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I'm a journalism master's student attending the University of Regina.
I'm producing a documentary film as part of my thesis.
I have spent the last year compiling research and I will present my results in a short film.
Background:
The ‘Highway of Tears’ began long before it was termed as such. The area was originally referred to as ‘The Highway Murders’ (Sabo, 2016) as police began to put together cases that had proximity to a specific stretch of Highway 16. Northern BC has a very long history of murdered and missing women cases dating as far back as 1969 (Friesen & Moore, 2016). The cases were largely unsolved and neglected until a series of murders in the 1990s sparked public protest. The problem was only mounting and details on cases were overlapping. In response the RCMP created the unit E-PANA in the Fall of 2005 and the community held a public symposium the following Spring. The 2006 Symposium was initiated after another teen death that February and added to the already long list of cases (Dolha, 2006).
Thesis:
Forty years after the first incident, an inquiry was launched by the provincial government and was released in 2012. The most urgent recommendation made by the inquiry was to enhance the public transit system along Highway 16. The remoteness between communities was found to acutely increase women’s vulnerability to violence given the lack of public transportation and necessity to hitchhike. Four years later little has been done. The incidents of missing and murdered women in the area continue and neglecting this recommendation places vulnerable women into high-risk situations. This documentary investigates why the urgent transportation recommendation has not been implemented, who is responsible and the consequences on vulnerable women.
This documentary will be produced regardless of funding but the quality of the film is directly correlated with the funds available.
Please help my cause. Your donations will go towards production. The film will be completed by October 2019. Every amount will help; please support my ambition and share this page.
Kindest regards, Tennessa Wild.
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