The Stacey Dooley Investigates Collection Season 8 Episode 2 Canada's Lost Girls

Stacey Dooley brings viewers in for yet another investigative journey with season 8's second episode of The Stacey Dooley Investigates Collection titled Canada's Lost Girls. This hard-hitting piece tackles the pressing and sensitive problem of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, particularly those who have disappeared along the Highway of Tears in British Columbia.

The episode began with Stacey opening up about her own inexperience with indigenous culture and how she views the colonization issue. She then travelled to Prince George, the town where many of these missing girls would disappear, and interviewed locals who had lost loved ones. Talking to family members of the missing women gave her a first-hand insight into the agony and heartbreak that many have endured.

Stacey not only shed light on the stories of missing girls but also pointed at the striking and poignant history of a traumatized indigenous community, which greatly contributes to the abduction cases. She talked to First Nations activists who shared their perspective on systemic racism, inadequate policing, and ongoing discrimination against indigenous women and girls.

Dooley's investigation became even more alarming as she delved further and discovered how a few serial killers were still on the loose years after the murders. She held interviews with Heather Raymond, a former Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer who was involved in investigating some of the murder cases and went on to become a private investigator. Heather shared her opinion that police had long ignored cases of missing indigenous women, which she thinks to be due to racism and lack of resources.

Moreover, Stacey spoke with former Canadian Human Rights Commissioner Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who extensively detailed the Canadian government's lack of action regarding the crisis. She focuses on the shallow attention to the issue, whilst ignoring the community's lack of access to basic human amenities like clean water.

Lastly, Stacey also discussed the plan that the Canadian government had recently launched to address the problem, which aimed at lifting up the indigenous community, but it seemed like a lot of red tapes and political rules largely undermined the implementation of the program. The government's Project Devote also seemed to lack the extensive investigation it needed to put a stop to these ongoing crimes, as these homicides have no single unit responsible for investigating them.

Stacey Dooley's Canada's Lost Girls is a compelling investigative journalism piece that provides insight into the larger systemic issues surrounding indigenous women's plight in Canada. She has not only focused on the lives of powerful and respectful indigenous women, but also on the painful trauma and suffering that their mothers, sisters, daughters, and communities are faced with. Her show allows viewers to look beyond the false narratives presented by the mainstream media and see the real-world crisis from an inside perspective. In this powerful piece, she gives a voice to many who have been silenced for years, encouraging viewers to be part of the solutions to the crisis.