By Rosemary Godin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cape Breton Post An initiative to honour the lives and memory of missing, murdered and exploited Indigenous men and boys (MMEIMB) is being commemorated country-wide on June 6 after being created in Alberta in 2023. First Nation communities all across Cape Breton are finding ways to honour men and boys by wearing blue jean jackets on Friday. This is the first time Blue Jean Jacket Day is being recognized in this area. In only two years, the desire to acknowledge the murdered and missing and educate the public about the epidemic of violence against Indigenous men and boys has spread quickly from the west to the East Coast. Indigenous men are four times more likely to die by homicide than an Indigenous woman… <\/p>\n
By Rosemary Godin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cape Breton Post An initiative to honour the lives and memory of missing, murdered and exploited Indigenous men and boys (MMEIMB) is being commemorated country-wide on June 6 after being created in Alberta in 2023. First Nation communities all across Cape Breton are finding ways to honour men and boys by wearing blue jean jackets on Friday. This is the first time Blue Jean Jacket Day is being recognized in this area. In only two years, the desire to acknowledge the murdered and missing and educate the public about the epidemic of violence against Indigenous men and boys has spread quickly from the west to the East Coast. Indigenous men are four times more likely to die by homicide than an Indigenous woman... <\/p>\n