Red Dress Day
May 09, 2024 |11:45am-2:45pm
Are you looking to learn more about Indigenous issues in Canada? Would you like to help raise awareness and advocate for the MMIWG crisis?
When and what is Red Dress Day? May 5, also known as Red Dress Day, is one of the official days that we recognize the missing and murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2Sprirt people (MMIWG + 2S) in Canada by educating and bringing awareness to end violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2 spirit people. It is important to bring awareness to this day as Indigenous women and girls are six times more likely to be murdered, where 16% of femicide victims are Indigenous women and 11 % of women missing are Indigenous.
How it started: Red Dress Day was first acknowledged back in 2010; it was created by Metis artist Jaime Black, who created the “Redress Project,” a visual reminder of the large number of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls within Canada. On Red Dress Day, the artist Jaime Black hung red dresses in public spaces such as trees and lamp posts, contrasting the environment and symbolizing sorrow and resilience.
On May 9, we will hang red dresses around campus to raise awareness of this issue and watch the film Finding Dawn, a documentary that examines the MMIGW+2S crisis in Canada.
Open to all members of the Algonquin College community. No registration is required.
To learn more about Red Dress Day, click here.
Brought to you by Mamidosewin Centre and Project Lighthouse.
Event Location
- Mamidosewin Centre (Room E122, 1st Floor, E Building)
- Ottawa Campus