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'You don't ask the victim to make changes'; Windsor Indigenous elder makes Red Dress Day appeal for allies
'You don't ask the victim to make changes'; Windsor Indigenous elder makes Red Dress Day appeal for allies

CBC

time05-05-2025

  • CBC

'You don't ask the victim to make changes'; Windsor Indigenous elder makes Red Dress Day appeal for allies

WARNING: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault and violence. For Theresa Sims, the red dress at the centre of Red Dress Day on May 5 symbolizes abuse, neglect, racism and discrimination directed at Indigenous people. Sims, who is an elder at the Ska:na Family Learning Centre in Windsor, experienced that racist abuse first hand in high school — when she was abducted and assaulted by a gang of fellow students who pulled her into a car, choked her unconscious and discarded her in an alley. "I don't remember too much except waking in the alley on a pile of garbage – so they threw me away like garbage," Sims said. "I had rips and tears all over my body and bites. And I was raped, and I was bleeding … but no one would pick me up. I had to walk to the hospital to get help because everybody thought I was a drunk Indian." Sims told the story on CBC Windsor Morning on Monday during an interview marking Red Dress Day, the national day of awareness and remembrance for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ people. Violence against Indigenous people 'not unusual' And she said her story is not unusual. Sixty-three per cent of Indigenous women have experienced physical or sexual assault in their lifetimes, according to the Government of Canada. And Indigenous women and girls are six times more likely to be murdered than other people in Canada, according to a 2023 report from Statistics Canada. The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman and Girls (MMIWG), launched in 2016, concluded in its final report that Indigenous peoples were victims of genocide. For Sims, the racism she suffered in high school continued when she settled in Windsor, she said. "When I first moved to Windsor, I was going to get a coffee, and I just went to a corner store … and a police officer stopped me and said, 'Are you working today?'" she said. "He thought I was a sex-trade worker because I'm Indigenous." Years later, she said, Indigenous people are still racially profiled in retail outlets, where staff frequently assume they are planning to shoplift. The only solution, she added, is education, and Indigenous people need non-Indigenous allies to help. "You don't ask the victim to make changes," she said. "You ask them to heal…. We're only three per cent of the population. So we need help and allies to educate people on all levels, from the public schools to the hospitals. The police officers, the fire department – all of them need to be aware of who we are." WATCH | The origins of Red Dress Day and MMIWG2S+ The origins of Red Dress Day and MMIWG2S+ | CBC Kids News 3 hours ago Duration 5:03 CBC Kids News contributor Sophia Smoke takes us through the streets of Winnipeg, Manitoba, to share the details of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and the 231 Calls for Justice. CBC Kids News spoke to the following people for this video: Na'kuset, executive director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal Michèle Audette, Canadian senator and MMIWG Inquiry Commissioner CBC Kids News is a website for kids, covering the information you want to know. Real Kids. Real News. Check it out at Sims said Indigenous people need more access to mental health services for people dealing with trauma, and Indigenous women and families need a shelter of their own. They need support from people of European descent that were once helped by Indigenous people, she said. "We are the original people. We were the ones that helped your health when you first came over and you were suffering from scurvy, you know? We invited you as friends. We helped you to develop and grow, and then we're thrown to the side." Crisis support is available for anyone affected by these reports and the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous people through a national 24-hour hotline at 1-844-413-6649.

Windsor, Ont., mayor finds Trump tariff threats hovering over auto-centric border city 'offensive'
Windsor, Ont., mayor finds Trump tariff threats hovering over auto-centric border city 'offensive'

CBC

time12-02-2025

  • Automotive
  • CBC

Windsor, Ont., mayor finds Trump tariff threats hovering over auto-centric border city 'offensive'

Drew Dilkens says never before has he seen Canada come under "economic attack" by the United States like it has recently with tariff talk from president Donald Trump. The mayor of Windsor — a southwestern Ontario border city — didn't mince words when speaking with CBC Windsor Morning host Amy Dodge on Wednesday. "This is offensive in so many ways," he said, citing the countries as close friends, allies and trading partners. "I've never seen anything like this and never thought I would. But we are where we are." With a 30 day pause on U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of blanket tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S. set to expire in early March, Dilkens says the sense of uncertainty that's been created across the community is unsettling for many. "I just think it's nonsense. He [Trump] keeps bringing people and countries to the brink here by announcing further tariffs and saying it's going to happen 30 days from now. If this happens, if that were to happen to the auto industry, it would just be devastating — and devastating on the U.S. side as well." A large percentage of the workforce in the Windsor area is directly or indirectly reliant on the automotive industry and its cross border connection. According to Dilkens, residents would prefer a level of certainty — after being told what the rules of engagement actually are. "Having this moving target and the goalposts that keep moving is just … it's good for nobody. It may be good for media and filling the airwaves on the media, but it's not good for business," he said. "It's not good for anybody." WATCH | Trump's threatening tariffs on Canadian cars — and it's causing uncertainty in Windsor: Trump is threatening tariffs on Canadian cars — and it's causing uncertainty in Windsor 18 hours ago Duration 2:08 Trump has said he'd prefer all American vehicles are made fully in the U.S., boxing out other countries. "Moving backwards and saying that we're going to get rid of this [cross border, international auto industry] and just somehow repatriate all production, all jobs back to the United States: good luck," Dilkens said. "It's going to take decades to do that and hundreds of billions of dollars. We'll see the stock market tank … cause interest rates and inflation to rise in the United States — and overall [it] would be really bad for their residents as well." He calls the threat "terrifying" and that it "makes no sense" and must be taken seriously. "It's just hard to believe that one man can cause so much chaos and try and disrupt a relationship that's been so, so strong for so long." "The threat of even a 25 per cent tariff in a city like ours being so auto centric and so integrated with the United States will be … I hate to use the word … but it could be catastrophic." WATCH | Canadian auto sector would turn to U.S. courts if needed in tariff fight, rep says: Canadian auto sector would turn to U.S. courts if needed in tariff fight, rep says 2 days ago Duration 3:36 Dilkens said in the absence of nothing else, counter-tariffs imposed by Canadian governments are the only thing you have in a trade war. Border city union says members are 'very nervous' Windsor's largest single employer is Stellantis, and its biggest union is Unifor Local 444, which represents workers at the automaker's assembly plant. Union president James Stewart says most of his members, including ones at other manufacturing plants, are "very nervous." "It's anyone that's involved in auto or in auto parts on both sides of the border," he said earlier this week. "If they're not nervous, they should be, because ultimately a 25 per cent tariff … will be devastating," said Stewart. "They're worried about their futures. They're worried about their families. They want to go to work and build good quality vehicles." Stewart says if the tariffs go ahead it will shut down production "within weeks." "We would try and make sure we keep the plants running as long as we can. But we saw in COVID, the part supply chain … it's designed in such a way that if you have a major break in that supply chain, it affects the whole industry. And that could happen very quickly here."

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