It's Red Dress Day in Canada: What it is and how it began
May 05, 2023 10:29AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Red dresses are displayed at the legislature in Victoria, British Columbia. Red Dress Day began with the REDress Project by Métis artist Jaime Black. (Image credit: Mike McArthur/CBC)
By CBC Kids News - May 5, 2023
By CBC Kids News - May 5, 2023
Red Dress Day, first observed in 2010, happens every May 5.
The goal of the day is to honour and bring awareness to the thousands of Indigenous women and girls, and two-spirit people who have gone missing or who have been murdered.
To read the full story, visit the CBC News site here.
