As students and staff arrive at the Georgian College Orillia campus Thursday they will notice red dresses on display throughout the campus.

The REDress Project, the renowned art installation that raises awareness into the issue of 1,200 missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

Through the public display of hundreds of empty red dresses, The REDress Project creates “encounters” with the disappeared by marking their absence, allowing viewers to emotionally connect to this staggering loss.

Winnipeg artist Jaimie Black is started the project in 2010.  The project has since travelled across Canada and internationally and is currently on display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Black hopes her art will help Canadians understand these women as women – people who are loved and valued and missed.

The installation will be open to students and the public beginning Thursday, Feb. 11 and will remain on display for two week, Jaimie Black