Silenced Sisters

Silenced Sisters is a student's photo-based response to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) movement.

Brooke Moar’s project Silenced Sisters is a photo-based response to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) movement. A fourth-year visual arts student working in photo-based media, she says the Canadian government has failed to take seriously the repeated disappearances and murders of thousands of Indigenous women.

Muted Voices (Photo by Brooke Moar)
Muted Voices (Photo by Brooke Moar)

“Indigenous people have a real fear that they, too, could end up missing or murdered, and then be abandoned by the very institutions meant to protect our lives,” says Moar. “Movements like MMIWG are calling for change, and for our silenced sisters to be heard. Despite shining a light on these horrific events throughout the country, the government is doing nothing.”

Stolen Sisters (Photo by Brooke Moar)
Stolen Sisters (Photo by Brooke Moar)

Even if the voices that are protesting are not being heard, Moar says the messages from the MMIWG movement will not stop until changes are implemented.

Protest (Photo by Brooke Moar)
Protest (Photo by Brooke Moar)

“These criminal acts must be prevented and investigated.”

Unspoken (Photo by Brooke Moar)
Unspoken (Photo by Brooke Moar)

Brooke Moar is from O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation and Dauphin, Manitoba.