The result of the oppressive synergy of sexism and racism

The families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran have been involved in a long battle to search a Winnipeg landfill for their loved ones’ remains. These families warn that women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals find themselves in precarious situations, seeking shelter and safety in a province that historically offers little refuge.

A woman performs at the National Indigenous Peoples' Day ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 21, 2018.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CAMBRIA HARRIS, MELISSA ROBINSON, JORDEN MYRAN, AND DONNA BARTLETT, SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM, GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

April 29, 2024

"Economic and racial inequality are not abstract concepts, (they) hospitalize and kill even more people than cigarettes," said Larry Adelman, executive producer of the 2008 documentary Unnatural Causes. "The wages and benefits we're paid, the neighbourhoods we live ...

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