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Kelly Parkatti

Kelly is a writer based in Vancouver. She graduated from SFU with a BA in Communication. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at UBC.

Murdered victims painted in "The Forgotten" need respect

The way I speak is through my paint brush… How was I going to tell the truth if I painted every single one of those women who went missing and many murdered in a pretty light? …Why now do some people...

With "The Forgotten," MOA sought to open conversation about murdered and missing women

But in the end, the show was cancelled. Part Two in a three-part series on the cancellation of Pamela Masik’s “The Forgotten”.

When an outsider paints the DTES missing women

Last night I spoke at a National Conference at SFU talking about 'The Forgotten” Project. There was so much hostility in the room by a group of women from the DTES [Downtown Eastside]…These women...