Violence Against Aboriginal Women

I keep hearing the same idea from people... "Colonialism no longer exists".

What planet are they from?

Colonialism certainly exists and it is continuously maintained through institutions, ideas etc. One way it is definitely maintained is through violence against Aboriginal women. I posted a little something earlier this year on the Toronto Police Department's lack of action to find hundreds of missing Aboriginal women and how the justice systems, policies created and so on are actually participating in colonialism by controlling Aboriginal women's bodies and valuing it no more than for sexual gratification and structure of the power dynamic.

Just because Canada apologized to First Nations people for residential schools and the discrimination endured, does this mean colonialism is over?
Unfortunately, in our society, colonialism coupled with patriarchy still breathes air into discrimination. The effects of colonialism is residual--- it's still here.

The above video is a response to murdered, raped, discriminated bodies of Aboriginal women found in the Lower East side of British Columbia, Canada. Discriminated when they were alive, and discriminated by the justice system after their death.

Some were sex workers and some were just thought to be sex workers by the ongoing stereotypes. But justice isn't served and the media doesn't help.

Robert Pickton case: Aboriginal women who were to participating in the trial of Robert Pickton could no longer testify or participate otherwise due to the lack of protection the women were receiving from the government, police etc.

Murder of Pamela George: Two university students (males) repeatedly tried to pick up Pamela George on a number of occasions. Finally, they ended up killing her and leaving her body with lots of evidence that eventually led to their arrest. After killing George, the two men went to a bar and bragged to friends about the incident. One of the student's mothers washed their bloody clothes. The next day, when the news reported Pamela George's death, one of the men left for Banff and "hung out" with friends.
--- The two men were charged with manslaughter, not murder, despite the incriminating evidence found on and around George's body. In the media, they portrayed the two murderers as "unfortunate" because they actually were good students and their future is "ruined". Seriously?

It's disturbing how these two men were able to enter AND leave the space where such violence is accepted, brushed off etc. Meanwhile, Pamela George signed a contract when entering this space. And was never able to leave.