Looking Out For Each Other - Action Towards Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls and 2S+
Date: Monday, Oct. 4, 2021
Time: 12 pm EST
Speakers: Dr. Jula Hughes, Dean of the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, and Michelle Perley, Project Manager for Looking Out For Each Other Project
It is important to find ways to commemorate the women, girls and 2S+ people who have gone missing and have been murdered, and know their stories. Learning from them and from their communities will also help us learn what we need to do to end the violence against them. In this presentation, Michelle Perley and Jula Hughes will introduce the Looking Out For Each Other project that established a helpline and is supporting the families and friends of missing Indigenous people in Eastern Canada. We will discuss what families and friends need when a loved one goes missing, how we can support them, and how putting the right support systems and information access in place can improve outcomes. The time to end the violence is now.
Location: Zoom.
Register in advance at https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsd-uhpzsvG9yx8bxGOO_ln_p38....
Bio:
Dr. Jula Hughes is the Dean of Law at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University. The recipient of multiple research grants, Dr. Hughes has published extensively in Canadian and international journals, has contributed chapters to various selections of essays and is a regular speaker at international, national and regional conferences. Her research focuses on judicial ethics, particularly the law and practice of judicial disqualification, criminal law, particularly the application of criminal law to marginalized populations, and Aboriginal law, particularly the legal recognition of and provision of services to off-reserve and non-status Aboriginal people.
Bio:
Michelle Perley is the Project Manager of Looking Out For Each Other: Assisting Aboriginal families and communities when an Aboriginal woman goes missing, led by the New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council. This is a community driven project with the goal of empowering Indigenous organizations in the creation and provision of Indigenous-led approached and services for the families of missing Indigenous people in Eastern Canada. Michelle is a proud Wolastoqey (Maliseet) woman from the Wolastoqiyik Nation at Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation, NB). As a mother of a young daughter herself, Michelle has a strong passion and deep commitment in advocating for women's rights and equality, including being an active supporter of the Sisters in Spirit Movement. Through her endeavours Michelle strives to be an inspiration and positive role model for her daughter Madison and other minority women and youth.
Sheneice Brown is a 28 year old Scarborough native who is a proud black woman and member of the LGBTQ+ community. Sheneice taught for 3 years in Daegu, South Korea and during that time her wanderlust was sparked, she was able to travel to many countries in Asia such as Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia to name a few. Once she returned home she continued travelling and exploring different LGBTQ+ events, it was at this time she became passionate about showcasing Queer Women of Colour who also enjoyed travel as well as encouraging Queer women of Colour to travel. Sheneice went on to create Queer Queens Travel (QQT) in June 2019 a travel group dedicated to planning and executing group trips for QWOC! Alongside her business partner Shanoira Lewis this platform has gone on to provide QWOC with inspiration, a safe group to travel with as well as travel tips to help keep QWOC safe while abroad.