As a group of common law students at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, we submit the following as input to the pre-Inquiry design process. Throughout January 2016, we examined important case law involving Indigenous women from a critical perspective in our Indigenous Women’s Legal Advocacy course, taught by Dr. Tracey Lindberg. The themes…
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A quick word on how debate on a MMIW inquiry is being framed
I am seeing a disturbing trend in the multitudinous op-eds streaming out of the mouths and fingers of pundits on the issue of whether there ought to be a national public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW). While lip service is generally paid to the welfare of Indigenous women, two messages are actually…
Why I don’t oppose a national inquiry on MMIW
The title might seem confusing to some, but trust me, it was worded very deliberately. Some of you might be asking, “Who would oppose an inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW)? I mean, besides Harper and his cronies. Only awful people, probably!” The reality is of course much more complicated than this. Many…