PRESS RELEASE – TUNGASUVVINGAT INUIT HOLDS 2ND CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR MMIWG2S

OTTAWA, ON – On May 3, Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI) held it’s second annual Candlelight Vigil for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit (MMIWG2S). The vigil took place at Annie Pootoogook park in Ottawa, ON, and was open to all to join in and honour, remember, grieve and spread awareness for those we lost or are missing. The ceremony included a drum performance, a song and drum performance and a symbolic lighting of candles to remember those we’ve lost.