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VANCOUVER, B.C.: Feb. 24, 2018 - UBC students Molly Cross-Blanchard (left) and Issie Patterson (right) listen to speeches at the Tina Fontaine rally in
downtown Vancouver on Saturday. PHOTO BY GABRIELLE PLONKA

Indigenous youth aged
14 and under are twice as
likely to live with a lone

Indigenous youth make up seven
parent.

per cent of the population in
Canada.

Indigenous youth in Canada are
in foster care.

VANCOUVER, B.C.: Feb. 24, 2018 - Protesters brought hand-drawn signs to the rally. PH070 BY GABRIELLE PLONKA

VANCOUVER, B.C.: Feb. 24, 2018 — Sii-amlouet Ha
GABRIELLE PLONKA

Shocked by recent
to demand reform

By GABRIELLE PLONKA

anada’s youth are feeling the impact |
Indigenous youth and are mobilizing.

Langara and UBC students — mar

last Saturday’s rally to protest the jus

failed to keep Tina Fontaine,15, and 22-year-old
—have been calling on post-secondary institut
in the fight for justice for missing and murdered

Kelly Elizabeth White, an Indigenous activi
rally, said that it is essential for post-secondary i
strength of their voice in supporting justice for ]

“They're the ambassadors in training our futur
leadership,” White said.

Christie Charles, a Musqueam activist anc
former Langara College student, highlighted th
potential of Vancouver’s population of interna
tional students.

“No matter which race you come from, Indian
Chinese, Phillipines, whatever, we've all experi.
enced some type of oppression [and] coloniza
tion. Use your privilege [and] voice to create pos
itive change,” Charles said. “Everyone in post-se
and chosen field can help be the change.

“Lawyers, linguists, artists, nurses, filmmaker
neurs, scientists, family studies and community
add our multicultural teaching to rise up and liv

Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley stood -
degree murder of Boushie, from the Cree Red P.
while convicted criminal Raymond Cormier st
ond-degree murder of Fontaine, from Sagkeens
of Winnipeg. Both men were found not guilty
each other.

Molly Cross-Blanchard, a UBC student wh
said that there are more open discussions being
on missing and murdered Indigenous youth.