The much-anticipated report on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls will be released in June.
The four-person commission has completed the document, but the federal government has agreed to hold off on its release to ensure the “highest quality of translation”.
Commissioners were tasked in part with looking at systemic causes of violence against Indigenous women and girls who’ve been murdered or gone missing in Canada.
The final report will include stories from 1,484 family members and survivors of violence, as well as experts and officials who delivered testimony at 24 hearings and statement-gathering events in 2017 and 2018.
The $53.8 million inquiry faced scrutiny throughout its work because of the high rate of staff turnover and the 2017 resignation of a commissioner.
The document will be released at a public closing ceremony in Gatineau, Quebec on June 3, 2019.
The ceremony will be live-streamed and feature elements from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit traditions led by Elders.
