Women are murdered by men every day, yet these acts of femicide barely make the news. Across Canada, there are over fifty memorials to women who have been murdered. Each one tells at least two stories: the terrible one of unremitting violence against women and the triumphant one of women claiming public space, naming the violence and insisting that society remember. This book is the first to record thirty of these, and in so doing names the women remembered and the circumstances of their deaths. The authors document the feminist community's response and the initiative taken to build memorials along with the official attempts to keep them out of public view. The memorials documented include those in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, The Pas, Toronto, Montreal, London, Ottawa and Moncton.

Introduction: "murdered by men" -- Vancouver: Missing, Murdered and Counting -- Calgary and Edmonton: Lest We Forget -- Winnipeg and The Pas: In Memory of Helen Betty Osborne -- Chatham: In Memory of Theresa Vince -- Stop Sexual Harassment -- London: The War Against Women -- Guelph: Take Back the Night -- Hamilton: End the Violence -- Toronto: Women Won't Forget -- Ottawa: Women's Urgent Action -- Montreal: Lieux de mémoire -- Moncton and Riverview: Courage and Hope -- Bear River: In Memory of Annie Kempton -- First Nations Women Remembered -- Conclusions: Against All Odds -- Appendix: Memorials to Women Murdered across Canada.