My fearless canvas by michael tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk Made with the best of intentions en-us 2017-12-05 00:48:37 UTC 2026-03-11 16:10:53 UTC hello@padlet.com michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213120850 2017-12-05 00:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213120850 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213121173                                      ]]> 2017-12-05 00:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213121173 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213122074 Jamie Black is an emerging Metis artist from Winnipeg, Ontario. Jamie has studied English Literature at the University of Manitoba and has an Education degree from The Ontario Institute of Studies in Education. ]]> 2017-12-05 01:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213122074 The gist michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213124647 Jamie Black created the REDress project to honor the thousands of missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls of Canada, and bring them the attention they deserve.Although thousands of aboriginal females go missing in Canada, Mrs. Black has had 3 friends and family go missing. ]]> 2017-12-05 01:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213124647 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213125277 2017-12-05 01:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213125277 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213125486 The main reason behind Jamie Black’s RedDress project was to bring awareness to the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada. In the last 30 years, more than 1,200 aboriginal women have been murdered. 

]]> 2017-12-05 01:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213125486 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213125858 The Red Dress Project at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg]]> 2017-12-05 01:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213125858 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213126036
The REDress project has been displayed on many different platforms, from the side of the road hanging from trees to upscale art museums. I feel this was the main reason the REDress projects message was able to reach people from many different backgrounds. Jamie stated that she hoped to gain more attention by opening her project to the public and invite Canadians to display their own red dresses to show their support.
]]> 2017-12-05 01:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213126036 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213126696                                               ]]> 2017-12-05 01:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213126696 Why Red? michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213126774 Jamie collected hundreds of dresses, but not just any dress. She picked red dresses as she felt that the colour red had a haunting visual effect. The bloodred colour catches peoples attention which draws greater public awareness to the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls. Moreover, red is a very important sacred colour to many indigenous groups across Canada. ]]> 2017-12-05 01:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213126774 Weakness michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213127169  There are not many weaknesses within the RedDress project but, I feel the message associated with the project could be better translated/promoted. With that being said, One columnist has had a conflicted reaction to the project. 

]]> 2017-12-05 01:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213127169 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213127514 References

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]]> 2017-12-05 01:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213127514 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213128274 The main advantage of Jamie's display is that anyone can take part in the REDress project helping greatly to get the message to the people.]]> 2017-12-05 01:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213128274 Conclusion michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213543235 If you came across one of the REDress displays and did not know what it represented, there would be no way to understand the message Jamie Black was trying to get across.That being said, the project as a whole has gained great popularity and seems to be working. We will never know for sure if the positive trend is related to the REDress Project, but it has definitely brought the missing and murdered woman and girls the attention they deserve ]]> 2017-12-05 23:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213543235 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213546924 2017-12-06 00:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213546924 Bringing Attention to this Issue michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213547172 2017-12-06 00:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213547172 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213547247 Since this project, many departments of the federal and provincial government have come together and committed an assortment of resources. Not to say that the different branches of government weren't working on this problem beforehand, it just seems that it has received more attention. Due to their commitment and diligence, many positive changes have taken place.]]> 2017-12-06 00:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213547247 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213547926 2017-12-06 00:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/213547926 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216358345 This injustice has been going on for far too long and has not received the attention that it deserves by government and law enforcement. Each red dress represents a missing or murdered Indigenous woman or girl. (Global News, 2015)]]> 2017-12-14 23:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216358345 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216359062 Jamie’s particular interest is in feminism and Aboriginal social justice, she has been involved in many art projects in attempts to create a dialogue around social and political events and issues, but the one that has received the most attention is the REDRESS Project.

]]> 2017-12-14 23:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216359062 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216359523 A personal friend told Jamie that red was the only colour that spirts could see, so it is a calling back to the spirits of these women and allowing them to be part of this message.]]> 2017-12-14 23:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216359523 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216359792 The RCMP has published that there was a 9.3% reduction in the number of unsolved Aboriginal female homicides and "suspicious" missing person cases from the 2014 overview (225 cases to 204 cases) across all police jurisdictions (Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 2015). ]]> 2017-12-14 23:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216359792 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216360239 "The red dress appears ghostly and impersonal, especially after it's become so familiar and synonymous -- I have come to resent when editors choose the red dress over a human face for stories about murdered and missing women, because I wonder about the danger and benefit of giving a cause to protect human life an image with no features, or life, or blood, or viscera" (Maihot, 2017). So, like with most, if not all pieces of art, it is subjected to different opinions.]]> 2017-12-15 00:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216360239 michael_tyms https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216361406 2017-12-15 00:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_tyms/d704ea2cykpk/wish/216361406