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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/sexual-violence-prevention-response-office/events/
 opening-ceremony-bridge-honouring-lives-missing-and-murdered
LOCATION:STP - United College 190 Westmount Road North Waterloo ON N2L 3G5 
 Canada
SUMMARY:Opening Ceremony - Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murde
 red\nIndigenous Women\, Girls\, and Two Spirit People
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:BRIDGE 2023: HONOURING THE LIVES OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGE
 NOUS\nWOMEN\, GIRLS\, AND TWO SPIRIT PEOPLE\n\nAn annual installation for
  16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based\nViolence\n[https://uwaterloo.c
 a/sexual-violence-prevention-response-office/get-involved/16-days-activism
 -against-gender-based-violence] at\nthe University of Waterloo.\n\nOpenin
 g Ceremony: FRIDAY\, OCTOBER 27 AT 10:00 AM\n\nFor the Opening Ceremony\,
  we are requesting volunteers to read the\nnames — please contact Sorou
 ja Moll. \n\nBoth ceremonies will take place at the Ceremonial Fire Groun
 ds and the\nbridge between Environment 3 and United College\, and will be 
 followed\nby a catered Creative Reflection and Soup Lunch hosted by the\nS
 hatitsirótha' Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) with support\nfro
 m the Department of Communication Arts.\n\nWorking with Shatitsirótha' Wa
 terloo Indigenous Student Centre\n(WISC)\, the Office of Indigenous Relati
 ons (ORI)\, the Sexual Violence\nPrevention Response Office (SVPRO)\, and 
 16 Days of Activism Against\nGender-Based Violence\, Dr. Sorouja Moll init
 iated Bridge in 2015 to\ncreate a space for all University community membe
 rs to learn about the\ncrisis as they reflect upon their responsibilities 
 and share in\nspeaking the names of the lives taken to honour and remember
  as the\nred fabric is tied to the bridge between Environment 3 and United
 \nCollege.\n\nThe gesture to name\, remember\, and honour the 5000+ missin
 g and\nmurdered Indigenous Women\, Girls\, and Two Spirit People across th
 e\nmany Nations in Canada is an active engagement in learning about the\nd
 epth of the crisis in the Canada while resisting and (en)countering\nthe e
 xisting silence that continues to shroud it.\n\nOriginally installed in Mo
 ntreal in 2009\, as The Writing Names\nProject\, Moll's research-creation 
 initiative is a counter memorial and\nis part of a meaningful and sustaine
 d collaborative intercultural\npraxis between Indigenous and non-Indigenou
 s communities.\n\nAll are invited to stay for a Soup Lunch\n[https://uwat
 erloo.ca/united-college/soup-and-bannock-days] hosted by\nthe Shatitsiró
 tha' Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) and\nsupported by the Depar
 tment of Communication Arts after the Opening\nand Closing Ceremonies from
  12:30 to 1:30 PM. Al McDonald is\nreturning as the Ceremonial Fire Keep
 er. \n\nWorking with Shatitsirótha' Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre\n
 (WISC)\, the Office of Indigenous Relations (ORI)\, the Sexual Violence\nP
 revention Response Office (SVPRO)\, and 16 Days of Activism Against\nGende
 r-Based Violence\, Dr. Sorouja Moll initiated _Bridge_ in\n2015 to cre
 ate a space for all University community members to learn\nabout the crisi
 s as they reflect upon their responsibilities and share\nin speaking the n
 ames of the lives taken to honour and remember as the\nred fabric is tied 
 to the bridge between Environment 3 and United\nCollege.\n\nThe gesture to
  name\, remember\, and honour the 5000+ missing and\nmurdered Indigenous W
 omen\, Girls\, and Two Spirit People across the\nmany Nations in Canada is
  an active engagement in learning about the\ndepth of the crisis in the Ca
 nada while resisting and (en)countering\nthe existing silence that continu
 es to shroud it. Originally installed\nin Montreal in 2009\, as _The Writ
 ing Names Project_\, Moll's\nresearch-creation initiative is a counter mem
 orial and is part of a\nmeaningful and sustained collaborative intercultur
 al praxis between\nIndigenous and non-Indigenous communities. \n\nWatch t
 he_ Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered\nIndigenous Women
 \, Girls\, and Two Spirit People 2019 _video_._\n[https://youtu.be/Zu2t6L
 ifQl0]
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