Public Safety committee  I would say the most important thing is to educate. Educate youth to be successful no matter what their upbringing is like. A lot of children I deal with even in the program I work for right now.... I'm the community coordinator for the ILAUNCH program: indigenous project LAUNCH, which stands for “linking actions for unmet needs in children's health”.

Public Safety committee  I think the most important thing is to have people like me, who.... When I got out of prison, I completely changed my whole life around. I disconnected myself from all those people. As I said, my daughter is 15 years old now. Obviously, we moved to the United States five years ago.

Public Safety committee  As I said, when I went to prison I was 20 years old. Actually, I was 21, because when I first got incarcerated I was in the Edmonton Remand Centre. It's kind of a crazy story, because it was my first offence ever in my life. I never had any gang involvement, drugs involvement, nothing like that.

Public Safety committee  While I was incarcerated, the first thing that happened.... I was five months pregnant with my daughter, and eventually I was sentenced. While I was pregnant and incarcerated, the goal of the police service and everybody around me was to apprehend my baby as soon as she was born.

Public Safety committee  Good morning. Can everybody hear me clearly?

Public Safety committee  Good morning. My name is Nicole Whiskeyjack. I live in Pendleton, Oregon, in the United States. I come to you today with the lived experience of everything that is being talked about today. I grew up with lots of trauma in my life. My mom died when I was 14. My dad passed away when I was 16.