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Global News Give Me Shelter 2024

No one should be forgotten during the holidays. It’s a shocking statistic. Each year, thousands of women and children flee domestic violence to find shelter at one of Alberta’s women’s […]

Continuing The Conversation on Victim Services

We at JMMF would like to share some important articles that highlight the impact of victim services on survivors and have sparked important conversations. 💜”Government […]

Jessica’s Legacy: 15 years of dedication to ending abuse

Jessica Martel was a mother to three beautiful children. She was a singer who loved writing. She was loved by her mother, Lynne, and the rest of her family and friends. On April […]

A Love Letter to Morinville**

** and Sturgeon County and St Albert and the surrounding area! Our Dearest Morinville, Our hearts overflow with gratitude as we pen these words to you, our beloved town, after […]

February is Teen Dating Awareness Month

February is Teen Dating Awareness Month. We have gathered some resources to talk to you teen about healthy relationships, consent, and technology.

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The Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation acknowledges the traditional lands upon which we live, work, and play. We are located on Treaty 6 land, and we wish to thank the Cree, Blackfoot, Assiniboine, Dene, Iroquois, Inuit, and many other nations who have gathered on these lands for thousands of years. We also thank the Métis people of the North Saskatchewan River Territory and Western Canada.

This land has been welcoming guests for tens of thousands of years. We wish to acknowledge the many migrants who have made Canada their home. Many of these migrants are also Indigenous to their home countries and have also been colonized for hundreds of years. This legacy of colonization has left Indigenous peoples impoverished as the colonizers took away land and extracted rich resources. These migrants had to leave their countries to seek a better life for their families.

We recognize that all Albertans are Treaty people and have a responsibility to understand our history so that we can honor the past, be aware of the present, and create a just and caring future. We celebrate and value the resiliency, successes, and teachings that Alberta’s Indigenous people have shown us. We honour the legacy of colonization and its impacts on Indigenous Albertans and newcomers. Most of all, we are grateful to the Indigenous people of Alberta for sharing their land with us and blessing us with its abundance.

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