MMIWG representatives to visit, gather statements, in Lower Post, B.C. – CBC

Communities of Good Hope Lake, B.C., and Watson Lake, Yukon, invited to participate

February 07, 2018

Representatives from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls will visit Lower Post, B.C., where they will document stories from the community, as well as from Good Hope Lake, B.C., and Watson Lake, Yukon.

Some families from those communities feel they missed their opportunity to speak about their own experiences when the inquiry came to Whitehorse last June.

Last week, the Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society in Watson Lake received confirmation that there will be a statement gathering event in their community. The group represents women in the region.

“We were really worried that families were not being heard,” Ann Maje Raider, the executive director of the society, said. “What we would like them to do is have the families — when there is a Whitehorse gathering — have the families from Lower Post and Good Hope go to Whitehorse at the next gathering.”