rabberThe Vanishing Men of Vancouver Island
The Vanishing Men of Vancouver Island - Lemmy.ca
We are finally talking about this now eh? I lost a cousin over 12 years ago, vanished into thin air. Nobody cared. Especially the RCMP. Much like all these guys. A few wanted posters was all my beloved cousin ever got. My favourite part of the article is this: >National statistics reflect a severe and often overlooked reality regarding violence against Indigenous men: > Between 1980 and 2012, Statistics Canada documented 1,750 Indigenous male homicide victims, compared to 745 Indigenous female homicide victims. > In this timeframe, 71% of all murdered and missing Indigenous people were men and boys. > According to 2020 Statistics Canada data, Indigenous men are seven times more likely to die by homicide than non-Indigenous people, and four times more likely than Indigenous women. We hear so much about missing indigenous women. I had no idea the stat for men was 4 times higher. Why doesn’t anyone care?
