Subject Guides: The Highway of Tears : Web Resources

Websites

Canada's Missing
A website from the RCMP's National Centre of Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains.
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
Resources created by the Inquiry that will be relevant to your research will be:

Statistics Canada: Aboriginal peoples
Select the Subject filter "Justice Issues" to view more relevant information.
Status of Women: Action Plan to address family violence and violent crimes against Aboriginal women and girls
Please check out the various tabs that contain resources created by this government agency.
RCMP: Reports, Research and Publications
Please check out the Aboriginal Communities section for resources.
Project E-PANA
This is the website for the RCMP's task force assigned to investigate the Highway of Tears.
Canada’s failure to effectively address murder and disappearance of Aboriginal women ‘grave rights violation’ - UN experts
In March 2015, the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women released a report on the issue of the Missing & Murdered Indigenous women in Canada.

Aboriginal Multi-Media Society (AMMSA)
The AMMSA focuses on "facilitating the exchange of information reflecting Aboriginal culture to a growing and diverse audience" ("AMMSA"). The AMMSA has created an in-depth page on their website focusing on the "Missing and Murdered Women and Girls". They have also some of their publications on the website.
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Check out AFN's "Framework for action to prevent and address violence against Indigenous women and Girls" pages and other policies on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC): Sisters In Spirit
This website has a lot of useful links to resources created by NWAC initiative "Sisters In Spirit." The initiative was meant to "conduct research and raise awareness of the alarming high rates of violence against Aboriginal women and girls in Canada" ("Sisters In Spirit"). The website does not have a link to NWAC report titled "Voices of our sisters in spirit a research and policy report to families and communities" from 2008.
Highway of Tears: Preventing Violence Against Women
This is a website created by Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS). CSFS has made a Community Safety Toolkit to promote safety to First Nations adults and youth. They have also created a list of documents and reports.

Below is a list of social media pages that will have information relevant to the Highway of Tears. Please recognize that the information found in these pages is NOT necessarily verified or correct. Therefore, you will have to evaluate them if you do choose to use these pages for research. They can be a good resource for what the general population or a specific group or community thinks about the issue.

Facebook Pages
Pinterest
- Missing and Murdered
Twitter Hashtags
- #highwayoftears
- #MMAW
- #MMIW
- #reddressproject
- #aminext

Evaluating Websites

When you are looking at sources you must evaluate them in order to determine if they are appropriate to use in your research. One technique is to use the CRAAP Test (VIDEO below) developed by the Librarians at California State University, Chico. Visit their LibGuide for more information.

Currency:

When was the information created or published?
When was it last updated?
Are the links working?
Does it fit with the requirements of your assignment?

Relevance:

How well does the information relate to your topic or research question?
Who is the audience?
What is the content level?

Authority:

Where is the information coming from?
Who published it?
Does the URL provide you with any clues? (.edu .gov .org)
Who is the author?
Are they an expert in their field? What makes them an expert?

Accuracy:

Is the source reliable? Known for providing accurate information?
Does the information provided match the other sources you’ve consulted?
What sources are they? Are those sources authoritative?

Purpose:

Why was the research conducted?
What is its purpose? Is it original research or commentary?
Can you identify the central argument?
What sources do they use? Are they balanced?

Evaluating Web Resource: Video Tutorial

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