Lisa Marie Young Case Study

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Lisa Marie Young was 21 years old when she went missing on June 30th, 2002, in Nanaimo, B.C. Lisa is the daughter of Don and Joanne Young. You may know her from the signs that can be seen all over Nanaimo. Her family has followed leads, talked to psychics, held vigils, and talked to several media sites. They want Lisa's story to be told; they want people to know that they love her and that not a single day goes by that they don't think about her or what has happened to her.

What happened to Lisa Marie Young? It has been over two decades since the day that Lisa Marie Young left a house party early in the morning on June 30th, 2002. Her friends say that they saw her leaving with a man in a burgundy jaguar.

Lisa's family took matters into their own hands and started their own investigation with her father's courier coworkers at Purolator, which found thousands of “missing” posters across all of Vancouver Island. The posters had her parents home phone number, and shortly after the posters were put up, loads of tips started flowing in. Several of these tips mentioned an unknown driver of an expensive maroon jaguar and a house party that had a rough crowd. These tips led to several ground searches being performed by Lisa's family members. These searches were organized by Lisa's grandfather, Tla-o-qui-aht, the chief Moses Martin. This was all done without guidance or support from the police. Many of these tips and searches pointed to the area of Nanaimo Lakes Road. Lisa had now missed planes with her father and missed her first day of training at a call centre, where she pushed for a sooner start date. It was also around this time that the neighbour of the Nanaimo Lakes Road house party contacted the RCMP about what looked like a body in a hammock in the backyard of the home and later equipment moving sil around. In the backyard, though, the RCMP did not respond to the

This is why the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) has a national mandate to make recommendations to eliminate the systemic causes of violence and to ensure the safety of indigenous women and girls throughout Canada. MMIW was founded in 2012 by Sheila North Wilson while she was working for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. North Wilson started MMIW as a hashtag on social media. She started this to bring awareness to the over 4,000 missing and murdered Indigenous women. What started off as a small foundation turned into a foundation of over 1,500 people, ranging from family members of missing indigenous women to survivors, 83 experts, and 819 other individuals. MMIW was extended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It was made to document the history of the lasting impacts of the Canadian Indian residential school system and the effect that it had on indigenous students and their families. The TRC mandate is to inform all Canadians of the history of the residential school system and to record the experiences of survivors, their families, and others involved. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) provides those who were directly or indirectly affected by the Indian residential school system with an opportunity to share their stories and experiences. Lisa Marie's and Tatyana's family never got a definitive answer to what happened to their daughter. Lisa was a