A UWaterloo expert is available to speak to the media about the loss of the executive director of the federally funded commission examining missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. 

Lori Campbell — Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre

Lori Campbell identifies as Cree/Metis, is from the Sixties Scoop and is an intergenerational survivor of the Indian Residential School system. She is the director of the Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre (WAEC) and the director of Indigenous initiatives at Waterloo. A goal of WAEC is to educate the public about the treatment of Indigenous people in Canada throughout history, a necessary component of reconciliation.

“The MMIW inquiry has been a mess since its inception because it is trying to merge two different sets of expectations. First, and the most vital, is the expectations of the families from which the MMIW originate who want not only to share their stories but also to seek out justice from the system of power that continues to support the ongoing rise in numbers of MMIW. The second, is the interest of the government who is willing to hear the stories, but only in the format and following the parameters they set forth.”

- Lori Campbell

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