Looks at why Aboriginal women and girls are most susceptible to trafficking, what Canada is doing in response and current policies. Also provides recommendations and argues for decriminalization of prostitution.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 20, no. 3, Women 2000: Eradicating Poverty and Violence in the 21st Century, Fall, 2000, pp. 165-166
Description
Details the excessive penalizing and punitive incarceration by the prison and parole system by detailing the difficulties faced by a young woman who has no resources or familial support.
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 02]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Beverly Kiohawiton Cook
Description
Webcast of the keynote speaker from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium, Beverly Cook, who speaks on child sexual abuse and the ACE program (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
Duration: 31:58.
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society. Presents a speech by a holocaust survivor.
Duration: 15:11.
Assistant Deputy Ministers' Committee on Prostitution and the Sexual Exploitation of Youth
Description
Discusses concerns Aboriginal communities have about sexual exploitation of their children and youth and the need for this issue to be addressed by the community and the government.
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marie Wilson
Description
Remarks by Marie Wilson, Truth and Reconciliation of Canada Commissioner, including how the Canadian TRC is unique to others in the world and the mandate and purpose of the TRC. Followed by excerpts from survivors stories.
Duration: 30:19.
Special Investigation Report (Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth) ; May, 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Pringle
Description
Findings from investigation of one child's death at the hands of another. The children were under the supervision of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services and the Yorkton Tribal Council Child and Family Services, respectively.
Ministry of Social Services' Response.
Update.
Discusses a national action plan to address gaps in current policies, programs and services to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls and to fulfil Canada’s international human rights obligations.