It is my hope that by sharing the above statistics and through the writings and engagement by individuals such as professors Kim Anderson and Robert Alexander Innes’ recently released book, Indigenous Men and Masculinities that more and more awareness will be raised around the importance of including aboriginal men and boys in the conversation around missing First Nations people in Canada and beyond. I hope that more and more mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts and uncles will come forward to continue to ask about their missing family members who are male. I hope that organizations like Equality Canada raise more questions in the media. I hope the conversation becomes inclusive and fair.
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Im glad this is being looked into. When the men’s movement asked these questions they were insulted and attacked for it. Its quite bothersome that the wellbeing of boys and men is treated like a less important issue. What happened to the men and boys? Are they not equally important to Canadians? I also wonder why it is that there are very few comments regarding the statistics that clearly confirm that there are far more missing men and boys as compared to women and girls. What happened to this conversation? Why do these aboriginal men and boys not matter?? Do… Read more »
Thank you for your comments, Danny. They are very much appreciated. Yes, this has become a gendered issue; one that I hope will change sooner than later.