Difference between revisions of "Resources for Indigenous Victims (4:XI)"

Indigenous peoples are overrepresented in Canada’s criminal justice system as victims of crime. Per Statistics Canada, Indigenous people are twice as likely as non-Indigenous people to have been victims of violent crime11. This disproportionate rate of victimization has been linked to the repercussions of long-lasting colonization and systemic racism, such as residential schools and interaction with the child welfare system. These policies have resulted in intergenerational trauma, as well as the disruption of community and family structures – all of which are linked to violent victimization of Indigenous people.   

The overrepresentation of Indigenous victims extends to homicide victims. For the period from 2015 to 2020, the rates of homicides involving an Indigenous victim was six times higher than the rate of homicides involving non-indigenous victims12. Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people in particular are most at risk of violent victimization. This ultimately led to a National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, in which the findings were published in [https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/ Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls].