As a result of Carrie’s stand against injustice, complainants now have up to 12-months to make complaints against municipal police forces in Nova Scotia. In fact, if there are good reasons that are not contrary to public interest then the police complaints commissioner can extend the time period beyond the 12-month period.  

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Carrie’s success in 2020 was far from the end of Carrie’s fight. For the past five years Carrie has been enmeshed in a lengthy and complex criminal trial. In 2021, the first accused in Carrie’s criminal case was murdered and her case was dismissed. In early 2022, police and the prosecution revealed a new accused individual to try for sexual assault and in May of 2023, a provincial judge acquitted the accused due to lack of evidence. Carrie’s ongoing Nova Scotia Police Review Board hearing has now been scheduled for July 10-24, 2023 and civil lawsuit against the Halifax Regional Police (HRP) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been further delayed. 

Over five years after Carrie’s sexual assault, she has yet to receive justice for the violence committed against her both by the accused, and by the police. But Carrie has never given up her mission to challenge legal and police institutions so that future survivors may experience meaningful justice. In fact, Carrie has created two organizations to address the lack of legal advocacy and peer support for victims and survivors of sexualized violence.

In October 2020, Carrie founded Survivors for Change and Empowerment which is a network for victims and survivors of sexualized violence. A year later, Carrie began Carrie Low Training and Consulting to offer trauma-informed training and consulting to professional justice institutions to ensure that survivors are treated appropriately and in hopes that access to meaningful justice for survivors can be achieved. 

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