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In Between the Missing and Murdered: The Need for Indigenous Led Responses to Human Trafficking

Indigenous girls, two-spirit and trans women are the most vulnerable population for human sex trafficking, they access mainstream services the least, and present with the most complex trauma and life circumstances. Based on research, learn how this trafficking and exploitation manifests for Indigenous youth, what it constitutes, where it takes place, and what the risk factors are.  This training focuses on the voices of those who have been trafficked and the people who attempt to assist them, and offers pathways forward at the grassroots and systemic levels.

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Description

As a result of their dehumanized status within Canadian society, Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit, and trans women experience disproportionate rates of violence over the course of their lifetimes.  Though Indigenous Peoples only make up 4% of the Canadian population, Indigenous women and girls represent 50% of all sex trafficking victims, although they remain largely invisible.

The trainer will present preliminary thematic findings from a qualitative research project conducted with Indigenous trafficking survivors and professional social services providers in Toronto, Ontario. According to the findings of this research, Indigenous women, two-spirit and trans women survivors of human trafficking are the most vulnerable population, access mainstream services the least, and present with the most complex trauma and life circumstances. This research also indicates that all human trafficking victims were targeted as youth, some by family members and others by strangers. How exactly this trafficking and exploitation manifests for Indigenous youth, what it constitutes, where it takes place, and what the risk factors are will be elaborated upon.

Topics to be explore through the stories of Indigenous women, two-spirit, and trans women:

  • Pathways into Trafficking
  • Collective/Intergenerational Trauma Caused by Systems of Colonization
  • Uniqueness of Two-Spirit/Queer/Trans Experiences
  • What Helped Victims Get Out
  • Healing Journeys

This will be followed with a discussion on grassroots solutions for necessary systemic change that emanate from Indigenous communities and the need for Indigenous led ongoing research. The training will include: lecture, visuals, group discussions, question periods and interactive exercises.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify the unique roots, based on colonization, of human trafficking for Indigenous populations
  2. Gain knowledge of the prevalence of and risk factors for the human trafficking of Indigenous youth
  3. Learn directly from the victims of human trafficking and those who offer services to assist them
  4. Understand the need for Indigenous led responses to human trafficking
  5. Achieve a level of appreciation of Indigenous research approaches

Price

Member Fee; $135.60 (includes HST)

Non-Member Fee: $169.50 (includes HST)

 

This is a six hour training over 2 sessions.

 

GROUP DISCOUNT: Save 20% off individual fee with group registration of 4 or more participants. Contact: angela@safeguards-training.net

 

Course Dates & Location

January 20 & 27, 2021

1:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Two part live interactive webinar series using Zoom

Instructor

Cyndy Baskin. PhD

Cyndy is of Mi’kmaq and Celtic descent, originally from NB who has been living in Toronto for many years. Her clan is the fish and her spirit name translates as something like “The Woman Who Passes on the Teachings”. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Academic Coordinator of the Certificate in Aboriginal Knowledges and Experiences at Ryerson University. Her teaching, research and writing interests involve how Indigenous worldviews can inform education, spirituality, anti-violence approaches towards Indigenous women and girls, mental health and decolonizing research methodologies. She is the author of two novels, a textbook, an edited book on spirituality and social work, and numerous journal articles and book chapters focusing on Indigenous Peoples. Cyndy worked as a social worker for many years within Indigenous agencies in Toronto and assisted many First Nations communities to set up culture-based programing, the latter of which she continues to do.

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