People gathered on Parliament Hill today in a solemn ceremony to remember missing, murdered and abused aboriginal women and children.

In a symbolic movement that's crossing the country, supporters laid dozens of red dresses on the steps leading to the Peace Tower in a show of solidarity with the fight for justice for the victims.

"No more are we going to turn our backs," said Claudette Commanda, a Kitigan Zibi band councillor and teacher at the University of Ottawa. "No more are we going to be silent about the violence."