Examining the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG): Historical Roots, Societal Impacts, and Pathways to Justice for First Nations Communities:

3. Title Page, Research Paper/Essay, and References Page                           25% 

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• Must use the same topic as used for your Annotated Bibliography; 

• Must include the same three peer–reviewed sources used for your Annotated Bibliography (after that, additional resources may be included); 

• Must be 3.5 to four pages of text (marks docked if more than marginally shorter or longer than the required length); 

• Must include a title page and a references page; 

• Must be in APA 7th edition format (see link to citation guide) – Times New Roman, 12 font, and double space lines, in-text citations and references, and numbered pages;  

• Marks will be deducted for late submissions. 

• Do not include an Abstract 

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Topic:  

Examining the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG): Historical Roots, Societal Impacts, and Pathways to Justice for First Nations Communities:  

Please use the following articles plus any other peer reviewed articles needed:  * please note the summaries below are not to be quoted as they are short annotations of the actual references* 

Gilchrist, K. (2010). “Newsworthy” Victims? Exploring differences in Canadian local press coverage of missing/murdered Aboriginal and White women. Feminist Media Studies, 10(4), 373–390. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2010.514110 

Summary: 

This article takes a look into the disparities in Canadian media coverage between missing and murdered Aboriginal women and missing and murdered white women. The study goes on to compare three different cases of Aboriginal women from Saskatchewan and three different cases of white women from Ontario using both quantitative and qualitative content analysis. The findings in the paper highlight significant differences in the amount and the type of coverage provided. Aboriginal women received three and a half times less media attention while also having shorter stories and less prominently placed features as compared to white women. In the article, Gilcrest argues that these disparities reflect a larger systemic issue of racism, classism, colonialism, and sexism. Some continuous themes throughout the article are disparities in coverage, media biases, systematic equality, and impact on public perception. Overall, Gilchrist’s research highlights important issues of media representation and its role in systematic inequality by showing the stark discrepancies and how the press covers missing and murdered Aboriginal women and white women. The article pushes for the need for more equal and just media landscapes to recognize the value of all victims equally. Instead, she also suggests that further research could explore a wider range of implications of these findings on how public policy and community responses and how the overall social justice framework plays a role in this. 

Hansen, J. G., & Dim, E. E. (2019). Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous people and the imperative for a more inclusive perspective. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.2  

Summary: 

This article examines the exclusion of Indigenous males from the national inquiry into two missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada. The authors of this article argue that Indigenous men who are very disproportionately affected by violence should also be included in the inquiry. The major highlights of the article are systemic racism, sexism, and socioeconomic conditions affecting the indigenous populations and advocating for more comprehensive and inclusive inquiries throughout. The article goes into detail and analyzes Indigenous social norms, perceptions, and stereotypes while also proposing that an inclusive approach would better address the root causes of violence against Indigenous people and promote community healing. While the article’s strength lies in the holistic approach and critical analysis, there is a weakness of having a limited scope and potential bias from the author’s advocacy stance. Overall, this article emphasizes how important inclusion, and holistic inquiries are in fully understanding and addressing the violence faced by Indigenous populations within Canada. This also serves as a call to action for the researchers, policymakers, and Indigenous advocates to reassess an expanded scope of current inquiries so that they can better serve all affected individuals within the communities. 

Moll, S. (2016). Thewriting names project: Unsilencing the number of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Canadian Theatre Review, 168, 94–97. https://doi.org/10.3138/ctr.168.015  

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