We are advocating to prevent violence towards Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people along Highway 16.
The Highway of Tears is a 725-kilometre corridor of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, where many Indigenous women and girls have gone missing and been murdered.
Who We Are
The Highway of Tears Initiative is encompassed and overseen by the Calls for Justice program at Carrier Sekani Family Services, which addresses historical and systemic issues that have contributed to Indigenous women and girls going missing and being murdered along the Highway 16 corridor.
Our work has been directed by the Highway of Tears Governing Body, which was formed as a result of one of the 33 Highway of Tears Symposium Report Recommendations. Our work is also guided and supported by numerous family members, friends, allies, and advocates who are working to end violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.
What We Are Fighting For
With respect and love for our missing and murdered loved ones, we are committed to fulfilling the 33 Recommendations from the 2006 Highway of Tears Symposium Report and the 231 Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls to end the ongoing violence toward Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in our communities.
Community Safety Toolkit
This toolkit was created by Indigenous family members who have had a missing or murdered loved one so that others with a similar experience don’t feel alone or in the dark about what to do if someone goes missing. Our prayers and strength are with you in your journey. May your loved one be found and come home to the family who loves and misses them.
“Because of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls from communities across our country, Canadians are missing out on thousands of Indigenous women that could have been our mothers, teachers, lawyers, doctors, mayors and more. Each of these women’s lives were interrupted much too soon and Canada would be a different place if they were still living among us.”
MARY TEEGEE SPEAKING AT THE RAMONA LISA WILSON MEMORIAL WALK, JUNE 11, 2021
Carrier Sekani Family Services
Carrier Sekani Family Services proudly provides holistic health and wellness services, in keeping with our mandate, for Carrier and Sekani people in north central British Columbia, with some services that extend across the country.
All of our holistic wellness programs and services are provided through the Carrier life cycle approach. Our culturally relevant services meet high standards. Culture is at the heart of all that we do!
The Calls for Justice program at Carrier Sekani Family Services advocates for the safety of Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in alignment with the 33 Recommendations from the 2006 Highway of Tears Symposium Report and the 231 Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The program also provides violence and victim prevention, along with awareness education, to individuals, communities, and service providers in north central British Columbia.
News
Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women in northern B.C. and an Indigenous social service agency have unveiled four new billboards to honour and remember the women and girls who’ve died or disappeared along a notorious highway that’s been dubbed the Highway of Tears. The route has been called the Highway of Tears because more […]
The province is investing an additional $75 million to expand cell coverage. The province is investing $75 million through the Connecting British Columbia program, administered by Northern Development Initiative Trust, to help fund projects that will expand cellular to at least another 550 kilometres of highway by 2027. The funding builds on a $15-million investment […]
Highway 16 in British Columbia is known as the Highway of Tears. It is a route that holds many secrets of people who have gone missing or been found murdered along the stretch of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert in northern B.C. A recent breakthrough in the 12-year-old missing persons case of Madison […]