Red Dress Day honours the memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada. Métis artist Jaime Black helped inspire the red dress movement, where red dresses are hung from windows and trees to represent the pain and loss felt by loved ones and survivors.
The REDress Project focuses around the issue of missing or murdered Aboriginal women across Canada. It is an installation art project based on an aesthetic response to this critical national issue. The project has been installed in public spaces throughout Canada and the United States as a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us. Through the installation I hope to draw attention to the gendered and racialized nature of violent crimes against Aboriginal women and to evoke a presence through the marking of absence.
Violence Against Indigenous Women by 
Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters by Sisters In Spirit recognizes the more than 1,200 missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) in Canada.
October 4th is a day marked to honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people, to support grieving families, and to create opportunities for healing. The violence experienced by Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people in Canada is a national tragedy.
Vigils are held across the country in memory and to honour the lives lost.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women - JustFacts
In 2010, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) released a report called What Their Stories Tell Us. The report resulted from five years of research by the Sisters in Spirit Initiative. It revealed as many as 582 known cases of Aboriginal women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada. NWAC wanted to create a visual representation of these women and girls so they would not be forgotten. The Faceless Doll Project came out of research conducted by the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA).
Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada by 
