North Vancouver RCMP and members of the North Shore Violence Against Women in Relationships (VAWIR) Committee unveiled a Remembrance pole to recognize the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls.
The ceremony was held today at the North Van RCMP detachment in anticipation of honouring the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
Today we remembered. We joined @NSVawir and @nvanrcmp to honour victims.Local elders raised a beautiful Remembrance Pole outside the RCMP building. #NorthVan pic.twitter.com/8zjDavLtla
— City of North Van (@CityOfNorthVan) October 25, 2019
The carved red cedar pole stands in remembrance of the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls across Canada, the fourteen women murdered in the Montreal Massacre, and all women who suffer violence.
This Remembrance Pole will serve as a spiritual beacon for these victims, said Michelle Dodds, Chair of the North Shore VAWIR Committee.
“This will also be a place where their family members and friends can come for strength as they remember their beloved, and a place where all people can gather to reflect on these tragedies, so that we never forget them.”
The North Shore VAWIR Committee is comprised of local criminal justice and community-based service providers who are dedicated to continuing to change our local response to and attitudes toward violence against women.
it would be informational to maybe add placqs with names and tribes for these MMIW…
Read an article on fb where finally someone pieceed information together to make sense of these events..many came from foster care homes where abuse and mistreatment is involved…we need stories of who, what, where, when this has occurred in order to solve this horrendous killings.
Who is the carver? No acknowledgement?
Who is the artist? How come the media forgets to recognize the artist for their talent and the work they do.
hard to believe this was done by the RCMP.. I truly hope there is authenticity in their intentions and not just a photo op for the media