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This roundtable organized by the Tkaronto/Toronto-based network No More Silence (NMS) brings together scholars, activists, and legal professionals from what is now called Canada to discuss the challenge of decolonizing justice around the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, trans and two spirit people (MMIWGT2S). In fact, the MMIWGT2S movement has grown in

Interview with Darlene Rose Okemaysim-Sicotte and Christa Big Canoe.

We stand with Dawn! Grounded in almost two decades of organizing to raise awareness on genocidal femicide in Canada and supporting survivors, families, and communities impacted by MMIWG2S, Toronto-based community network, No More Silence, stands with Dawn Dumont and calls on progressive settler and Indigenous individuals and organizations to join us in demanding all charges

https://www.facebook.com/126403794094498/videos/1840422772784830  Virtual Ceremony this year – we went live on video (see link above).We have engaged in many thoughtful conversations and ceremony, guided by Elder Wanda Whitebird in planning for this year’s annual February 14th Strawberry Ceremony.While we will miss the comfort of our bodies being together, in light of the rapid increase in COVID-19

15th Annual Strawberry Ceremony for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans and Two Spirit People  and those who have died Violent Deaths FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 13/02/20 WHAT: Gathering at Toronto Police Headquarters  WHEN: Friday, February 14th , 2020, at 12:30 pm WHERE: 40 College Street Toronto’s first February 14th event honouring missing and murdered

Panel Discussion with Monica Forrester, Megan Scribe and Teddy Syrette

Zainab Amadahy had a sneak peek at our video and wrote this review for Muskrat Magazine. Check it out!

We do our best to provide ASL interpretation at our events but due to the cold and logistics of the space it was not possible to have someone interpreting outside this past year – we did have interpretation at the feast and created this beautiful vlog for the Deaf community. Miigwetch to Tamy for her

Here is the audio from our January 25th panel discussion with Alex Wilson, Jeffrey McNeil, Teddy Syrette, May Ela and Ahmed Maswadeh at Toronto Council Fire Native Centre.

Members of The Indigenous Land Defence Across Borders project have returned from our first solidarity exchange with the Indigenous people of Palestine. A delegation of seven – cis and two spirit – women (five Indigenous,  one Palestinian and one ally) visited villages and cities in occupied Palestine from July 9th – 16th. Our guides, members