Several postsecondary institutions across Canada recognized Red Dress Day with special awareness events, ceremonies, and marches. SKG President Mary Wabano-McKay explained that the purpose of the day is “to honour murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls and two-spirited people.” Institutions such as College of New Caledonia, Conrad Grebel University College, and Mount Royal University hosted art exhibits and hung red dresses and red prayer markers outside to raise awareness of the day. Brandon University, Medicine Hat College, Mount Saint Vincent University, Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig, and the University of Waterloo were among those that hosted events such as memorial gatherings, rallies, talks, and drop-in spaces to honour and remember those who are missing or have been murdered.
