Driver training offered through an Indigenous lens
May 7, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tofino, BC – Lucy Sager grew up along the Highway of Tears in Terrace. The 725-kilometre corridor of highway in British Columbia has been the location of many missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW).
Driven by a range of factors, including colonization, the disproportionately high number of MMIW is, in part, a result of poverty. Without a driver’s license or access to a vehicle, many First Nations are forced to hitchhike, she said.
“The cost of hitchhiking can be your life,” said Sager. “And certainly, I’ve seen that.”