http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/3329/0 fr http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/silence-was-deafening-bcs-missing-women-commission-inquiry/5866 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Over 100 relatives, friends, and residents gather in Vancouver&#039;s Downtown Eastside for Community Engagement Forum </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/096_0.JPG" alt="" title="Women in Vancouver&#039;s Downtown Eastside speak out at inquiry public forum. Photo: Tami Starlight" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/057.JPG" alt="" title="Kelly White presents Commissioner Wally Oppal with a bundle. Photo: Tami Starlight" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/011_1.JPG" alt="" title="Over 100 people gather to demand justice for BC&#039;s missing and murdered women. Photo: Tami Starlight" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/040.JPG" alt="" title="Sharing a laugh in spite of the painful stories at the Commission of Inquiry community forum in the DTES. Photo: Tami Starlight" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/014_0.JPG" alt="" title="Ellen Woodsworth addresses the crowd gathered in Vancouver. Photo: Tami Starlight" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/072_0.JPG" alt="" title="Walk4Justice organizers Bernie Williams and Gladys Radek address Wally Oppal. Photo: Tami Starlight" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/085_0.JPG" alt="" title="Gladys Radek honours missing and murdered women by speaking their names aloud. Photo: Tami Starlight" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/087_0.JPG" alt="" title="As everyone stands to honour the missing and murdered women, one man in the official Commission seating area focuses on his blackberry. Photo: Tami Starlight " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Passionate criticism and painful stories rang out at two &quot;Community Engagement Forums&quot; held last week in Vancouver and Prince George, leading up to this year&#39;s Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. Outspoken Indigenous women spoke up to demand justice for their beloved family members and friends who have been disappeared or murdered.</p> <p><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/silence-was-deafening-bcs-missing-women-commission-inquiry/5866" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/silence-was-deafening-bcs-missing-women-commission-inquiry/5866#comments Sandra Cuffe (text) & Tami Starlight (photos) Genre Autochtones Police et prisons Pauvreté DTES inquiry missing women murdered women police rcmp Wally Oppal Original Peoples Dominion Stories Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:47:56 +0000 SandraCuffe 5866 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca