WJS Canada

Today is Mother’s Day.
There is a lot held in that word.

For some, it is a day of celebration. For others, it can bring up grief, distance, longing, or other complicated feelings.

At Taproot, we see the steady, everyday ways people show up for one another. Mothers, grandmothers, aunties, foster parents, kinship caregivers, and those who offer care, love, protection, patience, and support in ways that may not always be named.

Today, we recognize the relationships that help people feel safe, rooted, and cared for.

Happy Mother’s Day.

Today is Red Dress Day, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people.

The red dress has become a powerful symbol of absence, remembrance and the lives that should still be here.

At Taproot, we pause to honour those who are missing and those whose lives have been taken, and to hold space for the families, survivors and communities who continue to carry this grief.

This is a day for remembrance, truth and continued responsibility.