Gender inclusive’ inquiry for indigenous men not for everyone – CBC

Nov 30, 2015

‘It’s a particularly awful and violent type of oppression that indigenous women experience,’ says activist

A recent petition calling for a “gender inclusive” inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal people in Canada is not sitting well with everyone.

Adam Jones, an associate professor with the University of British Columbia, started the petition a few weeks ago, saying men and boys account for more than 70 per cent of total aboriginal homicide victims in Canada and should not be ignored in a national inquiry.

Canada’s minister of Indigenous Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, has previously said she hasn’t ruled out the possibility of including men and boys in the national inquiry.