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URL:/sexual-violence-prevention-response-office/events/
 opening-ceremony-bridge-honouring-lives-missing-and-murdered
SUMMARY:Opening Ceremony - Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murde
 red\nIndigenous Women\, Girls\, and Two Spirit People
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nBRIDGE 2023: HONOURING THE LIVES OF MISSING AND MUR
 DERED INDIGENOUS\nWOMEN\, GIRLS\, AND TWO SPIRIT PEOPLE\n\nAn annual insta
 llation for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based\nViolence\n[https://
 uwaterloo.ca/sexual-violence-prevention-response-office/get-involved/16-da
 ys-activism-against-gender-based-violence] at\nthe University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ
 .\n\nOpening Ceremony: FRIDAY\, OCTOBER 27 AT 10:00 AM\n\nFor the Opening
  Ceremony\, we are requesting volunteers to read the\nnames — please con
 tact Sorouja Moll. \n\nBoth ceremonies will take place at the Ceremonial
  Fire Grounds and the\nbridge between Environment 3 and United College\, a
 nd will be followed\nby a catered Creative Reflection and Soup Lunch hoste
 d by the\nShatitsirótha' À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) with s
 upport\nfrom the Department of Communication Arts.\n\nWorking with Shatits
 irótha' À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Indigenous Student Centre\n(WISC)\, the Office of Indige
 nous Relations (ORI)\, the Sexual Violence\nPrevention Response Office (SV
 PRO)\, and 16 Days of Activism Against\nGender-Based Violence\, Dr. Sorouj
 a Moll initiated Bridge in 2015 to\ncreate a space for all University comm
 unity members to learn about the\ncrisis as they reflect upon their respon
 sibilities and share in\nspeaking the names of the lives taken to honour a
 nd remember as the\nred fabric is tied to the bridge between Environment 3
  and United\nCollege.\n\nThe gesture to name\, remember\, and honour the 5
 000+ missing and\nmurdered Indigenous Women\, Girls\, and Two Spirit Peopl
 e across the\nmany Nations in Canada is an active engagement in learning a
 bout the\ndepth of the crisis in the Canada while resisting and (en)counte
 ring\nthe existing silence that continues to shroud it.\n\nOriginally inst
 alled in Montreal in 2009\, as The Writing Names\nProject\, Moll's researc
 h-creation initiative is a counter memorial and\nis part of a meaningful a
 nd sustained collaborative intercultural\npraxis between Indigenous and no
 n-Indigenous communities.\n\nAll are invited to stay for a Soup Lunch\n[h
 ttps://uwaterloo.ca/united-college/soup-and-bannock-days] hosted by\nthe 
 Shatitsirótha' À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) and\nsupported b
 y the Department of Communication Arts after the Opening\nand Closing Cere
 monies from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. Al McDonald is\nreturning as the Ceremonia
 l Fire Keeper. \n\nWorking with Shatitsirótha' À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Indigenous Stude
 nt Centre\n(WISC)\, the Office of Indigenous Relations (ORI)\, the Sexual 
 Violence\nPrevention Response Office (SVPRO)\, and 16 Days of Activism Aga
 inst\nGender-Based Violence\, Dr. Sorouja Moll initiated _Bridge_ in\n2
 015 to create a space for all University community members to learn\nabou
 t the crisis as they reflect upon their responsibilities and share\nin spe
 aking the names of the lives taken to honour and remember as the\nred fabr
 ic is tied to the bridge between Environment 3 and United\nCollege.\n\nThe
  gesture to name\, remember\, and honour the 5000+ missing and\nmurdered I
 ndigenous Women\, Girls\, and Two Spirit People across the\nmany Nations i
 n Canada is an active engagement in learning about the\ndepth of the crisi
 s in the Canada while resisting and (en)countering\nthe existing silence t
 hat continues to shroud it. Originally installed\nin Montreal in 2009\, as
  _The Writing Names Project_\, Moll's\nresearch-creation initiative is a 
 counter memorial and is part of a\nmeaningful and sustained collaborative 
 intercultural praxis between\nIndigenous and non-Indigenous communities. 
 \n\nWatch the_ Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered\nIndig
 enous Women\, Girls\, and Two Spirit People 2019 _video_._\n[https://yout
 u.be/Zu2t6LifQl0]\n 
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