printed text Authors: Jessica McDiarmid, Author Publisher: Anchor Canada ISBN (or other code): 978-0-385-68759-1 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Decolonization Gendered Violence and Survivors Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples Indigenous Studies Intergenerational Trauma MMIWG2S Police Brutality Sexual Assault, violence and healing Abstract: For decades, Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been found murdered along an isolated stretch of highway in northwestern British Columbia. The highway is known as the Highway of Tears, and it has come to symbolize a national crisis. Journalist Jessica McDiarmid investigates the devastating effect these tragedies have had on the families of the victims and their communities, and how systemic racism and indifference have created a climate where Indigenous women and girls are over-policed, yet under-protected. Through interviews with those closest to the victims - mothers, fathers, siblings, and friends - McDiarmid offers an intimate, firsthand account of their loss, and of their relentless fight for justice. Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls [printed text] / Jessica McDiarmid, Author . - Canada : Anchor Canada, [s.d.]. ISBN : 978-0-385-68759-1 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Decolonization Gendered Violence and Survivors Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples Indigenous Studies Intergenerational Trauma MMIWG2S Police Brutality Sexual Assault, violence and healing Abstract: For decades, Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been found murdered along an isolated stretch of highway in northwestern British Columbia. The highway is known as the Highway of Tears, and it has come to symbolize a national crisis. Journalist Jessica McDiarmid investigates the devastating effect these tragedies have had on the families of the victims and their communities, and how systemic racism and indifference have created a climate where Indigenous women and girls are over-policed, yet under-protected. Through interviews with those closest to the victims - mothers, fathers, siblings, and friends - McDiarmid offers an intimate, firsthand account of their loss, and of their relentless fight for justice.

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978-0-385-68759-1	IND MCD 2020	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Indigenous Peoples & First Peoples	Available

Introducing Atrocities Against Indigenous Canadians For Dummies: MMIWG / Jenna Rose Sands

Public ISBD Title : Introducing Atrocities Against Indigenous Canadians For Dummies: MMIWG : Issue 2 Material Type: printed text Authors: Jenna Rose Sands, Author Publisher: Self-published ISBN (or other code): IND SAN XXX2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Decolonization Gendered Violence and Survivors Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples Indigenous Studies Intergenerational Trauma MMIWG2S Sexual Assault, violence and healing Social Movements White Supremacy Zines Abstract: Issue #2 of this zine series introduces folks to the current national crisis of thousands of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. That this crisis has been allowed to continue for so long is baffling. This zine is 22 pages long, in full colour and is full of my love and heartbreak. This zine took it out of me, both zines have as the research element for both involves hours or reading and listening to heartbreaking experiences and accounts. I often found myself crying on my couch while listening and reading that I had to do something positive while listening so I started making muffins while listening to podcasts and the truth gathering media so my family ate a lot of muffins for a few weeks there. I had initially struggled with how to do justice for so many women and girls within 20ish pages, this is the hard part of the zine project, condensing immense amounts of information into a small format that people can pick up on the fly and learn a lot within a quick 20 minute read. I decided to focus on statistics and questions of WHY/HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WHY/HOW DO PEOPLE NOT KNOW MORE? This issue focuses on a few points, one being statistics regarding violence against Indigenous women as well as how these stats have been ignored for years. Also discussed is the Highway of Tears, flawed law enforcement procedures and data gathering and whether Reconciliation is really possible if issues such as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is still actively being botched. Included in the zine is a collaborative piece between magical wonders Sākihitowin Awāsis, a Two-Spirit spoken word artist and Dawn Redskye, an Anishinaabe-Irish artist and & musician. Introducing Atrocities Against Indigenous Canadians For Dummies: MMIWG : Issue 2 [printed text] / Jenna Rose Sands, Author . - [S.l.] : Self-published, [s.d.]. ISSN : IND SAN XXX2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Decolonization Gendered Violence and Survivors Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples Indigenous Studies Intergenerational Trauma MMIWG2S Sexual Assault, violence and healing Social Movements White Supremacy Zines Abstract: Issue #2 of this zine series introduces folks to the current national crisis of thousands of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. That this crisis has been allowed to continue for so long is baffling. This zine is 22 pages long, in full colour and is full of my love and heartbreak. This zine took it out of me, both zines have as the research element for both involves hours or reading and listening to heartbreaking experiences and accounts. I often found myself crying on my couch while listening and reading that I had to do something positive while listening so I started making muffins while listening to podcasts and the truth gathering media so my family ate a lot of muffins for a few weeks there. I had initially struggled with how to do justice for so many women and girls within 20ish pages, this is the hard part of the zine project, condensing immense amounts of information into a small format that people can pick up on the fly and learn a lot within a quick 20 minute read. I decided to focus on statistics and questions of WHY/HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WHY/HOW DO PEOPLE NOT KNOW MORE? This issue focuses on a few points, one being statistics regarding violence against Indigenous women as well as how these stats have been ignored for years. Also discussed is the Highway of Tears, flawed law enforcement procedures and data gathering and whether Reconciliation is really possible if issues such as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is still actively being botched. Included in the zine is a collaborative piece between magical wonders Sākihitowin Awāsis, a Two-Spirit spoken word artist and Dawn Redskye, an Anishinaabe-Irish artist and & musician.

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IND SAN XXX2	IND SAN XXX2	Zine	QPIRG-Concordia	Indigenous Peoples & First Peoples	Available

MISSING. / AJ Smith

Public ISBD Title : MISSING. : A zine about missing Indigenous women from Canada Material Type: printed text Authors: AJ Smith, Author Publisher: Self-published ISBN (or other code): IND SMI 2019 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: 2spirit Decolonization Gendered Violence and Survivors Human Rights Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples MMIWG2S Police Brutality Race/Anti-Racism Sexual Assault, violence and healing Zines Abstract: Welcome brothers, sisters, non binary humans or those who don’t have any sort of gender at all. Indigenous women go missing every year, if not every week, month. That means families, loved ones struggle to find out what happened to their missing sister, mother, cousin, sad part of it all? Almost ALL missing indigenous women never come home. It’s the sad truth.. so this zine brings you over 22 stories of missing indigenous women who have been missing for years, if not decades. I believe every story needs to be heard and this zine will bring you just that. May those who are lost, find their way home, and I believe when all races/humans come together there will never be cases that are unsolved like these. MISSING. : A zine about missing Indigenous women from Canada [printed text] / AJ Smith, Author . - [S.l.] : Self-published, [s.d.]. ISSN : IND SMI 2019 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: 2spirit Decolonization Gendered Violence and Survivors Human Rights Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples MMIWG2S Police Brutality Race/Anti-Racism Sexual Assault, violence and healing Zines Abstract: Welcome brothers, sisters, non binary humans or those who don’t have any sort of gender at all. Indigenous women go missing every year, if not every week, month. That means families, loved ones struggle to find out what happened to their missing sister, mother, cousin, sad part of it all? Almost ALL missing indigenous women never come home. It’s the sad truth.. so this zine brings you over 22 stories of missing indigenous women who have been missing for years, if not decades. I believe every story needs to be heard and this zine will bring you just that. May those who are lost, find their way home, and I believe when all races/humans come together there will never be cases that are unsolved like these.

Copies

Barcode	Call number	Media type	Location	Section	Status
IND SMI 2019	IND SMI 2019	Zine	QPIRG-Concordia	Indigenous Peoples & First Peoples	Available