Nunavut and Nunavik recognize Red Dress Day with public gatherings
Day of remembrance for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, gender-diverse and two spirit people is in its 16th year
Dinah Pikuyak holds a sign demanding justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women at Iqaluit’s Red Dress Day march in 2025. (Photo by Daron Letts)
People across Nunavut and Nunavik are being encouraged to wear red on Tuesday in recognition of Red Dress Day.
May 5 marks the 16th-annual national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, gender diverse and two-spirit people. It’s also known as Red Dress Day.
“I gently encourage everyone to wear red and help make this loss visible,” said Gwen Healey Akearok, Nunavut’s minister responsible for the status of women.
In Iqaluit, organizers with YWCA-Agvik Nunavut invite residents to gather in front of the Igluvut Building downtown at 2 p.m. The marchers will travel down Queen Elizabeth Way from the four corners intersection to Iqaluit Square in front of the Elders Qammaq.
In Cambridge Bay, staff with Nunavut Victim Services will hold a gathering at the community hall at 3 p.m.
In Arviat, residents are hosting a walk through the community, starting at building 702 on 10th Avenue at 6 p.m. There, residents will remember Kadin Savikataaq, a 20-year-old woman who went missing in August 2024.
In Kuujjuaq, staff with the Regional Board of Health and Social Services have organized a gathering at the Saquijuq Women’s sewing centre at 1:30 p.m. A bingo for women and children will also take place at the Catholic church at 6:30 p.m.
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