Connect what you have learned about gender-based violence with the documentary “Finding Dawn”:
Research social media for an example of negative stereotypes about survivors/ victims of gender violence and post a screenshot.
Read one of the articles provided and share 2-3 sentences about the content.
Discuss the role of negative stereotypes about survivors and victims of gender violence.
LINKS::
(Finding Dawn)
(Articles provided options)
Online Hatred Against Indigenous Peoples
APTN News. (2020, May 20). ‘we are not safe’: Online threats, racism causing fear for indigenous women says MMIW Commissioner.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2022/1/5/if-she-was-white-she-would-still-be-here-canadas-mmiwg
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/the-remarkable-life-of-inuit-artist-anniepootoogook/article32198919/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/trailer-hitch-manslaughter-trial-1.5786943
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/indigenous-women-prairies-slur-1.6056222
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/indigenous-women-slur-ntawnis-piapot-1.5973697
The Death Of Cindy Gladue, And The Criminal Defence Tactic That Should Alarm Every Woman in Canada
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/13/a-well-of-grief-the-relatives-of-murdered-native-women-speak-out?fbclid=IwAR0bfph2W0VrS6OGkJRNnpb6Zec2cNFIyBulFb8BfDmRaIoyZ5FazfSqQKE
RCMP exclusion zone called ‘unlawful’ as police arrest matriarchs at Unist’ot’en healing camp
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-say-mmiw-highway-of-tears-missing-and-murdered-women-cases-may-never-be-solved-1.3805609
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/it-took-15-years-of-advocacy-to-get-cell-coverage-on-highway-of-tears-and-families-say-there-is-still-much-work-to-do/
MMIW talks in Thunder Bay focus on ‘indifferent’ police over girl’s disappearance in 2016
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/5/5/pipelines-man-camps-and-murdered-indigenous-women-in-canada
MMIWG’s findings on ‘man camps’ are a good place for government to get started
Residential Schools
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rheal-forest-residential-schools-1.6121886?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwAR1xm_eeEZuxU7ig5do4iWs2d5j_WbjwV1j9Ttxau0RGo5UU51YyQm_SAzY
https://laconverse.com/nouvelles/reportages/la-mission-silencieuse-des-soeurs-de-sainte-anne/?fbclid=IwAR0gPwZIny2ajP0EG7rvyodP0ReO08I2iHa0jmHZnAwFodYMVIrBA8QhYlo
The Stunning Number of First Nations Kids In Foster Care — And The Activists Fighting Back
Sixties scoop & Milennial Scoop
The Stunning Number of First Nations Kids In Foster Care — And The Activists Fighting Back
Racism
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/colten-boushie-rcmp-shooting-complaint-gerald-stanley-1.5934802
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-joliette-echaquan-jocelyn-ottawa-1.5951770
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/joyce-echaquan-coroner-inquest-may-25-1.6039695
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/echaquan-inquest-threats-uttered-1.6037675
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/indigenous-beauty-standards-1.4980972
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-oiprd-report-1.4942388
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-federal-employee-slaves-canada-racism-1.6104143?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwAR2K1iZt_NApXDwtgiVMekxRD7voGp6JIB_iaBl6BNsWg4m8Oc9UGYt3WBA
https://www.businessinsider.com/mauna-kea-email-split-the-astronomy-community-2015-5
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/979336512/for-asian-american-women-misogyny-and-racism-are-inseparable-sociologist-says?fbclid=IwAR0NrZgdeLpD0Qn-7rLlslAcnGZTgzAv5e2KBpgcTJUS6BqN9ow-JyIijvU
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/23/as-standoff-at-1492-land-back-lane-heats-up-in-caledonia-land-defenders-say-this-is-a-moment-for-our-people-to-say-no.html?fbclid=IwAR1vEkn6m5-mPuenccgEsiVUK3OBriuCpV4qdfGMHrR6XDynFyrksC0kC9g
https://nationalpost.com/news/having-simmered-for-more-than-a-decade-land-disputes-at-caledonia-are-heating-up-again-this-summer