New dates have been announced for community hearings in Yellowknife and Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, as part of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
In a press release, the organization said hearings will be in Yellowknife Jan. 23 – 25 and in Rankin Inlet Feb. 20 to 22 in the new year.
Events in both communities were cancelled earlier this year with little explanation.
The inquiry got underway on May 30 in Whitehorse, Yukon, but has often made news for its apparent dysfunction.
The $53.8 million inquiry was formed in part to examine the systemic causes of violence directed against Indigenous women and girls in Canada who have been murdered on gone missing in numbers which some say could reach 4,000.
A recent informal CBC survey of police forces across the country suggests there is still no way to tell how many Indigenous women and girls go missing in Canada each year.
The press release states more details of the visits will be released early in January.
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