Highway of Tears - Documentary Screening
October 13, 2016 (6:30 pm - 8:30 pm)
Location: Al Whittle Theatre, Main Street, Wolfville
"Highway of Tears" is about the missing or murdered women along a 724 kilometer stretch of highway in northern British Columbia. Viewers will discover what the effects of generational poverty, residential schools, systemic violence, and high unemployment rates have done to First Nations reserves and how they tie in with the missing and murdered women in the Highway of Tears cases.
- Excerpt from Highway of Tears
The film shone a light on the urgent need to take action on missing and murdered Indigenous women. In August of this year, the Government of Canada announced an independent inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.
We are honoured to have Darlene Peters Copeland, who has organized the Sisters in Spirit Vigil at Acadia University for the last 7 years and who works at Mi’kmaw Family and Children’s Services of Nova Scotia, introduce the film and share information on the Moose Hide Campaign - moosehidecampaign.ca
Doors open at 6:00 pm
Everyone Welcome. Freewill Offering for Sisters in Spirit.
Organized and Sponsored by the Acadia University Faculty Association Women’s Committee.