{"id":1076,"date":"2019-07-22T17:15:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T21:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/?page_id=1076"},"modified":"2025-11-11T09:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:03:07","slug":"systemic-roots-mmiwg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/projects-2\/systemic-roots-mmiwg\/","title":{"rendered":"The Systemic Roots of Canada&#8217;s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        The Systemic Roots of Canada&#8217;s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"panel-presentation-the-systemic-roots-of-canadas-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panel Presentation: The Systemic Roots of Canada&#8217;s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"2019-canadian-association-for-social-work-education-caswe-conference\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019 Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE) Conference<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"about-the-panel\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Panel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 4 2019,&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/\">Centre for Studies on Poverty and Social Citizenship (CSPSC)<\/a> hosted a panel discussion at the <a href=\"https:\/\/caswe-acfts.ca\/conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CASWE National Conference<\/a> focusing on the <strong>systemic discrimination and inequalities at the root of the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 4th Annual Panel on Poverty was presented in collaboration with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwp-csp.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada Without Poverty (CWP)<\/a> and with support from <a href=\"https:\/\/caswe-acfts.ca\/social-policy-and-advocacy-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CASWE\u2019s Social Policy and Advocacy Committee.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early June 2019, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmiwg-ffada.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls<\/a> released its final report,&nbsp; The findings of the National Inquiry made clear that the federal government has yet to implement adequate policies, laws and programs reflecting the human rights of Indigenous communities and individuals, and specifically addressing the marginalization of Indigenous women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panelists deliberated<strong> Canada\u2019s domestic and international rights obligations to eliminate structural inequalities experienced by Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S people,<\/strong> as well possibilities for activism in reflecting on the Inquiry&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmiwg-ffada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Calls_for_Justice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calls for Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"speakers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speakers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/Michele-headshot-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Michele Biss\" class=\"wp-image-1542\" 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class=\"wp-image-1543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/Shelagh-Day-circle.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/Shelagh-Day-circle-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"shelagh-day\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/day_shelagh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shelagh Day<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fafia-afai.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/pam-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Pam Palmater\" class=\"wp-image-1544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/pam-circle.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/pam-circle-160x161.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"pam-palmater\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pampalmater.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pam Palmater<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryerson.ca\/chair-indigenous-governance\/\">Chair in Indigenous Governance, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryerson.ca\/chair-indigenous-governance\/\">Ryerson University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/mary-hannaburg-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Jane Hannaburg\" class=\"wp-image-1547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/mary-hannaburg-circle.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/mary-hannaburg-circle-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"mary-jane-hannaburg\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faq-qnw.org\/a-propos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Jane Hannaburg<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a 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