21
Mar

Faceless Dolls Raise Awareness of Missing Aboriginal Women

Second-year Carleton students taking a class on feminism, activism and social justice offered by the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies had an opportunity to do some real hands-on “artivism” when speakers from the Native Women’s Association of Canada visited their classroom this week

The idea of making “faceless dolls” to raise awareness of missing and murdered Aboriginal women was originally developed by artist Gloria Larocque, creator of the Aboriginal Angel Doll Project (a collection of 100 faceless dolls highlighting society’s neglect of Aboriginal women). (more…)

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10
Feb

$5.5 million from crime proceeds funds crime prevention

Richmond – As a drug-trafficking helicopter, houses, cars and cash seizures add up to a record year for B.C.’s civil forfeiture program, government is granting $5.5 million of the proceeds to support local crime prevention efforts throughout the province in 2011-12.

The new grant funding will support projects that reduce youth involvement in gangs, prevent violence against women and children, and further crime prevention. The new funding is possible due to exceptional growth in the civil forfeiture program’s proceeds. Year to date, civil forfeiture has taken in $10.8 million – more than double the $4.8 million in all of 2010-11, and more than is needed to sustain the self-funding program.

All grant funds will be paid out by March 31. Details of application processes will be available on Feb. 10 at: www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/crimeprevention/grants/

To read more visit the NationTalk website.

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