Thursday, November 4, 2021
5 – 6:30 pm (Vancouver time)
Join the Honourable Marion Buller, Chief Commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, for the second in the UBC School of Social Work’s Distinguished Indigenous Speaker Series. In this important online presentation, Dr. Buller will discuss the history and mandate of the Inquiry, including the research, collaborations, analysis and hearings they conducted.
She will examine the underlying social, economic, cultural, institutional and historical causes that contribute to the ongoing violence and particular vulnerabilities of Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
Finally, Dr. Buller will address the Calls for Justice published in the report, as well as what we can all do to move forward from a place of experience, resilience and hope.
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