In the News - Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation

All media inquiries should be directed to:
Jessica Montgomery, Strategic Relationships Advisor
jessica.montgomery@jmmf.ca

JMMF in the News

All media inquiries should be directed to:

Jessica Montgomery, Strategic Relationships Advisor

jessica.montgomery@jmmf.ca

St. Albert Gazette

‘An untenable situation’: Legal Aid Alberta set to cease operating next week amid governance dispute with province

Edmonton Journal

MPs vote unanimously to criminalize coercive control

In domestic abuse, strangulation is a ‘hidden’ predictor of femicide, experts say

St Albert Gazette

Edmonton Journal

Alberta budget includes $10M for women’s shelters, more beds

Global Edmonton

More money for emergency women’s shelters in Alberta after decade-long pause

Archive News Stories

A Mother’s Courage: Lynne Rosychuk’s Story

City Life

Local woman receives national award, $20,000 for charity

Fort Sask Online

Morinville woman working to build safe house in memory of murdered daughter

CBC News Edmonton

DQ Blizzard Day supports JMMF

Morinville News Online

Blizzard Day supports emergency women’s shelter in Morinville

CTV News Edmonton

Morinville woman to be honoured as a L’Oreal Paris Woman of Worth

Morinville News Online

Women murdered by partners should be named, says women’s shelter organization

CBC News Edmonton

Mother of murder victim alarmed by new Alberta domestic violence data

CBC News Edmonton

Lloyd rises in House of Commons to speak in support of Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation

Morinville News Online

4th Annual Break-Free Gala includes $100,000 donation from Pembina

Morinville News Online

Show and Shine raises $5k for Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation

Morinville News Online

Jessica Martel Memorial Run completes its sixth year

Morinville News Online

Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation receives cheque from fundraiser

Morinville News Online

‘Blizzard Day’ in Morinville supports area’s first women’s shelter

CTV News Edmonton

Morinville to build ‘Jessie’s Home’, first shelter in town

CTV News Edmonton

Safe house to be built in Morinville in memory of mother killed by common-law husband

Global News Edmonton

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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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