Video of 2013 SIS March & Vigil for Missing & Murdered Native Women

by ICEEU Visuals Approximately 600 Native women have gone missing or have been murdered since roughly 1980 according to the Native Women’s Association of Canada. Other organizations and activists suspect that the actual number is as high as 3000. The reality is that Native women in Canada are at least …

Video: “Rehtaeh Parsons was my Daughter,” an evening with Glen Canning, Oct 3, 2013

Glen Canning has been seeking justice for his daughter, Rehtaeh Parsons in the wake of her sexual assault and suicide death. He spoke at McGill University on October 3rd, 2013, as the keynote event of our series “Another Word for Gender: an intro to feminst organizing and action.” There were …

Part-Time Employment Opportunity: Assistant Campaigns Coordinator

Duties: Assisting the Centre for Gender Advocacy’s Campaigns Coordinator in planning events, public outreach and popular education activities for various campaigns of the Centre. Skills Required:
 General computer skills, public outreach, knowledge of the Centre for Gender Advocacy’s mandate; familiarity with past events, campaigns and services offered by the Centre for …

Concordia to Open Sexual Assault Resource Centre

In response to a campaign spearheaded by Concordia’s Centre for Gender Advocacy, Concordia University has announced they are establishing a Sexual Assault Resource Centre. With 1 in 4 students sexually assaulted during the course of their post-secondary education, over 80% of who are women, this is a much-needed service. “This …

Ellen Gabriel at Memorial March for Missing & Murdered Women

Feb 14th 2013, Montreal. The will to fight comes from a heart overflowing with love. Ellen Gabriel is a Native/human right activist, and former president of Quebec Native Women (QNW). She joined the members of her community of Kanehsatà:ke in March 1990 as they erected barricades to protect The Pines …

Video of drummers and speakers at the Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women

Feb 14th, 2013: Over 700 gathered at St. Laurent Metro this Valentine’s Day to make this year, Montreal’s 4th annual memorial march for missing and murdered women the largest yet. The first women’s memorial march was held in 1991 in response to the murder of a Coast Salish woman on …