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Prejudice, lack of aid, ignorance: Violence against Inuit women and girls must end

Families of missing, murdered Inuit women call for answers

Natan Obed, president of the national representational group Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, said it s unacceptable that Inuit and Indigenous women and girls are still facing disproportionate rates of violence. Many people who are targeted find themselves in scenarios where they don t have the resources to be able to return home and lack social supports.

A lifetime of agony: Families of missing, murdered Inuit women call for answers

Natan Obed, president of the national representational group Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, said it s unacceptable that Inuit and Indigenous women and girls are still facing disproportionate rates of violence. Many people who are targeted find themselves in scenarios where they don t have the resources to be able to return home and lack social supports.

A lifetime of agony: families of missing, murdered Inuit women call for answers

Every day on his way to work in 2016, Veldon Coburn drove past Bordeleau Park, by the edge of the Rideau River near downtown Ottawa.

A lifetime of agony: families of missing, murdered Inuit women call for answers

This year, Sept. 19 marked the sixth anniversary of renowned Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook's death. As two recent cases in Ottawa demonstrate, the issue of violence against Inuit women persists.