Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit (MMIWG2)

The Issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit (MMIWG2) is a pressing matter within the United States (U.S.) and Canada. The MMIWG2 database consists of around 4,000 individual MMIWG2 cases within both countries. It is developed from community-led and government databases and sources from the U.S. and Canada. The MMIWG2 research confirms the existence of these cases through reliable news sources, thesis\u27s, government documents, etc. Facts of each case are broken down (victim demographics, offender demographics, date of incident, date of resolution (body was found), date of report (when the incident was reported to law enforcement), and more). Upon completion, the data set can be used for statistical analysis, public knowledge, law enforcement, etc. This is, however, an ongoing project. Thus, this summer, only about one third of the MMIWG2 data set will be coded (making two-thirds total because coders last year finished about one third of the set as well). Only about 600 cases have been coded thus far, for both the U.S. and Canada (half U.S. and half Canada). This section only views the Canadian side of the data set. Because it is not finished, no conclusions can be made from the data set. However, natural trends can be graphed and observed. Examples given in this presentation will be the geographical trends of the MMIWG2 cases, months in which MMIWG2 incidents occur, and the MMIWG2 case status percentages