UBCIC Calls for MMIWG2S+ Education and Violence Prevention on National Day of Action for MMIWG2S+

The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) calls on the provincial government and education authorities to meaningfully address the root of systemic gender-based violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people[1].

UBCIC Chiefs-in-Assembly unanimously passed Resolution 2024-57 calling on the provincial government to work with First Nations, First Nations organizations, School District 58 and survivors and families of MMIWG2S+[2] co-develop province-wide anti-violence curriculum that specifically addresses and prevents the MMIWG2S+ crisis…