For years now, many native communities have come together to walk in solidarity for those who have gone missing, who have experienced violence, and who deal with those consequences every day. Indigenous women continue to be largely over-represented in missing women and violence stats, being as much as 10% of missing women despite being only 4% of the women population (1)(2). Calls for justice have been made, though as with many issues in Canada and in indigenous communities, moves to rectify the problem have been slow.
Despite lack of movement from provincial and federal governments, local communities strive toward bringing more attention to an issue that seems to have no easy solution. On May 7, 2025, community members, including many Atikameg school students, were brought together to march for not just missing women, but missing family members of all kinds throughout our community.
While missing members has been a continued struggle to bring home, members still hope and pray that, some day, answers will be found and missing family can have the rest they deserve.
For more information:
1: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/jf-pf/2017/july04.html
2: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/89-503-x/2015001/article/14313-eng.htm
