Femme Am || Ep. 11 || Systemic Racism: MMIWG, Colten Boushie & Tina Fontaine

In this episode of Femme AM, the Women’s Collective discusses the structural and systemic racism that exists in Canada’s treatment of indigenous people. Topics include the MMIWG inquiry, the hearings that took place in Montreal last week, as well as the Tina Fontaine and Colton Boushie cases.

Resources:

Discussion Guide – Justice for Colten Boushie

www.idlenomore.ca/discussion_guide…r_colten_boushie

Groundwork for Change

www.groundworkforchange.org/

Quebec Native Women Inc. (QNW)

www.faq-qnw.org/en/

Native Women’s Association of Canada

www.nwac.ca/

Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal

www.nwsm.info/

“[The Collective] would like to acknowledge that although we did interview indigenous women for this episode, and you will hear their voices, none of us, are ourselves, indigenous. That being said, we are women, we are Canadians, and we care about understanding our country’s complicated, violent, oppressive history and trying to effect positive change in the future. The mistreatment of indigenous people, the MMIWG epidemic, and the injustices we saw play out in the murders of Colton Bushie and Tina Fontaine have led us to feel that this is a topic which it is crucial we address at this time.”

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