15 Photos from REDressNU

Today, communities across Canada are showing their support for an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) by hanging red dresses and other red women's garments from front doors, store windows, and office entrances. This is all a part of The REDress Project, which was started in Saskatchewan and, with the hashtag REDressNU, has spread to Nunavut. 

#REDressNU On October 4th, people across the country are hanging red dresses outside of their homes and businesses to show your support for an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. Join us and ask for action. We want change.

A photo posted by Finding True North (@findtruen) on Oct 4, 2015 at 8:59am PDT

All day, I have been caught by the flashes of red across my timelines and newsfeeds, peppered with heartfelt, angry, and hopeful messages. In an election year when very little conversation has been had about violence against women, period, this collective installation

Thank you to everyone who participated, especially Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory and Janet Brewster, who not only collaborated on the first blog post I wrote about this project, but have been sharing images on their social media feeds all day.

Below is simply a collection of photos tagged to REDressNU on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Red Dress Project, Nunavut. #mmiw #redress #redressNU. If you see the need for an inquiry, hang a red dress today pic.twitter.com/96qXk43LKs

— Laakkuluk W. Bathory (@Laakkuluk) October 4, 2015

#redressnu pic.twitter.com/fxoeMnm8eH

— Janet Brewster (@pitsiulaaq) October 4, 2015

#REDressNU Today, we are hanging red dresses outside our homes and businesses, to bring awareness to the issue of MMIW. We are demanding an inquiry, action at all levels of government, and real change for our communities. #nunagram #iqaluit #Nunavut

A photo posted by Anubha Momin (@_anubha) on Oct 4, 2015 at 1:53pm PDT

Demand an inquest. #REDdress #REDdressNU #MMIW

A photo posted by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (@alethea_aggiuq) on Oct 4, 2015 at 2:47pm PDT

#REDressNU #MMIW #ICouldbeNext

A photo posted by Seporah Danger Medwig (@sporsrules) on Oct 4, 2015 at 12:29pm PDT

#MMIW #REDressNU #nunagram

A photo posted by Sophia (@sophiainiqaluit) on Oct 4, 2015 at 11:02am PDT

#REDdress Project #REDdressNU #MMIW #support #inquiry

A photo posted by Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt (@kaatalii) on Oct 4, 2015 at 3:19pm PDT

Did you not get a chance to hang a red dress today? Well, then share this post, or the images within it, and help us raise awareness as to our collective call to change - and what we stand to lose if we don't take action.

#REDressNU #REDress #MMIW in memory of Sylvia Ann Lyall & with hope for Angela Pitseolak Meyer #Inuit pic.twitter.com/krdEtBRwbc

— Janet Brewster (@pitsiulaaq) October 4, 2015