The Faceless Dolls Project at Brock University is raising awareness about Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls who remain nameless and faceless.
Two workshops for the Faceless Dolls Project will be held at Brock University this week on Monday, Sept. 19 and Thursday, Sept. 22, both at 3 p.m. in Sankey Chambers.
The sessions are organized and facilitated by Brock’s Indigenous Solidarity Coalition, and the faceless dolls being created will become an exhibit on display at Brock as a reminder of the MMIW issue.
“The Faceless Dolls Project is an opportunity to visually and physically create a representation of the known cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada,” says Indigenous Solidarity Coalition co-founder Celeste Smith. “The history and legacy of these faceless dolls are rich in traditional teachings and Indigenous advocacy.”
The dolls that were created became a traveling art exhibit in memory of the nearly 1,200 missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada. As word of the project spread, requests to continue making the faceless dolls emerged from the families, community members, teachers and allies of MMIW.
The Brock and Niagara community are also invited to the Sisters in Spirit event on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Sean O’Sullivan Theatre.
Sisters in Spirit will include a documentary film screening with panel discussion, a book reading and signing from the newly released Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada and performances by Strong Water Women.
There is free parking for all these events in Brock University’s D-lot.