Absolutely. Cultural sensitivity and cultural supports for any culture of an individual who is leaving a trafficking situation or who is going through a trafficking situation are so integral. We are the only non-indigenous organization to sit on the restorative justice committee with one of our local bands in Sudbury. That allows us to have those elders and that different restorative justice approach in a human trafficking situation. That really flips things from the regular narrative we have, which is that victims and survivors are very separate from the perpetrators. It's definitely an indigenous perspective on healing and making that come full circle.
Just to speak to your connection with Kenora, I also sit on the northern alliance against human trafficking, and we have members in Kenora as well. We share our resources. We're sharing our school protocols and we're sharing our pathways so that if someone comes from, as Mr. Flynn said, a different jurisdiction, we're able to say that this is my friend in Kenora, these are the services and this is what we can offer in that place. Maybe there's a place of safety there, or maybe we're going to head down south and I'm going to connect with my resources there.
I think breaking down those silos is so very important. Whether it comes from an indigenous perspective, from a settler perspective or from an immigrant perspective, whatever that survivor and that victim needs, that's what we try to provide for them. Sometimes it's flying by the seat of your pants and going, “Okay—this is what this person needs. How can we make that happen?” We're very fortunate within our victim services portfolio to really be able to work with our victim quick response program and to bring those survivors and those victims what they need.