About 100 people took part in the Sisters in Spirit march in downtown Sudbury Thursday morning.
Sisters in Spirit events, which honour the lives of missing and murdered indigenous women, are held across Canada each Oct. 4. These gatherings serve to raise awareness and to provide support to families who have lost a loved one.
The local event was put on by the N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre, with speeches and a ceremony taking place before the march at nearby Christ the King Church.
A 2014 report by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, ordered by the Stephen Harper administration, stated 1,181 Indigenous women were killed or went missing across the country between 1980 and 2012.
Responding to repeated calls of Indigenous groups, other activists, and non-governmental organizations, the Government of Canada under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau established the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in September 2016.
