Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Volume 1a

by National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The two volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.
The Final Report is comprised of the truths of more than 2,380 family members, survivors of violence, experts and Knowledge Keepers shared over two years of cross-country public hearings and evidence gathering. It delivers 231 individual Calls for Justice directed at governments, institutions, social service providers, industries and all Canadians.
As documented in the Final Report, testimony from family members and survivors of violence spoke about a surrounding context marked by multigenerational and intergenerational trauma and marginalization in the form of poverty, insecure housing or homelessness and barriers to education, employment, health care and cultural support. Experts and Knowledge Keepers spoke to specific colonial and patriarchal policies that displaced women from their traditional roles in communities and governance and diminished their status in society, leaving them vulnerable to violence.

Genres: Indigenous, Womens, Canada, Nonfiction

722 pages

First published June 5, 2019

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Please read this, Canada. It was barely mentioned in our recent federal election.

[Christina Morden (ClaryNathanWill) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for history class on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada.

Such a different reading for school to provide and so rewarding. Every Canadian should read sections of this.

[Scott Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a challenging read, but I felt like it was the least I could do to bear witness to the testimonies shared here. The report provides extremely detailed historical context and sections of it should be required reading in Canadian history courses.

[Tricia]

This is an essential report to truly understanding what is happening in Canada.