Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada

After researching the history of legal and policy treatment of Indigenous peoples for a SSHRC research project on Indigenous identity, a trend was identified where Canada seemed to target Indigenous women for discriminatory and exclusionary, and at times violent treatment. This was an unfunded continuation of that research.

This research sprung out of Pam Palmater’s SSHRC research project on Indigenous identity. After researching the history of legal and policy treatment of Indigenous peoples, a trend was identified where Canada seemed to target Indigenous women for discriminatory and exclusionary, and at times violent treatment. This research continued from there as an unfunded research project. Pam Palmater has testified to the United Nations about the issue, spoke in the media on root causes, given keynote presentations, written smaller magazine and blog articles on root causes and the role of law and policy in making the situation worse, and will be presenting again at the United Nations.