Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People – The Federal Pathway
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) has released the 2025-2026 Federal Pathways Annual Progress Report:
- 2025-2026 Federal Pathway Annual Progress Report
- 2025-2026 Federal Pathway Annual Progress Report: Main Report – Correctional Services
On June 3, 2021, the Government of Canada (GC) released the Federal Pathway to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls (MMIWG) and Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex and Asexual (2SLGBTQQIA+) people.
The Federal Pathway, led by CIRNAC, is the GC's contribution to the broader National Action Plan to address the final report of the National Inquiry into MMIWG. It outlines commitments to addressing gender-based violence and systemic racism against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.
CSC is committed to supporting the rehabilitation and safe reintegration of Indigenous offenders, including Indigenous women, in a manner that is culturally responsive and inclusive of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities.
Approaches to address the MMIWG Calls for Justice include investments and measures that result in progress in five key areas:
- expanding community-based decarceration and reintegration options;
- improving culturally grounded, trauma-informed programming for Indigenous women;
- systemic barriers in classification, case management, and correctional decision-making;
- strengthening healing, mental health, family, and community supports; and
- advancing distinctions-based approaches, Elder participation, education, and safer institutional practices
These initiatives aim to enhance rehabilitative interventions, services and supports for Indigenous offenders, and supporting their successful reintegration into the community.