https://BCSTHPodcast.podbean.com BC Society of Transition Houses is happy to launch the BCSTH Podcast. On this show, you will hear reflections on challenges in the gender-based violence sector and how our member organizations are rising to meet them. We will be featuring stories of tough realities, collaboration, innovation, activism and hope in a field where successes are often hard won.

]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Science:Social Sciences 1440 episodic BC Society of Transition Houses BC Society of Transition Houses No false https://feed.podbean.com/BCSTHPodcast/feed.xml https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22297208/General_Logo_for_Podcast.png https://BCSTHPodcast.podbean.com 144 144 Mothers, Sisters, Family and Friends, CSFS Part 2/2 https://BCSTHPodcast.podbean.com/e/csfs-part-22-mothers-sisters-family-and-friends/ https://BCSTHPodcast.podbean.com/e/csfs-part-22-mothers-sisters-family-and-friends/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0700 BCSTHPodcast.podbean.com/141764a1-473b-3782-a658-672af18b1b19 In the final episode in our two-episode miniseries focusing on our member organization Carrier Sekani Family Services, we attend their 20th Anniversary Highway of Tears Symposium in Prince George, BC. We speak with Mary Teegee-Gray, CAO at Carrier Sekani Family Services and a community leader in addressing the MMIWG2SLGBTQIA+ crisis along Highway 16, we learn about the Red Dress Society in Prince George with its president Tammy Meise, and we watch the unveiling of the Pillar of Hope, the project featured in episode 1 of this series.

]]> In the final episode in our two-episode miniseries focusing on our member organization Carrier Sekani Family Services, we attend their 20th Anniversary Highway of Tears Symposium in Prince George, BC. We speak with Mary Teegee-Gray, CAO at Carrier Sekani Family Services and a community leader in addressing the MMIWG2SLGBTQIA+ crisis along Highway 16, we learn about the Red Dress Society in Prince George with its president Tammy Meise, and we watch the unveiling of the Pillar of Hope, the project featured in episode 1 of this series.

]]> BC Society of Transition Houses false No 1526 3 full Pillars of Hope and Strength, CSFS Part 1/2 https://BCSTHPodcast.podbean.com/e/pillars-of-hope-and-strength-csfs-part-12/ https://BCSTHPodcast.podbean.com/e/pillars-of-hope-and-strength-csfs-part-12/#comments Tue, 05 May 2026 10:12:08 -0700 BCSTHPodcast.podbean.com/3ac642f6-c051-31e8-913a-d4ca43f0bfb2 If you’ve worked in the gender-based violence sector in British Columbia, you’ve heard of the Highway of Tears. Twenty years ago, a symposium was held to address crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people (MMIWG2S), along Highway 16, running from Prince George to Prince Rupert, BC. Today, our member Carrier Sekani Family Services is looking to fulfill one of the recommendations put forward by the surviving family and friends of victims and bring hope and strength to their community of Prince George, BC with an unprecedented memorial monument – The Pillars of Hope and Strength. We spoke with two team members from CSFS leading this project, Michelle Jones, Director of Justice and Annie Weinard, Project Coordinator, on their personal history, reflections on the pillars, and their hopes for the future.

]]> If you’ve worked in the gender-based violence sector in British Columbia, you’ve heard of the Highway of Tears. Twenty years ago, a symposium was held to address crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people (MMIWG2S), along Highway 16, running from Prince George to Prince Rupert, BC. Today, our member Carrier Sekani Family Services is looking to fulfill one of the recommendations put forward by the surviving family and friends of victims and bring hope and strength to their community of Prince George, BC with an unprecedented memorial monument – The Pillars of Hope and Strength. We spoke with two team members from CSFS leading this project, Michelle Jones, Director of Justice and Annie Weinard, Project Coordinator, on their personal history, reflections on the pillars, and their hopes for the future.

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