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Last June, we shared about the Red Dress Journey at UBC Child Care in Vancouver, through which staff and educators highlight and centre the endemic issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People and explore age-appropriate ways to engage children and families. 

Since that time, the Child Care team has continued the journey, notably through the ongoing creation of a life-sized dress form at the Child Care Administration Hub, which is draped in red fabric and holds a sculpted-fabric heart at its centre. The dress form stands beneath the photos and names of each MMIWG2S+ person, which will soon be imprinted onto the fabric. 

This process-based piece allows for ongoing engagement with this challenging and significant topic for staff, educators and visitors, including, in February, delegates from the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society’s (BCACCS) annual conference who toured our child care settings.