Status of Women committee  The government has already recognized that brick and mortar housing for foster homes or group homes puts people who live in those homes at risk. One of the elements of our programming in Halton has been that we want to create a crisis unit and transitional homes so if they're e

Status of Women committee  Which part did you want me to talk about?

Status of Women committee  With regard to the transitional support, a lot of our clients are seeking housing, but we're not able to provide it because we do not have a crisis unit. What happens is that we need to relocate them very quickly, so we're putting them up in a hotel, which isn't sustainable. They

Status of Women committee  One that we've accessed and found great support through is the Native Women's Centre in Hamilton. They have a program on human trafficking called “Healing Sisters”. That's one place that we've relied upon because of the issues we're having within our region.

Status of Women committee  Many of the violence-against-women shelters have strong anti-sex-work policies. These policies not only create another barrier for access for survivors of human trafficking, who may be taking part in survival sex work, but also work to stigmatize survivors of human trafficking. F

Status of Women committee  As a racialized first-generation Canadian survivor of human trafficking, I am bringing forward some of our human trafficking recommendations. I also experienced domestic violence, and while exiting through human trafficking, I was placed in a domestic violence shelter. It was s