Red Dress Day Film Sparks Conversation

'This isn’t just a woman’s issue,’ Red Dress Day walk organizer says

Editor’s note: As a member of Discourse Community Publishing, The Wren uses quotation marks around the word “school” because the Truth and Reconciliation Commission found residential “schools” were “an education system in name only for much of its existence.” As rows of Kamloopsians walked down Tranquille Road from the Lii Michif Otipemisiwak office to Spirit Square for Red Dress Day, many held cedar bows tied in red fabric and sang songs. Every…

Red Dress Day Film Sparks Conversation

In honour of Red Dress Day, over 50 community members gathered at the Port Theatre on May 5 for a free screening of Fancy Dance, a film that highlights the interwoven struggles of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people (MMIWG2S+), child welfare, and systemic injustice. The event, hosted by the Children’s Aid Society of SDG with support from numerous community partners, concluded with a powerful community discussion o…