Sean Vanderklis with the Niagara Dailies wrote about a partnership between NC and Brock University to honour the memory of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people (MMIWG2S+) through the REDress project from Feb. 8 to Feb. 14.
The project, which involves the hanging of red dresses in public spaces, began as an art installation at the University of Winnipeg by Métis artist Jamie Black. The empty red dresses are meant to signify the loss of thousands of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit, lesbian, gay, trans, bisexual, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual (2SLGTBQQIA) people over the past 40 years to colonial violence.
NC’s Indigenous student success leader Ashley Buck is quoted in the article, speaking to the emotional and cultural significance of the project.
Red dresses are on display outside at NC’s Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake and Welland Campus, and at Brock’s main campus and the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts during the week-long event. Several virtual events are also being hosted throughout the week to raise further awareness.
Read the Feb. 9 article in the St. Catharines Standard here.
Read the article in Turtle Island News here (Feb. 10)
Read the article in Yahoo News here (Feb. 10)
Read the article in Yorkton This Week (Feb. 10)
Read the article in the Thorold News (Feb. 11)
The REDress partnership made several other news outlets including:
Academica: Brock, Niagara partner to host REDress Project (news brief posted Feb. 10)
NationTalk: Brock and NC partner for REDress Project this week (re-release posted Feb. 9)
Thorold News: Brock and Niagara College partner for REDress Project this week (re-release posted Feb. 8)
Newstalk 610 CKTB: Brock and NC join REDress project to call attention to MMIWG (news brief posted Feb. 8)
NationTalk: REDress project to remember missing and murdered Indigenous gender (news brief posted Feb. 5)
