The students at North Queens Community School have created a striking message to raise awareness about missing and murdered aboriginal women across Canada.<\/p>\n
The Grade 9 students at the school took on the project as part of their citizenship class. The project is based on a similar concept by Winnipeg Artist Jamie Black, that he created in 2016<\/p>\n
North Queens is home to several first nations reserves, and indigenous issues need to be talked about more said student Dallas Wier.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a lot of indigenous people in our community, and not a lot of people talk about (their group) and the issues they face.\u201d<\/p>\n
Weir said the indigenous women in Canada are 3 times more likely to be murdered by strangers, and seven times more likely than the general population. The goal of the project she said is to make people aware of the issue and hopefully take action.<\/p>\n
The dresses were gathered from all over Southwest Nova Scotia, and once word of the project spread they had dresses collected and dropped off from many supporters of the project. In total they collected 80 dresses.<\/p>\n
The dresses will be on display at the school, Hunt park in Caledonia and the Wildcat reserve. A ceremony is set for Friday at 6:30 pm at Hunt Park, where the students will talk about the project, members of the first nations community will speak, and music performed by the students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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