Help create a future where Indigenous Women, Girls & 2S+ are safe, valued, and thriving
Take action on the National Inquiry into MMIWG Calls for Justice through supportive arts & culture programming.
Help us build healing arts based programming
The REDress Project is grounded in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ Calls for Justice by reconnecting to the land, to the sacred and traditional teachings, and to one another through supportive art programs.
“In sharing their truths about their missing and murdered loved ones, witnesses spoke often about the links between violence, the circumstances surrounding that violence, and the loss of traditional culture – its own form of violence.”
What we offer
Community Arts & Healing Programming
- Cultural teachings and land-based practices through cultural camps, mentorship circles, or other programs
- Healing art spaces that empower families and communities impacted by violence
Grants for Emerging Indigenous Creators
- Emerging Indigenous women, girls, and 2S+ artists
- Youth-led art initiatives, collectives, and projects
- Community art events
The REDress Project
Our founder, Jaime Black-Morsette is a Red River Métis artist and activist, with family scrip signed in the community of St Andrews, Manitoba. Jaime lives and works on her home territory near the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers.
Founder of The REDress project in 2009, Black-Morsette has been using their art practice as a way to gather community and create action and change around the epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls across Turtle Island for over a decade. Black-Morsette’s interdisciplinary art practice includes immersive film and video, installation art, photography and performance art practices. Her work explores themes of memory, identity, place and resistance.
Addressing the Calls to Justice:
Education, Youth & Knowledge Transmission (Calls 12.1–12.8)
Calls for Indigenous-centered education systems that integrate Indigenous knowledge, language, and cultural practices
Media, Arts & Narrative Sovereignty (Calls 15.1–15.8)
Calls for accurate representation of Indigenous women, girls, and 2S+ people and support for Indigenous-led storytelling.
Systemic Transformation & Prevention (Calls 5.1 and related Calls)
Calls for structural change across institutions to prevent violence through culturally grounded, community-led approaches.
Culture, Language & Self-Determination (Calls 2.1–2.3, and 2.5)
Affirms Indigenous Peoples’ inherent rights to culture, language, identity, and self-determination, and calls for sustained investment in cultural revitalization.
Health, Wellness & Trauma-Informed Healing (Calls 3.1–3.7)
Calls for accessible, culturally safe, Indigenous-led health and wellness services that address intergenerational trauma through holistic approaches.
Cultural Safety in Services (Call 3.7 and related Health Calls)
Calls to require that services for Indigenous Peoples be culturally grounded and Indigenous-led, recognizing Western systems alone are insufficient for healing.
For the REDress Project, this means pursuing arts-based healing, land-based practices, and community-led wellness programming.
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