An art exhibit honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and children is being hosted by Newmarket Public Library.
The Canadian Library exhibit, which features books wrapped in colourful Indigenous-inspired fabric, with the names of those lost printed on the spines, will officially launched at the liibrary Sept. 28, and is open on the main floor during library hours.
The stories of the individuals represented in the exhibit can be found on the Canadian Library’s website.
The goal is to continue to cover books over time to represent the lives of all those lost. The Newmarket library is holding a wrapping event today, Sept. 30, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the main floor study room.
You will learn how to use an iron and adhesive tape to wrap a book with beautiful Indigenous-inspired fabric. Anyone is welcome to come, but only teens and older will be able to safely use the iron to wrap a book, the library says.
Bookshelves will be installed across Canada in libraries, museums and participating businesses.
In the video below, listen to the story of Deirdre Mish Marie Michelin, 21, a mother of four from Wrigley and Inuit community on the north coast of Labrador who was shot and killed on Jan. 20, 1993 by her domestic partner after she made a distress call to the Happy Valley Goose Bay RCMP, 160 kilometres from her home.
