April 19, 1983 Jane Doe

In our second episode, we start out by discussing a historic case of MMIWG2S+ in Montreal; an Inuk Jan Doe who has been unknown since 1983. This case, and the failure of police to adequately investigate this woman’s death has set a precedent for the neglect surrounding cases of MMIW2GS+ today. The historic MMIWG2S+ cases of Nellie Bobbish, Alacie Nowrakudluk, and Cynthia Kudjick are discussed, along with the cold cases of women involved in the sex trade in Montreal, including Doris Halfkenny Seale, Diane Thibault, Alice Cormier, Sharon Deslandes, Francine St. Hillaire, Chantal Sauriol, and Karen Margaret Lewis. We then discuss how the current impunity of murder and violence against Indigenous women and girls in Cabot Square is shaped by historic neglect of Indigenous women and women involved in the sex trade and facing sexual exploitation, of which women in Cabot Square occupy both. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.