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  MONTREAL The lives of Indigenous women, girls, transgendered and two-spirit people who have gone missing or were killed were honoured in an online vigil on Sunday evening. Organizers said that despite a national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Quebec s Viens Commission, Indigenous people still face discrimination. Organizer Jessica Quijano said the issue is compounded by a lack of will from political leaders and a media that focuses too much on the problems facing Indigenous people. Still, she said the event s purpose is to focus on healing. “Society, once they know more about the situation, they want to resolve it. I don t think anyone wants to hear about sisters and daughters being murdered. I think it s important for the families. There s a lot of cases that are not resolved. I work with families and when there s no justice, it s very difficult to heal.”

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