“Hitchhikers told us that the north is different; people who hitchhike in the south [of B.C.] wouldn’t hitchhike in the north.”
That was the message that Jacqueline Holler, associate professor of history and women’s studies at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), shared in Burns Lake last month during a series of workshops about the dangers of hitchhiking.
Hosted in partnership with the RCMP, the workshops were held at Wet’suwet’en First Nation, Burns Lake Band, Lake Babine Nation, Tachet Indian Reserve and at the Southside Health and Wellness Centre between June 20-23, 2017.
Holler