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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> has
become an annual installation since 2016 for <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/">
16 Days of Activism</a> Against Gender-Based Violence at the University of Waterloo.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Everyone is welcome to participate in the Bridge installation Opening Ceremony and Fire on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Wednesday,
November 4 at 1:00 pm</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> at the bridge between Environment 3 and St. Paul's University College. The closing ceremony will be held on Wednesday, November
25 at 1:00 pm.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Working with the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) Professor Sorouja Moll initiated </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Bridge</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> in
2016 to create a space for all University community members to learn about the crisis as they reflect upon their responsibilities, write a name on red fabric, and tie it to the bridge between Environment 3 and St. Paul's University College.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">To maintain a safe environment by adhering to COVID-19 protocols, the 2020 installation invites the public to read the names of MMIWG2S out loud as the
red fabric is tied to the bridge. <b>If you would like to read names, please contact Sorouja Moll via email:</b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="mailto:smoll@uwaterloo.ca" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">smoll@uwaterloo.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></b></i></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The gesture to name, remember, and honour the 4000+ missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit people in Canada is an active engagement
in learning about the depth of the crisis in the nation while resisting the existing silence that continues to shroud it. Originally installed in Montreal in 2009, as</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><i>The
Writing Names Project</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">, Moll research-creation initiative is a counter memorial and is part of a meaningful and sustained collaborative intercultural
praxis between non-Indigenous and Indigenous communities.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/Zu2t6LifQl0" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Watch the 2019 Bridge video by Sorouja Moll.</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:black"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/" style="margin:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">More
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">—Sent on behalf of Sorouja Moll and the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre.</font></p>
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