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MMIWG
DCHP-3 (Apr 2023)
abbreviation — Indigenous, Systemic discrimination
the thousands of Indigenous women and girls who have disappeared and/or been murdered in Canada.
Type: 1. Origin — The abbreviation surfaced about a decade after the long form was established. See the entry Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls for more information.
The term is most frequent in Canada (see Chart 1).
The term is most frequent in Canada (see Chart 1).
Quotations
2014
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs' Families First Initiative will draw from previous lessons learned about missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) and existing research, while connecting with those who are directly affected by the issue.
2018
Conrad Burns and Pernell Ballantyne will start their walk at the monument to MMIWG in Saskatoon on Friday and will walk up to Prince Albert, ending on the north end of Diefenbaker Bridge on Sunday afternoon. By crossing the bridge, they will symbolize heading north, something the inquiry didn't do.
2021
She also encouraged Canadians to decolonize themselves through education about the true history of Canada as well as varied Indigenous perspectives.
“The only way we are going to stop MMIWG and [violence against two spirit people] in Canada is to stop colonization.”
“The only way we are going to stop MMIWG and [violence against two spirit people] in Canada is to stop colonization.”
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