Hinton Friendship Centre
965 Switzer Drive T7V 1X6 Hinton, AB, Canada

Hinton Friendship Centre Online Community Fitness Challenge Starts October 19, 2020 for 8 weeks. This challenge is partnered with the Indigenous Sports Council of Alberta. This challenge is open to families as well as Individuals. Please see group page to register. Registration will be post tomorrow. Lets all get moving and get healthy

Today we honour, remember and pray for all the Indigenous women who have been murdered and have/are gone missing. For years, communities have pointed to the high number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. As of March 31, 2010, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) has gathered information about 582 cases from across the country. NWAC has worked hard to look at every case, yet we believe there are still many more to document. Based on five ...years of quantitative research drawn from NWAC’s Sisters In Spirit database, this fact sheet examines the situation in Alberta against the national context. Alberta has the second highest number of cases in Canada. There are 93 cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Alberta. This accounts for 16% of all cases in NWAC’s database. The number of cases in Alberta is second only to British Columbia (which accounts for about 28% of all cases). More murder cases than missing cases 84% of cases in Alberta are murder cases, which is considerably higher than the national average (67%). The percentage of missing women and girls is lower than the national average14% in Alberta versus 20% nationally. Here is the history of the REDdress campaign. https://www.smithsonianmag.com//these-haunting-red-dresse/

Remember to wear your orange shirt today

https://www.facebook.com/100006823470015//2744088779161878/ The Hinton Friendship Centre wants to congratulate Val on her role on the new Elders Council in Edson. We look forward to the Knowledge Culture Keepers in Hinton and the Elders Council working together

Busy 2 days working with the MMIWG Alberta Joint Working Group. Here is a picture of the working group and secretariat supporters from the different Ministries.