Red Dress Day: Ottawa families, survivors remember missing and murdered [Video]

Red dresses swayed in the breeze at Strathcona Park in Ottawa on Sunday as an eye-catching reminder of the injustice Indigenous women and girls face in Canada.

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May 5 is the national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, also known as Red Dress Day.

It is a cause near and dear to Bridget Tolley, who aided in hanging red dresses from trees and benches around the park.

“This is just a way of showing our love for them,” she said.

Tolley’s mother was struck and killed by a Sûreté du Québec cruiser in 2001. Her case was closed three months later, with no notification to Tolley and her family.

“We never got any information, so this is why I’m still …