A suggestion

Hi,

It's great that you're talking about this issue! One thing I would suggest is, as examples of how much Indigenous women are represented in violence, there is an RCMP report‡ that shows how much they make up of all female homicide victims in Canada and how much they make up the female population in Canada. You can briefly talk about the discrepancy between those two figures.

Another thing is Robert Pickton's case in 2002 where 33 women were killed by the serial killer and, again, Indigenous women were over-represented in his victims.

Best,

Youngmin Choi

‡Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview [e-book]. [Ottawa]: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, c2014.; 2014.

I agree with Youngmin, I think using specific examples will help demonstrate the severity of this issue. Overall, I really liked the tone of your article and the organization made for an easy read. I also appreciate how you identified police as a major hurdle in the prevention of these crimes. However, I think there are other (maybe lesser) culprits as well. For example, the media does not report on missing cases with the same fervor when the victims are First Nations women. I would also suggest that if you have room, to include a bit on what the current Trudeau government is currently doing to combat this issue. Although we don't know if it's made things better or worst, it is drastically different from the Harper government's approach.