March 18, 2015

Presented by the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies and the Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library, this round table explored how we express our care about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit through various forms of activism and interventions, including the use of craft in the collective We Care Quilt.

We were joined by Leah Gazan of the We Care Campaign, Cheryl James of the Keewatin Otchitchak (Northern Crane) Traditional Women Singers and Bear Clan Patrol,  Rorie McLeod Arnould of the University of Winnipeg’s Students’ Association, and Michael Champagne of Meet Me at the Bell Tower. We were also  joined by Elder Hector Pierre.

The We Care Quilt is being made in recognition of the #WeCare Campaign, a campaign to engage Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians to take a united and firm stance to ensure that the safety of Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit. is realized in Canada. Individuals will be able to create a We Care Square as a physical representation of their care and commitment to this national crisis which will then be sewn into the collective quilt.

See UWinnipeg’s news story,  Care to Quilt.