Red Dress Day, also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People, is observed on May 5. The day honours and brings awareness to the thousands of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people who have been subject to disproportionate violence in Canada. Red Dress Day was inspired by Métis artist Jaime Black’s REDress Project installation, in which she hung empty, red dresses to represent the missing and murdered women. Red dresses have become symbolic of the crisis as a result of her installation.

UPEI, please join us in marking this important day by prominently hanging a red dress in your department or your office until May 5. If you do not have a red dress, you can also print and display the Red Dress poster at this link: https://tinyurl.com/33kz2r8k    

To learn more about Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, girls, and gender diverse peoples, read the final report of the National Inquiry here: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca