Advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women stops in Winnipeg

Gladys Radek, a long-time activist who works to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women, made a stop in Winnipeg on Wednesday.

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Radek is driving across Canada in a car plastered with 113 photographs of missing and murdered Indigenous women to draw attention to the issue.

"Some families come up and ask me if they can put a picture of a loved one my car,"Radeksaid.

She is also in the process of making adocumentary aboutgrassroots initiatives around the MMIWissue.

Her niece Tamara Chipman, went missing in 2005 along B.C.'s infamous highway of tears. Since then, she's walked or driven across Canada six times for missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Over the years, she's heard more than 4000 stories about missing and murdered Indigenous women, she said.