Joy Smith Foundation

In Canada, indigenous women and girls are fully represented as victims of exploitation and sex trade. There is an important relationship between disappearance, killing and sex trade of indigenous women and girls in Canada.

Traffickers and buyers have specific markets targeting extremely vulnerable indigenous women and girls. Traffickers and purchasers are more violent against indigenous women and indigenous women are more convicted

The fundamental cause of this increase in vulnerability is the continued impact of colonialism on indigenous society, the heritage of boarding schools and their generation, domestic violence, child abuse, poverty, homelessness, systematic ethnic groups Sexual and gender based discrimination, lack of education, lack of support network, rural / remote living, and material dependence

If you believe that someone knows you are being trafficked, please contact National Traffic Crisis Hotline (866.528.7109) or Crime Stoppers 800.222.8477. In Manitoba, please call 844.333.2211

Caroline Altman Smith is deputy director of the Kresge Foundation education program. In this role, Mr. Smith supports the team's domestic funds. This funds higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations to help students who are not educated attend higher education and succeed. Prior to joining Kresge in 2008, Caroline worked as a project officer for five years at the Lumina Foundation in Indianapolis. There, students of low income, minority and first generation entered university and had the opportunity to obtain a bachelor 's degree. Caroline graduated from the University of Virginia and received a master's degree of charity research and a nonprofit organization management certificate from Lilly Family Charity Academy of Indiana University.

The Smith Scholarship Foundation accepts the online application of the Smith Scholarship Program on September 15, 2018. The Smith Scholarship Foundation program is an accountability scholarship program that supports high school students "rewarding" communities through volunteer activities or overcoming economic and personal challenges. All assistance must be strictly compliant with SSF guidelines. SSF is the last one dollar supplementary scholarship. For more information, please visit our website www.smithscholarships.com. Please look at the shaded box on the left side and click "Frequently asked questions" for details.