May 5 is the National Day for Awareness of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), also known as Red Dress Day, coined by Métis artist Jamie Black as “an aesthetic response to this critical national issue”. Canadian history has contributed to the ongoing violence of Indigenous women and girls in Canada. As a result, violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people is disproportionately high. On May 5, we honour the lives of MMIWG by raising awareness of this ongoing national tragedy, and we hold in our thoughts the families and communities who live with the grief of losing loved ones.