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This evening's council meeting starts at 7pm will be preceded by a closed, which begins at 4:45pm. The full agenda, including reports, is at calendar.wilmot.ca//townshipcalen…. Watch the meeting at youtube.com/channel/UCcA8f…, or follow along here 👇 
Mayor Armstrong begins the meeting with a moment's silence to honour the 14 women who were murdered at École Polytechnique in Montreal on #Dec6, 1989. Today is known as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. #CallItFemicide
Coun Pfenning reads the territorial acknowledgement.
November is #DomesticViolenceAwareness month in Canada. On Friday, a 25yo woman was found dead in Montreal along with her male partner in what police say was most likely a murder-suicide. Every six days a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner.montreal.ctvnews.ca/two-bodies-fou…
A report by the @CAN_Femicide which tracks femicides across Canada, said the pandemic had led to a spike in femicides: 160 women and girls were victims of femicide in 2020, an uptick from the 118 who were killed in 2019. Between January and June of 2021 feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-te…
The report #CallItFemicide says one woman or girl is killed every two and a half days in Canada, according to the 2020 figures.
Indigenous women and girls are disproportionately impacted by femicide. ctvnews.ca/canada/one-wom…
Indigenous women and girls are disproportionately impacted by femicide. ctvnews.ca/canada/one-wom…
