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Sisters Walking Together
Sea stacks on a misty Pacific Northwest coastline
Sisters Walking Together

Walking alongside Indigenous women toward healing & justice

A registered Canadian charity supporting incarcerated and recently released Indigenous women in the Vancouver area.

Why we walk

Indigenous women face the worst of Canada's prison system.

39%

of the female prison population is Indigenous — despite being less than 4% of all women in Canada.

50%

of federal segregation placements are Indigenous women, isolated for months and years.

50+%

of federally sentenced women have identified mental health needs and significant histories of trauma.

Solitary confinement is illegal but still practiced, by other names — administrative segregation, modified movement, clinical seclusion, lockdown. NWAC Prison Issues Fact Sheet

The Truth & Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action #31, 35–37 address the urgent need for reform in the treatment of Indigenous peoples within the justice system.

Sisters Walking Together logo: three women walking inside a Coast Salish formline circle
Our Mission

To support incarcerated & recently released Indigenous women in their Creator-given cultural and spiritual identity, and to advocate for justice in the prison system.

"He has sent me to mend broken hearts, to tell prisoners they have been set free…"

Luke 4:18 · First Nations Version
Read our story
A Lifeline

Need support?

Are you about to be released? Could you use a friend when you get out?

604.753.9929 or info@sisterswalkingtogether.ca Learn more