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Jessie’s Run raises $46K to support Jessie’s House construction

“Jessie’s Run was made possible by the support of more than thirty volunteers, a more than a dozen sponsors, and hundreds of runners, walkers and donors. My heart is full […]

Anti-domestic violence run raises more than $46,000 towards shelter

It was the biggest year ever for the seventh annual Jessica Martel Memorial Run. The run was started by the Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation (JMMF) as a fundraiser for a […]

$46K raised for domestic violence shelter in Sturgeon County by Alex Antoneshyn for CTV Edmonton

About $46,000 was raised on Sunday for an emergency shelter offering safe space to victims of domestic violence in Sturgeon County. Nearly 200 people attended the seventh-annual Jessica Martel Memorial […]

Memorial walk held north of Edmonton to mark 10 years since woman was killed by her partner

Ten years after a mother from Morinville, Alta., was murdered by her common-law husband in front of her three children, people gathered in the community to remember her and raise […]

Family Violence Outreach

Family Violence Outreach If you are in immediate danger, call 911. We do not operate a crisis line. Our outreach program empowers survivors to reconnect to community. By linking them […]

Shelter Intake/ Crisis Line(24/7)

Fundraising & Volunteers

Outreach
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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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