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Index of Presentations Copyright Permissions .......................................................................................................... 2 Conference Poster .................................................................................................................. 3 Conference Presenters and Organizers .......................................................................... 4 The Rt. Rev’d Barbara Andrews - Welcome..................................................................... 6 The Rev’d Canon Dr. Alice Medcof, Conference Moderator..................................... 7 Conference YouTube video .................................................................................................... 8 The Honourable Joy Smith - Member of Parliament ................................................. 9 Connecting the Dots ................................................................................................... 11 USER NOTE When you download this pdf to your computer and open with Adobe Acrobat Reader, the Table of Contents (right) becomes clickable/interactive, the web links in the text will open in the browser, and the Bookmarks (left in the Reader window) will also become clickable.
Glendene Grant - Founder of MATH.................................................................................. 39 Missing! ............................................................................................................................... 40 Sister Nancy Brown ................................................................................................................. 43 Covenant House Vancouver Programs & Services......................................... 44 The Reverend Terrie Robinson - Anglican Communion Office................................ 73 Anglicans responding to human trafficking and modern slavery ............. 74 Corporal Jassy Bindra - Royal Canadian Mounted Police ......................................... 107 Human Trafficking........................................................................................................... 108 Rosalind Currie, British Columbia Ministry of Justice................................................. 123 BC’s Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons (OCTIP) .................................. 124 Resources ........................................................................................................................................ 136
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Copyright Permissions
The views expressed in the Human Trafficking Ebook are those of the presenters and are not necessarily held by the International Anglican Women’s Network-Canada. All of the materials in the Ebook can be reproduced but please make reference to the presenter, the presentation, and to this document. Importantly, the material cited from Invisible Chains in Glendene Grant’s presentation (pp 39-42) cannot be reproduced without written permission from Penguin Canada Books Inc. The contact information is: Penguin Canada Books Inc. 90 Eglinton Avenue East Suite 700 Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3 Telephone (416) 925-2249 Fax (416) 925-0068
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International Anglican Women’s Network An Official Network of the Anglican Communion
Human Trafficking Conference
Keynote Speakers
Where:
Sorrento Centre – Retreat and Conference Centre British Columbia
Date:
Friday, November 14, 2014
Time:
Registration – 8:00 am • Conference – 9:00 am- 5:00 pm
Cost:
$35 by November 1st • $50 thereafter Includes lunch and coffee breaks
Reasonable accommodation is available at: Sorrento Centre or in Kamloops Shuttle Service between Kamloops and Sorrento is available. Honourable Joy Smith, MP
The Rev Canon Dr. Alice Medcof
To register contact: Sorrento Centre 1159 Passchendaele Road, PO Box 99 Sorrento, BC Canada V0E 2W0 Phone: 250-675-2421 Toll free: 1-866-694-2409 Fax: 250-675-3032
The Rev. Terrie Robinson
Sister Nancy Brown Covenent House
Glendene Grant MATH Founder
Additional speaker: RCMP Corporal Jazzy Bindra
Think Globally – Act Locally Your Voice • Your Network • Your Communion
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BISHOP BARBARA ANDREWS
SISTER NANCY BROWN
ROZ CURRIE
The Right Reverend Barbara Andrews is Suffragan Bishop for the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior. She is one of two women serving as Bishops in the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon. Bishop Barbara was previously Director of the Sorrento Conference and Retreat Centre.
Sister Nancy Brown is the Pastoral Counselor/Ombudsperson and a Senior Manager at Covenant House Vancouver and has worked for 17 years at Covenant House. She has worked extensively to eliminate human trafficking. In September 2012, Sister Nancy was invested into the Order of British Columbia for her work, and in 2013, she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Rosalind Currie is the Director of BC’s Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons with the Ministry of Justice. Roz holds a law degree from the University of Ottawa and has worked in the antiviolence field for over 10 years. She was also the former Senior Policy Advisor to the Chief Commissioner of the BC Human Rights Commission. Roz will focus on the Province of British Columbia’s efforts in combating human trafficking. [Roz was unable to attend]
RCMP CORPORAL JASSY BINDRA Corporal Jassy Bindra is the Human Trafficking Co-ordinator for the British Columbia division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. She has been guest speaker at a number of events and has led workshops on combating human trafficking. Jassy will focus on the enforcement aspects of human trafficking.
Sister Nancy will focus on community programs and services offered to those who have been trafficked.
GLENDENE GRANT Ms. Glendene Grant is the founder of MATH: Mothers Against Trafficking Humans. Her organization helps families who have had members trafficked. Glendene’s daughter was trafficked into the United States in 2005. Glendene’s focus is on the personal impacts of human trafficking.
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Conference Presenters and Organizers THE REVEREND CANON DOCTOR ALICE MEDCOF
THE REVEREND TERRIE ROBINSON
Alice is a long standing member of the International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN). She has served on the International Steering Group of the IAWN and also as Canadian Provincial Link. Alice was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate at Trinity College, University of Toronto for her work with IAWN.
For the past 11 years Terrie has been a staff member at the Anglican Communion Office which is the Londonbased Secretariat serving the worldwide Anglican Communion. After several years supporting the official Networks of the Communion and looking after the Women’s Desk, she has recently taken on the role of Director for Women in Church and Society.
Alice is time keeper and moderator for the Human Trafficking Event.
Terrie will focus on the global impact of human trafficking. THE HONOURABLE JOY SMITH The Honourable Joy Smith is a Member of Parliament for Kildonan-St. Paul (Manitoba) was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 2004. In 2007, she put forward a motion M-153 to recommend the government develop a national strategy to combat human trafficking, and the House of Commons passed the motion unanimously.
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Joy developed the plan established by the Government of Canada as the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking. The Honorable Joy Smith will focus on the Federal Governments policy to combat human trafficking. BEHIND THE SCENES THE REVEREND MARGARET M. DEMPSTER Margaret is an Anglican priest serving in the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior. She was elected globally as one of seven women to serve on the IAWN Steering Group, and is, at the moment, the sole representative for North America. Margaret is the treasurer for the IAWN Steering Group.
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The Rt. Rev’d Barbara Andrews It is a joy for me to welcome you to this very important conference on the subject of Human Trafficking on behalf of Archbishop John Privett whose diocese we meet in today. I add my own welcome to you as one who oversees the jurisdiction of the Central Interior of BC, where the “Highway of Tears” goes through the area. I want to first acknowledge the Shuswap people, whose land we meet on today and give thanks for the gracious welcome we are always extended by the First Nations people. We also acknowledge that this is an issue that deeply affects the lives of many First Nations women and children, and pray that we might stand with them in a good way in their fight for justice. The Rt. Rev Barbara Andrews, Bishop Suffragan – Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior
We place in the midst of our conversation today Holy Scriptures. We gather to in response to Micah 6.8 … and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and walk humbly with your God? We gather at the encouragement of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Pope Francis who on March 17th of this year
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gave their backing to a ground-breaking ecumenical initiative to combat modern slavery and human trafficking. The leaders of the world churches have called for urgent action by all Christian churches and global faiths to work for the struggle against modern slavery and human trafficking from a faith base, so that we might be witnesses to God’s compassion and act for the benefit of those who are abducted, enslaved and abused in this terrible crime. It is my prayer that those who have come to speak to us will inspire us to work together to find new ways of doing justice, in acts of kindness and to humbly walk with those who desperately need our support and friendship. In doing so we will walk humbly with our God. kwuwksteyp.* Thank you. The Rt. Rev Barbara Andrews Bishop Suffragan Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior *“Thank you” in Thompson (Nlaka’pamux) language - a First Nations Inner Salishan language spoken in the BC interior
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The scourge of human trafficking must be eliminated. Archbishop Welby, Pope Francis, Grand Iman of Egypt and all faith traditions of the World Council of Churches agree. All people of good will agree.
The Reverend Canon Dr. Alice Medcof
Each of us is finding our way. No one way can stand alone as THE solution. Nor will every attempt be free from some dissent. We present this book in hope of encouraging every person to join in the task, knowing that we may stumble on the way. The Reverend Canon Doctor Alice Medcof Human Trafficking Conference Moderator International Anglican Women’s Network - Canada Alice is a long-standing member of the International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN). She has served on the international steering group of the IAWN and also as Canadian provincial link. Alice was recently awarded an honorary doctorate at Trinity College, University of Toronto for her work with IAWN.
Donations to IAWN - Canada Donations will be used to combat human trafficking, and related social justice issues at the annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
Canadian Compass Rose Society c/o Bruce Chambers, treasurer 17 Crescentwood Road Toronto, (Scarborough) Ontario, M1N 1C9 Note: on the memo line at the bottom of your cheque indicate “Friends of IAWN”.
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https://youtu.be/PJW8VPzr1eI Internet connection required - Video link will open browser and connect to YouTube
The Anglican Women’s Network held a conference on human trafficking in Sorrento BC on November 14, 2014. People traveled from across BC and western Canada Toronto and the U.K. to find out what human trafficking is and how they can help to end it. Glendene Grant, from Kamloops BC, spoke about how her family has been affected by human trafficking after her daughter Jessie Foster went missing in Las Vegas eight years ago.
Joy Smith, an MP from Kildonan - St Paul in Manitoba, spoke about what she has done and is doing to end human trafficking. This video has the news story that aired on CFJC TV as well as the raw interview with Joy. Joy is an excellent speaker but more importantly she has and is taking action to help those in need, she’s making a real difference in peoples lives. https://youtu.be/PJW8VPzr1eI - Stop Human Trafficking
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The Hon. Joy Smith, Member of Parliament The Honorable Joy Smith is the Member of Parliament for Kildonan-St. Paul (Manitoba) and was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 2004.
The Honorable Joy Smith Member of Parliament for Kildonan-St. Paul (Manitoba)
MP Joy Smith is recognized as Canada’s leading antihuman trafficking advocate and has united Canadians from coast to coast in the fight against modern day slavery. Since being elected in 2004, she has worked with leaders at the federal and international levels to advance legislation and initiatives to combat modern day slavery and provide assistance to survivors.
In 2007, MP Smith’s motion was unanimously adopted by the Canadian House of Commons calling on Canada to adopt a comprehensive strategy to combat human trafficking worldwide. In 2010, MP Smith’s Bill C-268 was adopted by the Canadian Parliament and created a new criminal offence for child trafficking with tough minimum sentences.
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In September 2010, MP Smith released a proposal for a National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking called Connecting the Dots and on June 6, 2012, the federal government launched Canada’s first National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking based on her proposal. In 2012, MP Smith’s Bill C-310 was adopted by the Canadian Parliament and extends extraterritorial jurisdiction to Canada’s human trafficking laws.
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The Hon. Joy Smith, Member of Parliament Last spring, MP Joy Smith released a report with recommendations on sex trafficking and the future of Canada’s prostitution legislation called The Tipping Point. This led to the government putting forward Bill C-36 which passed in December 2014 and criminalized the buying and advertising of sexual services for the first time in Canadian History.
MP Joy Smith is also the recipient of numerous awards for her work including [free-them]’s inaugural iStand Award, United Nations Women Canada Recognition of Achievement Award, the Wilberforce Award, and the Ceremonial Red Shawl from Canada’s First Nations people.
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“Human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, or harbouring of persons for the purpose of exploitation, typically in the sex trade. Over the past few years it has become the fastest growing and most lucrative criminal enterprises. Here in Canada, we are beginning to awake to the realities of this horrific crime. From young girls taken from the streets of Montreal and sold abroad, to the vulnerable children seduced on our First Nation reserves, it is a crime that reaches all elements of our society. Human trafficking must be stopped.” “Our generation has the opportunity to end this horrific crime of human trafficking. Each person that joins the movement against modern slavery makes a permanent impact. You can be that person.”
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Connecting the Dots: National Overview to AntiHuman Trafficking Efforts
Joy Smith, B.Ed., M.Ed. Member of Parliament - Canada
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Human Trafficking is: ……Modern Day Slavery!
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It happens here….. In Canada
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How I got involved Corporal Edward Riglin Virden RCMP Detachment
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Human Trafficking Two main forms of human trafficking that exists in Canada FORCED LABOUR Nannies Live-in Care Givers Agricultural or construction work
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Sex Trafficking A number of organized crime syndicates & family based networks recruit girls to trafficking inter & intra provincially. Middle class females between ages 12-25 recruited by male peers Victims controlled by direct (rape, assault) and indirect (threatening family) forms of coercion Daily earnings off of one victim can range from $300-$1500 International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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First Nations Exploitation
Released in June 2010, Hidden Abuse – Hidden Crime, an extensive study on domestic trafficking of children and youth in Canada commissioned by the RCMP revealed that a number of groups of Canadian youth including runaway children, unwanted children, youth living independently, and youth soliciting clients through the Internet were most susceptible to human trafficking and exploitation. Among these groups, it found that First Nations youth who had left reserves and peer support and moved to urban areas were especially vulnerable to sex trafficking.
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2008 - Toronto - Imani Nakpangi enslaved 14 & 15 year old girls in prostitution making over $400,000 2008 – Montreal QC - Michael Lennox Mark trafficked 17 girl & procured 3 others and coerced them into prositution 2009 - Ottawa/Gatineau - Laura Emerson – kept 3 women enslaved & drugged for prostitution 2010 – Burnaby BC - Man charged with human trafficking in what police described as a sex slave ring.
2010 – Milton ON - Man charged with abducting, gang raping and forcing 17 year old girl into prostitution.
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2008 - Toronto - Imani Nakpangi enslaved 14 & 15 year old girls in prostitution making over $400,000 2008 – Montreal QC - Michael Lennox Mark trafficked 17 girl & procured 3 others and coerced them into prositution 2009 - Ottawa/Gatineau - Laura Emerson – kept 3 women enslaved & drugged for prostitution 2010 – Burnaby BC - Man charged with human trafficking in what police described as a sex slave ring.
2010 – Milton ON - Man charged with abducting, gang raping and forcing 17 year old girl into prostitution.
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2010 – Toronto, ON - Man charged with luring 17 year old girls into prostitution.
2010 – Hamilton ON - 20 Hungarian Men rescued from forced labour. 2011 – Vancouver BC - Man charged with trafficking 4 teenage girls in Vancouver for sex 2011 – Ottawa, ON - Man charged with starving a 17 year old Windsor girl into prostitution
2012 – Reports from Montreal indicate seven out of 10 street youths will be victims of sexual abuse or exploitation.
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2012 – Reports that 3000-4000 youth in QC are being trafficked and a girl from QC sells on average for $6000 in Ontario. 2013 – Vancouver, BC – Man convicted of trafficking Filipino nanny into forced labour. 2013 – Calgary AB – Man faces charges of human trafficking after keeping a women captive for 3 weeks. 2014 - Toronto, ON – Human trafficking probe leads to 8 arrests, 44 charges International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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Police Operations 2013/2014 – Project Home for Christmas – York Police 10 arrests facing 95 charges
Only 10% of girls from York area Others were from other parts of Ontario, Quebec and as far away as Newfoundland 30% or girls were under 18 years of age.
January 2014 – Operation Northern Spotlight – Multiple Agencies – Phase I
Officers and/or Support Personnel Involved = 180 26 Police Services Involved – From Calgary AB to St. John’s NFLD 32 Towns and Cities Involved 333 females interviewed and offered support 3 females rescued at 15 years of age 25 Suspected Human Traffickers identified Arrests = 8 / Charges = 28
October 2014 – Operation Northern Spotlight – Multiple Agencies – Phase II
Officers and/or Support Personnel Involved = 167 26 Police Services Involved 257 females interviewed and offered support 18 females rescued including minors Arrests = 9 / Charges = 33
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Secured HT Convictions As of March 2014: 50 cases where HT and/or related convictions were secured. 97 individuals were convicted of HT offences and/or HT related offences (i.e. forcible confinement, sexual assault, procuring, conspiracy, participating in a criminal organization). 2 of the cases were trafficking for forced labour. Sentences for these convictions range from 1 day to 9 years imprisonment. In addition, one company was fined $215,000. International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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Ongoing Cases About 80 cases are before the courts in which charges under human trafficking-specific or related Criminal Code of Canada (CCC) and Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) offences have been laid, involving at least 128 accused and 122 victims. Over 90% of these cases involve domestic trafficking; the remaining, less than 10% involve people being brought into Canada from another country. Many other cases are ongoing that do not involve human trafficking offences but use International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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Strong Laws Key to Helping Victims
Ensuring swift & certain punishment for traffickers is essential for the protection & rehabilitation of victims. Victims are afraid to testify against their trafficker. Knowledge that trafficker will receive meaningful punishment provides hope & security to victims.
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2009 – Introduced Bill C-268 – Child Trafficking Offence Before Bill C-268, Canada had no specific penalties for child trafficking. Imani Nakpangi – Toronto area – received 3 years (credited 13 months for pretrial time) Michael Lennox Mark - Montreal – received 2 years (credited 2 years for pretrial time – double credit)
These sentences represent a monumental failure of our criminal justice system and demands Parliamentary intervention in the form of Bill C268. Bill C-268 proposed mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking a minor. On June 29, 2010, Bill C-268 received Royal Assent and became law. [Section 279.011] International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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2011 – Introduced Bill C-310: Enhances the current definition of exploitation in the trafficking in persons offence Allows Canada to prosecute Canadians or permanent residents who travel abroad and engage in human trafficking On June 28, 2012, Bill C-310 was given Royal Assent and became law. [Section 7 (4.11) and Section 279.04]
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A National Action Plan In September 2010, I released “Connecting the Dots,” my proposal for a National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking. It included recommendations under the following sections: Prevention Protection Prosecution Partnerships On June 6, 2012, the Canadian Government launched a National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking that included $25 million over four years. International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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Challenges in fight against sex trafficking
Demand for commercial sex has been ignored. Need to implement Nordic Model Countries that have legalized and regulated prostitution have seen sexual exploitation, human trafficking and violence towards women and youth increase drastically. In contrast, countries that have adopted the Nordic Model of prostitution have seen a marked decrease in street prostitution and sex trafficking. The Nordic Model of prostitution is also widely supported throughout Canada by police officers, faith groups, women’s organizations, First Nations, and victim support groups. International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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Supreme Court of Canada on Prostitution The SCC struck down the offences of: Bawdy houses (section 210 Cr. C. prohibits keeping, being an inmate of or found in a bawdy house) Living on the avails of prostitution (section 212(1)j) Cr. C. prohibits living in whole or in part on the earnings of prostitutes) Communicating for the purposes of prostitution (section 213(1)c) Cr. C. prohibits communicating in a public space for the purpose of engaging in prostitution or obtaining the sexual services of a prostitute)
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The Tipping Point Nordic-Abolitionist Model: Prostitution is exploitative not a business. Criminalization of johns & pimps who exploit prostitutes (clients and third parties) Decriminalization of prostitutes/trafficked victims. (Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Israel, France, European Union). Programs to assist women and individuals to leave prostitution. National awareness campaign on the harm of prostitution. International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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Bill C-36: The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. Historical approach to prostitution in Canada never recognized the harms of prostitution, but focused only on hiding it This approach changed on June 4, 2014 when the Justice Minister introduced Bill C-36 For the first time in Canada’s history, the buying of sexual services will be illegal. For the first time, prostituted/trafficked women will not be treated as a nuisance but treated with dignity. For the first time, the government of Canada will provide robust funding to help women and youth escape prostitution.
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Bill C-36: The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. Preamble of Bill C-36
Whereas the Parliament of Canada has grave concerns about the exploitation that is inherent in prostitution and the risks of violence posed to those who engage in it; Whereas the Parliament of Canada recognizes the social harm caused by the objectification of the human body and the commodification of sexual activity; Whereas it is important to protect human dignity and the equality of all Canadians by discouraging prostitution, which has a disproportionate impact on women and children; Whereas it is important to denounce and prohibit the purchase of sexual services because it creates a demand for prostitution; Whereas it is important to continue to denounce and prohibit the procurement of persons for the purpose of prostitution and the development of economic interests in the exploitation of the prostitution of others as well as the commercialization and institutionalization of prostitution; Whereas the Parliament of Canada wishes to encourage those who engage in prostitution to report incidents of violence and to leave prostitution; And whereas the Parliament of Canada is committed to protecting communities from the harms associated with prostitution;
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Bill C-36: The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. Support for Bill C-36 “What we've been doing here in Ottawa and seen some success is more like the Nordic model where we target the johns and those who prey on vulnerable women purchasing the sex. As a police service we'd like to see that continue down the path that we've taken.” Charles Bordeleau, Chief of Police, Ottawa Police Service “My position is fundamentally, we should not be using the criminal code in order to arrest and get help for these women. I prefer a Nordic model base where we still criminalize the johns, because that’s really where the trade is stimulated from, and we look at assisting these women because I can tell you that 95%, 98% or even higher choose not to be there, but they’re caught in the cycle, and we have to do something.” Brad Duncan, Chief of Police, London Police Service At the age of 16, my daughter’s bright future was taken from her and she was introduced to this world of prostitution. Victims of forced prostitution deserve our protection, these are young girls who have been lured into a world of disbelief and are unable to get out – they continue and become adult prostitutes. Women working in the sex trade need protection, not prosecution. I am grateful the federal government has introduced legislation that targets the pimps and johns and not the victims. Mother of a Trafficked Girl “I speak for the hundreds of Canadian girls that I have met and talked to and rescued in the last four years, who have been, and continue to be raped, violated, and exploited against their will. The dangers inherent in sex work are well documented. The young, the uneducated, and the vulnerable are targeted in prostitution – it always involves a power imbalance between a customer who pays to have their pleasure met, and a person who is hired to act like a sex puppet. Prostitution is rarely, if ever, about two consenting adults choosing to have sex.” Timea Nagy, Survivor, Founder of Walk With Me
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Bill C-36: The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. Timeline of Bill C-36
June 4, 2014 – Introduced at First Reading in House of Commons June 16, 2014 – Passed Second Reading in House of Commons July 7-15, 2014 – Study by House of Commons Justice Committee September 9-17 – Study by Senate Legal Affairs Committee October 6, 2014 – Passed Third Reading in House of Commons October 7, 2014 – Introduction at First Reading in the Senate October 21, 2014 – Passed Second Reading in the Senate November 4, 2014 – Passed Third Reading in the Senate November 6, 2014 – Royal Assent December 6, 2014 – Laws come into force
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What You Can Do Educate yourself - Education is our greatest weapon Read ‘Invisible Chains’ by Benjamin Perrin Watch documentaries on human trafficking.
Educate others
Set up small group meetings with community leaders Educate in schools Educate in churches Contact my office for a Human Trafficking Resource Kit
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What You Can Do
Write to our leaders
Prime minister Cabinet Ministers Members of Parliament & Senators Premier Mayor & City Council
Report all suspicious activity to your local police or to the Crime Stoppers Hotline: 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) Support local & national NGOs that rescue victims and/or raise awareness International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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We must work together, we can end modern day slavery!
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Contact Joy Smith, M.P. 635-S Centre Block House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Phone: (613) 992-7148 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.joysmith.ca
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GLENDENE GRANT • MOTHER OF JESSIE FOSTER • FOUNDER OF M.A.T.H. Jessica (Jessie) Edith Louise Foster was born on May 27, 1984. She is a Canadian citizen who disappeared from North Las Vegas in Nevada, United States in 2006. Her parents are Glendene Grant and Dwight Foster, a couple who had a common-law marriage together but then separated. Jessie spent some time living in Calgary, Alberta. In 2005, Jessie and a (so-called) friend visited Florida on a trip together,
then on a second trip to New York and New Jersey, they stopped by Las Vegas on the way back. It was May, when they arrived in Las Vegas, and even though her travel companion went back to Canada, Jessie stayed there. Before disappearing the next year, Jessie was forced into prostitution, was arrested for solicitation, and was the victim of battery on several occasions. Jessie is one of four women in prostitution who disappeared in Las Vegas between 2003
and 2006, and she is the only one of the four who has not been found. Professor Benjamin Perrin of Vancouver, British Columbia, received a George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature nomination for having written Invisible Chains, a book that prominently deals with human trafficking and includes the disappearance of Jessie Foster.
About Us Glendene Grant helps others with her organization M.A.T.H (Mothers Against Trafficking Humans), founded April 18, 2010; through her human trafficking awareness presentations done around Canada.
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May 27, 1984 was one of the most wonderful days I have ever been blessed with. It was the day I gave birth to my 2nd daughter, Jessica (Jessie) Edith Louise Foster. March 29, 2006 was just as horrible as Jessie’s birth was joyous. It was the day that Jessie went missing at age 21.
Pages 38-40 are an except from Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking by Benjamin Perrin. Used with permission: see page 40.
On May 13, 2005, Jessie was taken to Las Vegas, NV. She was previously taken to Florida, New York & New Jersey. It was 2 weeks before Jessie’s 21st birthday. When she got there she was introduced to another Canadian man and his girlfriend, who was from California. The person who took Jessie to the USA left her there (gave, traded, sold …. there are many words for what happened) with this couple. In a very short time they introduced her to a UK-born Jamaican man who quickly wooed her. She believed they were in love …. We believe he “love bombed” her.
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Making her believe his words and that he, in turn, loved her back. She moved in with him and soon they became engaged. The last time we saw Jessie in person was on Christmas Day 2005. She had come back to Kamloops, BC Canada at the end of November and was planning on being here for one of her younger sisters’ 19th birthday in early December. Between arriving and the party she drove in her car, which had been parked in our backyard since she left and was still insured, to Calgary, AB to visit her Dad and stepmom. Jessie did not have a flight booked back to Las Vegas, and the whole time she was in Canada, whether at our home or her dad’s, she was on the phone with her so-called fiancé, fighting. Not just fighting as in an argument, but screaming, swearing and calling names was coming from her and him.
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Over time, I was beginning to believe that she was not going to return to the US.
Because of my daughter going missing, many people have been educated on the crime of human trafficking.
When Jessie went missing we hired a private investigator. What he found out was horrifying. After being taken to Las Vegas, Jessie was beaten and hospitalized with a broken jaw. She was also forced to work at an escort agency and even arrested for solicitation – the first time in June of 2005, within a month of being taken to Las Vegas. It was early on that we realised that Jessie not just missing, she was a victim of human trafficking.
After a few years of raising awareness and speaking to people about the disappearance of Jessie Foster, I created M.A.T.H. (Mothers Against Trafficking Humans). Through M.A.T.H. I go into schools in our area with the head of the Kamloops & District Crime Stoppers, Mark Price, a former R.C.M.P. officer. I have also spoke at several Crime Stoppers conventions and luncheons, using Jessie’s name and my voice to educate many people around Canada.
We have received hundreds of tips over the years, and we are very grateful to have a lot of media exposure for Jessie’s case. And though we have not found Jessie, her disappearance has made a difference in the world of the missing and exploited.
I also speak at colleges, universities and events across Canada in hopes of giving others the tools that Jessie and our family did not have when this crime touched our lives.
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When Jessie went missing people did not believe that human trafficking happened in this day-and-age and especially in our country. I got a lot of preverbal “pats on the back” as people decided to let me think what I wanted to …. after all, I had a missing daughter and I was lucky to have a good imagination, as it was better than being a crazy mother with a missing child. Now, 9 years later, not only are people starting to learn, they are believing human trafficking is happening. Jessie is a poster-child for this crime. Jessie, through my voice, has educated thousands and saved hundreds of people about and from this crime.
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Glendene Grant In 2006 there were no laws in Canada regarding human trafficking crimes and, as a matter of fact, prostitution was actually legal in our country. People were not aware of this because prostitutes always were getting arrested. But that was because of other laws surrounding the “non-crime” of prostitution that were. Communication (speaking about cost); Pimping/ trafficking (though they were not the ones getting arrested, it was the prostitutes); Bawdy houses (otherwise known as brothels). Since then we have had 3 new laws in the Canadian Criminal Code, two regarding human trafficking specifically – a mandatory minimum sentence for those convicted of trafficking a minor;
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charges can now be laid against Canadians or permanent residents of Canada, that were committed outside of our country; and the latest law, making prostitution illegal in Canada for the first time in the history of our country …. and this last law is dubbed “Jessie’s Law” for my daughter.
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From Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking by Benjamin Perrin. Copyright © Benjamin Perrin, 2010. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking by Benjamin Perrin (328 pp, Kindle edition) is available from Amazon.com
M.A.T.H. (Mothers Against Trafficking Humans) http://mothersagainsttraffickinghumans.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissingJessie Facebook (MissingJessie): https://www.facebook.com/MissingJessieFoster Glendene Grant: https://www.facebook.com/glendenegrant PayPal for M.A.T.H.:
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EXITING STRATEGIES: The way in is the way out
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Outline of presentation
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Dynamics of Exiting Process of change Barriers and opportunities Best Practices Example of Covenant House Vancouver
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“89% of 785 people in prostitution from 9 countries wanted to escape prostitution.”
( Melissa Farley, Prostitution & trafficking: An Update on Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)
‘The evidence shows that young people become involved in prostitution through a series of complex and interrelated variables that are almost impossible to disentangle.’ (Hester & Westmorland, 2004)
“Like other women who became prostitutes, I had no esteem and or self worth, and as a child, I began to seek others who could fill my emotional emptiness.” Brenda Myers- Powell
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USE OF VIOLENCE OR METHODS OF CONTROL IN SEX TRAFFICKING Preying upon the need for approval Seizing official documents Isolation and humiliation, Psychological manipulation Denial of basic necessities Debt bondage Branding with tattoos Cultivation a dependency on drugs or alcohol Technological control Threatening of violence to self or family Drawing victims into other criminal act Physical violence International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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Common Reality among Exploited Youth SHAME GUILT LOW SENSE OF SELF REJECTION POVERTY HOPELESSNESS LAYERS OF TRAUMA VIOLENCE AND BULLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE HOMELESSNESS AND ISOLATION
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ELEMENTS OF EXITING a. Process is facilitated, not forced. b. Discussion without judgement, re. realistic and achievable options c. Conceive of alternatives and possible opportunities d. Key to success is co-ordinated multi-agency interventions e. Address barriers to exiting and difficulty to engage with services f. Not a one-off process/lots of stops and starts g. New relationship, crisis situation such as violence, pregnancy or losing child into care can be turning points h. Social stigma and exclusion can impact on transition to a ‘normal’ lifestyle
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STAGES OF CHANGE – Journey from Victim to Survivor Stage
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– Interest, readiness and awareness
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– Relationship and engagement
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three –Transition and stabilization
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four – Reconstructing and rebuilding
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– New roles and identities
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Stage one – Interest, awareness of exiting and readiness - Begin to express the idea that they don’t want to continue involvement indefinitely - Benefits of exiting are becoming stronger than the reasons to stay - Start to acknowledge and discuss emotional stress, fatigue, ill health, worries about the future and negative experiences with buyers and/or police - No one can predict the point of readiness
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Stage two - Relationship and engagement - More active engagement with relevant agencies and gaining more informal modes of support - Relationship, trust begin to develop - More of a conscious decision to access support - Realize interventions received or attempts made are not enough to exit - Need to engage with service in more intensive way
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Stage three – Transition - Begin to address a range of personal, psychological and social issues, normally with help of specialist agencies and support groups - Begin to stabilize their lives and realize this might include drug treatment - Slowing down and finding safe, secure place to live - Time for reflection of past circumstances - Possibly intensive treatment eg. Counselling, therapy, detox and/or rehabilitation is needed
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Stage four – Rebuilding - Life is more stable and secure - Pressures to engage have been reduced - Continue to reconstruct and rebuild their lives - Two distinct processes: a. reconstructing = construct a new identity and forward looking b. rebuilding = repairing and reassessing the past, trying to make sense of the past - Self development and formation of a new identity
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Stage five – New Identity - Firm personal commitment to exiting permanently - Construction and maintenance of a new identity and role - More positive and heightened confidence in abilities - Broken away from damaging peer groups and coercive relationships - Formed new relationships with friends, partners and colleagues - New forms of employment, education and training - Established coping strategies to deal with stressful times - Hope and plans for the future
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Life after exiting - Changed from personal to social involvement - Developed new relationships, reconnect with friends and family - Entered a wider world of employment - Changed vision and perspective - Moved beyond the immediacies of survival and a chaotic lifestyle - More clearly able to re-evaluate previous identity and have created a new sense of self.
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Barriers to exiting trapping factors
Problematic alcohol and drug use
Problems with housing/homelessness
Childhood experiences of violence (emotional, physical, verbal, sexual)
Physical and mental health issues
Criminalization
Debts and disposable cash
Experiencing coercion from others to remain in prostitution (partner, pimp, relative)
A lack of qualifications or training
Entering prostitution at a young age.
Trafficked
Lifestyle entrenchment
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Best Practices for Exiting Provision
of holistic interventions Access to outreach services Building trusting relationships A safe and secure place, to meet immediate needs that facilitates choice, flexibility and freedom and long term housing Providing one case manager to advocate Location of services, local and user-friendly services for women Encouragement from contact with a survivor Fast tracking programmes and provision of emergency accommodation where possible Good communication to enlist public support for exiting programs International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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(Farley et al., 1998)
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Counselling Life Skills
Food Clothing
Shelter Structure
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Rights of Passage (ROP)
Homelessness Mental health issues Physical/sexual abuse Sexual exploitation
Drop-in Centre
Stability
Outreach
Fleeing unsafe home Addictions issues Couch surfing Aging out of foster care
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• Opened 1997 • Houses 20 beds for
females in our Crisis Program
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• Opened 2001 • Houses 30 beds for males in Crisis Program • ROP Program, gender specific floors with 25 bachelor suites • Administration
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Canada ratified the UN’s Palermo Protocal (2002) and agreed: To
integrate approach to combat trafficking and to consider measures to provide housing, counselling, medical assistance, employment, educational opportunities, physical safety, compensation for damages
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establish “comprehensive policies , programmes and other measures to prevent and combat trafficking and prevent revictimization
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CHANGE SYSTEMS LEGISLATION REGULATION POLICY ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY INTER-JURISDICTIONAL CO-ORDINATION
SUPPORT WOMEN AND GIRLS Programs that address root causes: poverty, inequality, child abuse, violence, legacy of residential schools, racism Intervention strategies: crisis lines, emergency supports, safe houses, service co-ordination and capacity building Supports to rebuild lives: housing (transitional and long term) counseling services, mental health and addiction services, education upgrading and employment services
BUILD AWARENESS school based prevention programs for both boys and girls programs for communities at risk awareness training, guidelines and protocols for private sectors (hospitality, trucking, ISPs etc) programs to reduce demand general public awareness
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• An estimated 29.8 million people are enslaved around the world • Of those enslaved 80% are female 50% are under 18 years of age • 10 Million worldwide prostituted women and children (servicing 4-8 men daily) • 100,000 – 300,000 youth a year exploited through commercial sex industry in North America every year
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Research a) Breaking down the Barriers: A Study of How Women Exit Prostitution by EaVes – Putting Women First, London South Bank University b) Eaves – Capital Exploits – A Study on Human Trafficking in London, June 2013 c) Effective Strategies for Working with Sexually Exploited Youth and the Minnesota Safe Harbor Law, The Link - building supportive communities with youth d) Exiting Prostitution: Models of Best Practice, prepared by the Ministry of Justice (New Zealand) by Pat Mayhew and Dr. Elaine Mossman e) Exiting Prostitution – A Study in Female Desistance by Roger Matthews, Helen Easton, Lisa Young, Julie Bindel. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 f) Hidden Abuse – Hidden Crime, The Domestic Trafficking of Children in Canada: The Relationship to Sexual Exploitation, Running Away and Children at Risk of Harm, Final Report by Marlene Dailey, PhD. National Missing Children Services, June, 2010 g) “No MORE” Ending Sex-trafficking in Canada - Report of the National Task Force on Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls in Canada, commissioned by the Canadian Women’s Foundation, Fall 2014 h) PE:ER Project – Prostitution Exiting: Engaging through Research i)
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For the past 11 years Terrie has been a staff member at the Anglican Communion Office which is the Londonbased Secretariat serving the worldwide Anglican Communion. After several years supporting the official Networks of the Communion and looking after the Women’s Desk, she has recently taken on the role of Director for Women in Church and Society.
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Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning.
Exodus 2.23
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IAWN Canada Conference on Human Trafficking Held at Sorrento, British Columbia, Canada, 14 November 2014 As we have been hearing, the issue of human trafficking slavery is a growing global crisis. No country is immune to the crime of human trafficking; a spokesperson for the International Organisation for Migration has said: “It is a global phenomenon and the third largest profitable illegal trade after drugs and weapons”. Human trafficking and slavery happen everywhere and need local, national, regional and global action to eradicate it. So the churches of the world are ideally placed to play a part in ending this horrible crime which diminishes millions of lives, and which destroys lives. Anglican churches have a local presence. In our parishes we have the capacity to know our people and know what’s happening on our patch – and to
discover more about what’s happening on our patch. Our dioceses have a broader overview and can on the one hand gather up information from parishes, and on the other use their clout to find out who they can partner with to bring in training where necessary, what referral mechanisms exist, and so on.
Not only are we in the right places. It’s our job to participate in God’s liberating work in the world. The Scriptures and the experience of our faith reveal a God who longs to see his people set free from the yoke of injustice. The book of Isaiah captures this beautifully as it describes a redeemed creation:
The 38 Provinces of the Anglican Communion around the world have provincial structures and mechanisms and can partner with other national or regional bodies – with their government; NGOs; the Police, other Church and faith traditions, and so on. And since Anglicans have a presence in over 165 countries and number around 85 million people, we have the potential to network globally on this issue and be part of the transnational solution to what is a transnational issue.
Isaiah 65. [The LORD said] 17 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice for ever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight. 19 ... no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of distress. 20 No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old person who does not live out a lifetime ...
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issue for the Anglican Communion. Before the last meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in October/ November 2012, the steering groups of the International Anglican Family Network and the International Anglican Women’s Network worked together on a proposed draft resolution for consideration by that meeting.
It also asks the churches to identify resources available and activities already being undertaken nationally in addressing the elimination of trafficking, so that they are in a position to understand how they can engage prophetically and develop their own local and regional strategies in response to trafficking.
That text became Resolution 15.10 on the Trafficking of Persons. The resolution encourages the Churches of the Communion to learn about, and to raise awareness of their own country’s/ countries’ involvement in trafficking as senders and receivers or as transit hubs, and their countries’ level of implementation of the UN Trafficking Protocol,1 and also of the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons.
A third element of the resolution asks the churches to share liturgical and theological materials to help us ground and embed the work in the life and mission of the Anglican Communion.
1 UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
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Pope, Anglican leader join forces against human trafficking, June 2014
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE] The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope have jointly committed to tackle human slavery, giving their blessing to the Global Freedom Network launched in Rome in March this year, which is an ecumenical and inter-faith initiative mobilising faith leadership. More about the Global Freedom Network a little later. Anglicans are already responding to trafficking and modern slavery in a variety of practical ways, often in partnership with others, often with considerable bravery. In fact a movement is emerging and a tremendous body of experience, knowledge and expertise is building up, and the more this is shared, the more we can learn from one another and the more we can be inspired to act in appropriate and effective ways.
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I am truly grateful to Margaret for inviting me to come along and participate in this conference. The focus here has been on responses to trafficking in Canada and I now have lots of information which will help me understand what my work must be and which I can share with colleagues in the Anglican Alliance and the Global Freedom Network.
And we’re seeking out and sharing liturgical and theological resources which can be adapted for different contexts around the Communion. We’re seeking partnerships with other agencies
At the international level we are endeavouring to map the work that’s going on around trafficking and slavery across the Communion; the work that’s going on in prevention, in the care and support of survivors, and policy and advocacy work. We’re sharing models of good practice among our churches and learning about other faith-based and secular based approaches. .
This afternoon I thought it would probably be most useful to respond to the question ‘What can we do about human trafficking and slavery’. So we’ll look at some possibilities and as we go along I will tell you about some initiatives that are already going on in diverse contexts around the Communion. Hopefully this might inspire you to continue thinking through what might be achieved, or what might be further achieved, where you are.
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• PREVENTION • POLICY AND ADVOCACY • CARE, PROTECTION, SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT OF SURVIVORS • SOME ORGANISATIONS TO HELP US
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE] PREVENTION. Most prevention work happens at the local level, in our local communities.
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CARE, PROTECTION, SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT OF SURVIVORS. SOME ORGANISATIONS TO HELP US. Finally, we will look at some existing transnational organisations which might help us to participate locally in a transnational solution to what is a largely transnational problem.
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PREVENTION • Awareness raising
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE Prevention] Awareness raising is a key element of prevention and it starts with us, with our congregations. There are resources around to help us.
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[SLIDE] For example, the Canadian Council of Churches has produced a resource ‘Human Trafficking in Canada: A Leadership and Learning Kit for Churches. The resource has contributions from more than a dozen Christian traditions and facilitates learning, theological reflection and common action on human trafficking in Canada through a series of reflections, awareness raising exercises, bible studies and background materials.
The Church of Scotland and an ecumenical group called Action of Churches Together in Scotland have recently released a resource pack for churches, ‘To be silent is to be unfaithful’.
https://www.councilofchurches.ca/socialjustice/human-trafficking-in-canada/
It’s a great idea to bring practitioners and experts in.
The Church of England has commissioned theological resources and contributed to the Freedom Sunday pack - another excellent resource to help raise awareness in a church setting.
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“The woman who spoke to us was really inspiring. It was quite shocking, but it got us all thinking” International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE] A large parish church in England ran a youth anti-trafficking event, with different activities for different age groups. The older youth heard from someone who is directly involved in trying to rescue young women who are brought to central England from Eastern Europe and trapped in the sex trade. With the help of a hard-hitting video, she described how the women are lured to the West with the promise of a better life, or simply kidnapped. www.christ-church-selly-park.org.uk/ stop_the_traffik.html The local police saw the event advertised and popped in to talk about how they deal with suspected cases of trafficking.
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As soon as we know something about trafficking we can become educators in our communities. An example from the Diocese of Uppershire in Malawi. Large areas of the diocese are affected by human trafficking. The push factors are extreme poverty, high levels of illiteracy, high unemployment rates, and sometimes a desire to escape early marriage. Most young people in these areas believe they have no choice but to trek to neighbouring countries in search of employment. Most trek to South Africa. Traffickers take advantage of the situation and entice young men and women with the promise of free transport, free passports, free accommodation and good salaries in South Africa or even in cities in other parts of Malawi.
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In fact, the young men and women become house workers or shop workers on very low pay, and may be forced into prostitution. Members of Anglican churches in the affected areas are sensitising communities about the reality and dangers of human trafficking. Generally they approach community leaders (village headmen/headwomen). Most young people don’t have birth certificates and so have to go to their chief for their endorsement when applying for a passport – so in a sense they can act as gate-keepers or even better as agents of change. This flags up something important for us. We need to know who in our communities are the gatekeepers; who are our potential allies.
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• IdenZfy gate keepers and allies • Empower survivors for prevenZon • Recognise potenZal magnets for human trafficking
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Empower survivors for prevention
Recognise potential magnets for human trafficking
In some cases, and given safe space, survivors themselves come along to speak about their experiences and ordeals.
It isn’t unusual for a major sporting event, or other events attracting a mass influx of people for a limited period of time, to be associated with an increase both in international and internal trafficking, primarily to accommodate greater demand in the hotel and catering industry and the sex industry. The church can get involved here too.
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE] In the run up to the 2010 Football World Cup in Cape Town, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa joined with a number of other church organisations in a Stop Human Trafficking campaign in South Africa and Namibia. It wasn’t unusual for clergy in rural areas to report that young people go missing and there was generally an ignorance about what was happening to them and about the realities of trafficking. So awareness-raising was a key component of the work, not least among border post personnel and truck drivers. Again, it’s important to know who are the gate-keepers, who are our potential allies. Hundreds of faith and community leaders were trained to be antitrafficking campaigners, activists and advocates.
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During the period of the football tournament school holidays in South Africa were extended. In some poorer and rural areas this meant that children were left unsupervised and an easy target for ad hoc traffickers. As a prevention/protection measure, Anglican churches used school buildings and offered children’s activities and meals at lunchtime, and set up televisions so that the kids could watch the match. In Zambia HIV/AIDS has had a huge impact socially and economically, leaving a generation of orphans and vulnerable children in its wake. The Zambian city of Livingstone co-hosted the UN World Tourism Organisation General Assembly in August 2013. This was a large-scale event and there was a fear that it might lead to increased trafficking for sexual purposes and cheap labour.
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By way of preparation for this event, the Livingstone Anglican Children’s Project partnered with the International Labour Organization Human Trafficking and Forced Labour department to run a four month community sensitization programme on trafficking and forced labour. The programme’s objectives were to define, and explain to communities the causes of human trafficking and child labour, to enable participants to talk about and own the challenge of trafficking and forced labour in their midst, and to explore how different groups and organisations – such as the Church, the media, nongovernmental organisations, area development committees, the Police and the Human Rights Commission, could work together to prevent them. Meetings, sermons, local radio, posters, social media, workshops for teachers and networking groups were all used to raise awareness and encourage community members to be alert.
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson The Director for the project who is a parish priest knew that to make children less vulnerable they needed to withdrawn from their occupations as street vendors or scavengers of recyclable bottles. They certainly needed to be rescued from prostitution.
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Emmanuel, the parish priest has pointed out the issue of sustainability here; the children engaging in labour and being prostituted were after all providing income for themselves and their families. So the project has strived to empower parents with basic income generating activities to help supplement their resources and to make it unnecessary to send their kids out to work.
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Awareness raising on its own is not enough. Young people may be told that an opportunity they are being offered is unsafe but they still go. And that’s because the risk of going outweighs the hopelessness of staying. So given that poverty and lack of employment are such significant push factors, helping those who are vulnerable to human trafficking to find employment or to gain the skills they need in order to generate income is vital.
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE] Self help schemes, education and skills training for prevention For example, most congregations in the Diocese of Raiwind in the Church of Pakistan comprise people who live in rural and slum areas. Women living in poverty with children to feed are particularly vulnerable to trafficking for the sex trade. The approach of the Diocese’s Women Development & Service Society (WDSS) is therefore to offer women and girls alternative means of income generation, providing education and training in vocational skills.
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The Christian NGO Tearfund was working in Bihar in North India supporting Dalit people who were displaced by extensive flooding in 2008. Their work there was related to disaster resilience but Tearfund staff started asking questions about the children – about where they were and how they were. The response they received was sometimes ‘my children are no longer with me; I have sold them’. Remember we’re talking about families who live in extreme poverty and hardship. If you think your children are going to have a better life if you let them go away, then that’s what is going to happen. So it became clear to Tearfund that its work needed to be extended and a new campaign was set up called ‘No child taken’ which aims to prevent 50,000 children in South and South East Asia from being trafficked during this year.
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Video clip at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=GXMB-B3xdyk Tearfund has used the Umoja method to help people in affected communities reflect on the resources they have and can use instead of letting their children go. This enables mothers and elders to reflect without guilt and shame and move forward. Umoja (Swahili for ‘Togetherness’) is a tool for church and community mobilisation. It’s a dynamic way of helping local churches to work together with their community in addressing needs using their own resources. It has been remarkably successful in transforming local churches and their communities in a number of contexts.
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson Self help schemes, education and skills training are equally important when it comes to ensuring survivors don’t remain vulnerable to being trafficked again. The Church of Bangladesh Social Development Programme has initiated a Women and Child Trafficking Prevention Project and made thousands of people aware of the danger of human trafficking.
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But the project goes further than this. Young women who were trafficked but who managed to return to their communities have received training in tailoring as a step towards rehabilitation. Many of the women graduating from the training have set up successful tailoring businesses with the help of interest free loans.
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POLICY and ADVOCACY
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE] POLICY and ADVOCACY We can all get involved in lobbying and influencing decision makers and legislators. It helps to get together with others. For example the ecumenical group Churches for Action Together in Scotland has made submissions to the Scottish government as it considers legislation on trafficking and slavery. It also helps to get church leaders involved.
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The Bishop of Derby Dr Alastair Redfern is the Church of England’s lead bishop on human trafficking. He is one of the 21 Anglican bishops who sit in the House of Lords so he can speak directly into discussions concerning legislation which is currently being discussed. In fact Bishop Alastair participates in the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Modern Day Slavery. He is looking for legislation that is best for victims, e.g., that gives them immunity from arrest early enough to give them confidence to trust the police and the system.
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He’s looking for a system of child guardians to accompany children through the judicial system. He would also favour an independent antitrafficking commissioner in the country. Bishop Redfern is also concerned that trafficking is muddled up with immigration. The government is fearful that trafficking is a route to gaining UK citizenship which suggests little understanding of the trauma of trafficking.
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson It’s worth mentioning that in the Diocese of Derby, the Church is piloting networking events involving a broad range of actors, from churches to the police. Trainers will be trained by the International Office of Migration (IOM) to spread learning about how to spot victims, and so on. This pilot project will be evaluated and, all being well, will be rolled out nationally.
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The town of Derby is negotiating with the UN to commit to being ‘traffic free’. This means fulfilling ten particular criteria. If this comes off, Derby will be the first ‘traffic free’ town in the UK. In the African country of Burundi, the Police and judicial system have not yet found solutions to human trafficking and the attendant suffering. So the government has begun to involve churches and other organisations. With 10 million people mostly living in poverty, and after many years of civil war, with thousands of children whose births have not been registered, Burundi provides fertile ground for traffickers.
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Burundi has signed the Africa/ EU Ouagadougou Action plan on the fight against human trafficking, and has signed up to various international agreements, e.g., ILO convention concerning forced labour, but has no clear legislation in this area. So a national commission has been appointed – Bishop Eraste Bigirimana who is the Anglican Bishop of Bujumbura sits on it – and legislation is being formulated to go before the government.
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE] At the international level, Alice and Margaret could tell you how Anglican women have been making an impact at the annual sessions of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York.
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What about lobbying businesses and large corporations? We can do that too – as individuals or joining with others. We can demand that supply chains are made traffic free. In the UK, the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) currently chaired by an Anglican bishop offers a good model.
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The ECCR aims to bring Christian values to investment and corporate practice. Last year it published a report of its activities regarding child trafficking. I should add here that our churches, our dioceses, our provincial set ups, need to make sure that their investment portfolios are traffic free.
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CARE, PROTECTION, SUPPORT and EMPOWERMENT of SURVIVORS
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Bangladesh is a source country for human trafficking. Through its Social Development Plan, the Church of Bangladesh is active in all areas of antitrafficking work, from prevention through to protection and rehabilitation.
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE] Not so long ago you may remember there was an international outcry when it became known that a large number of small Bangladeshi boys were trafficked into the United Arab Emerates to work as camel jockeys. This was dangerous work and children were often underfed to keep their weight down. The whole thing caused quite a stir and in the end agreements were signed between UNICEF and the UAE government, and the Bangladeshi boys were returned. The Church of Bangladesh was one of the organisations that assisted in reintegrating the boys into their communities.
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In Bangladesh as in many other countries, when girls and women manage to escape slavery in the sex industry and go back home, they are often rejected by their families and communities. So survivors are blamed and re-victimised. The Church undertakes education among families, not just Christian families, to increase understanding and remove stigma.
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In South Africa the Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin in the Diocese of Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, is caring for girls and women who have escaped prostitution in other parts of South Africa or abroad. Often they arrive home with nothing so the cathedral offers ‘care packs’ containing toiletries and underwear. Trained staff help survivors to reintegrate with their families or to live independently if they are rejected.
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE] In India, a Christian NGO in Kolkata has set up high quality aftercare homes - two for child survivors of sex trafficking and one for adult survivors. Services provided to survivors include medical care, formal and non formal education, vocational training, trauma informed care, trauma counselling and life skills education. Detailed home assessments are undertaken and child survivors are re-connected to their families if safe.
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The NGO facilitates repatriation for girls from Nepal and Bangladesh. It undertakes witness preparation and encourages survivors to testify against their perpetrators; they see this as an important achievement. In the homes, dance classes, outings, retreats and celebrations are all part of the survivors’ day.
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SOME ORGANISATIONS TO HELP US
• Stop the Traffik • Global Freedom Network • Walk Free FoundaZon
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The Reverend Terrie Robinson [SLIDE] SOME ORGANISATIONS TO HELP US Stop the Traffik www.stopthetraffik.org, a global movement of activists (Individuals, communities, organisations, clubs, faith groups, businesses, schools and charities) committed to ending human trafficking. The CEO, Ruth Dearnley, is an Anglican. The Global Freedom Network www.gfn2020.org started life earlier in 2014. Objective: Inspiring faith leadership to end modern slavery. The Network’s vision is to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking by 2020 throughout our world and for all time. Open to other world faiths and Christian denominations who share the vision.
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The Walk Free Foundation www.walkfree.org The goal of the Walk Free Foundation is the end of modern slavery. Their vision: enforcement of policies, laws, and programmes at all levels; modern slavery is socially unacceptable in every country in the world.; no business provides goods or services affected by modern slavery. WFF has four strands of work: an antitrafficking movement; business engagement (accreditation scheme); advocacy for a Global Fund; research (Global Slavery Index). The index soon to be released includes statistics but with recognition that the figures are inaccurate because of the hidden nature of modern day slavery. It also lists which countries are doing most, and doing least, in responding to slavery.
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These are global movements that depend on local action. There will be many other organisations and agencies at local level that will be able to help us understand what we and our churches can do.
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Jassy joined the RCMP in 2002, and was posted to British Columbia, which is where she continues to serve. During her 12 years, Jassy has worked general duty, identity theft and border enforcement. In 2011, Jassy assumed the position of Human Trafficking Awareness Coordinator for the Pacific Region and she has since been busy responding to human trafficking related enforcement, awareness and prevention opportunities within BC.
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Human Trafficking
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Human Smuggling
Voluntary clandestine movement of people across an international border, through legal or illegal means
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Criminal Code Definition of Human Trafficking (Sec 279.01) Every person who recruits, transports, transfers, receives, holds, conceals or harbours a person, or exercises control, direction or influence over the movements of a person, for the purpose of exploiting them or facilitating their exploitation is guilty of an indictable offence.
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Criminal Code Definition of Exploitation (Sec 279.04) Causing a person to provide labour or services by engaging in conduct that leads the victim to reasonably fear for his/her safety (or the safety of someone known to them) if they fail to comply. It also applies to the use of force, deception or other forms of coercion causing the removal of a human organ or tissue.
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What can Human Trafficking look like? Modern
day form of slavery
Victims
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Immigration & Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) June 2002 Section 118 Trafficking in persons No person shall knowingly organize the coming into Canada of one or more persons by means of abduction, fraud, deception or use or threat of force or coercion.
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Part 1 - Recruitment WHERE? Word of mouth, family, friend, schools, ethnic newspapers, shopping malls, bus stops, train stations, airports, fast food restaurants, youth facilities/shelters, bars, the Internet, etc.
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What Predators Prey On Poverty Abuse
or lack of support within family Lack of social safety nets Low status within the family Lack of education Need for survival Desire for a better life
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Part 2 - Isolation Removed from your friends or family Relationship starts to change: Asked to do things you might not want to Might start saying bad things about you Feel you have to pay back the money that was spent on you
Feel you have no way out
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General indicators of HT
Being escorted/watched – evidence of control
Not speaking on own behalf
No passport or other form of identification
Limited knowledge about how to get around in a community
Live on or near the work place
Lack of private space/personal possessions/ financial records
Frequently moved by traffickers
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Physical Indicators Injuries/bruises
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weapons Signs of torture Brands or scarring indicating ownership Signs of malnourishment Body language/facial expressions (fear or intimidation)
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State of mind Do
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THANK YOU – QUESTIONS? Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl Jassy Bindra E Div Human Trafficking 778-282-1215 Pacifichumantraffickingcoordinator @rcmp-grc.gc.ca
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The Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons (OCTIP)
The Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons (OCTIP) is responsible for the overall coordination of British Columbia’s strategy to address human trafficking. OCTIP works in partnership to protect trafficked persons and prevent human trafficking. OCTIP also works closely with law enforcement and Crown Counsel who investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases in BC. OCTIP is part of the Ministry of Justice, Community Safety and Crime Prevention Branch.
The Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons (OCTIP) is responsible for the overall coordination of British Columbia’s strategy to address human trafficking. OCTIP works in partnership to protect trafficked persons and prevent human trafficking. OCTIP also works closely with law enforcement and Crown Counsel who investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases in BC.
Rosalind Currie is the Director of BC’s Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons with the Ministry of Justice. Roz holds a law degree from the University of Ottawa and has worked in the antiviolence field for over 10 years. She was also the former Senior Policy Advisor to the Chief Commissioner of the BC Human Rights Commission. Ms. Currie was scheduled to present at the International Anglican Women’s Network – Canada Conference on Human Trafficking, but unfortunately, she was ill and unable to attend. The OCTIP presentation follows.
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Human Trafficking in Bri/sh Columbia – Provincial Response -‐ Human Trafficking Conference Interna4onal Anglican Women’s Network
November 14, 2014 Community Safety and Crime Preven?on Ministry of Jus?ce
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Who we are Ministry of Jus4ce
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Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons Restore
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OCTIP Mandate • Support communi4es in local efforts to address human trafficking (HT) • Raise awareness and provide training about human trafficking • Coordinate services for trafficked persons • Contribute to na4onal and interna4onal efforts to combat human trafficking
OCTIP 2013
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Train the Trainer
Community Capacity Building “The [Train the Trainer] workshop really helped to e xpand my thinking around human trafficking and its relevancy to the work I do and the people I work with” – Par4cipant, Williams Lake
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Live-‐in Caregiver Workshops v Partners: West Coast Domes4c Workers & People’s Law School v 14 communi4es in BC v Legal educa4on on human trafficking/labour exploita4on v Funding from Welcome BC, PLEI
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Online Training Update
Funding from Public Safety Canada and Department of Jus?ce Canada www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/oc?p/training.htm
Communi?es Taking Ac?on: A Toolkit to Address Human Trafficking hQp://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/oc?ptraining/toolkit/index.html
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Key Features of New Training • Updated research, laws, resources • More user-‐friendly • Quotes from Service Providers • My Stories • Final Quiz and Cer4ficate
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Crime Preven4on and Remedia4on Grants -‐ Civil Forfeiture Office • Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploita4on Stream • In total, the Community Safety and Crime Preven4on Branch has provided over $1.7 million in grants to communi4es to prevent sexual exploita4on and human trafficking and provide outreach and coordinate services for trafficked persons since 2011.
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Contact Informa4on Rosalind Currie, Director:
[email protected] or 604-‐660-‐4891 OCTIP Distribu4on List:
[email protected] Website: www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/oc4p/
BC 24/7 Toll Free Help Line: 1-‐888-‐712-‐7974 with interpreta4on available
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UN Palermo Protocol - Guide to the New UN Trafficking Protocol http://www.no-trafficking.org/content/pdf/guide_to_the_new_un_trafficking_protocol.pdf Document has 20 pages including the Protocol Government of Canada - National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking NAPCHT http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/ntnl-ctn-pln-cmbt/index-eng.aspx Document has 29 pages Conseil canadien pour les refugies / Canadian Council for Refugees http://ccrweb.ca The Canadian Council for Refugees has tracked migration issues, including trafficking, since 2000. The CCR offers comments on government policy to ensure anti-trafficking legislation and practices adequately protect and respect the human rights of trafficked person. Recent CCR national meetings have led to the identification of important gaps in both tools and in policy. The CCR continues to lead and coordinate activities across the country aimed at moving forward with the recommendations developed at it regional and national meetings. The CCR website has a lot of interesting facts. Canadian Council of Churches / Le Conseil Canadien des Eglises http://www.councilofchurches.ca The Council has prepared an excellent 60-page resource. This may be downloaded and printed from the website. The resources may also be purchased. See the web site. http://www.councilofchurches.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/CCC_HumanTraffickingInCanada_English2014_FINAL.pdf
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The Incidence of Human Trafficking in Ontario Alliance Against Modern Slavery http://allianceagainstmodernslavery.org/ “Working with stakeholders across the province of Ontario, we researched two years’ worth of human trafficking cases in Ontario. We found that most trafficking victims were Canadian citizens with women making up the overwhelming majority (90%). Importantly, 84.6% of victims were trafficked by someone they knew. We know this is just scratching the surface. Through continued efforts we will be able to increase our understanding of the problem, help law enforcement, NGOs, and other support services to work better together to help victims, prosecute traffickers, and bring an end to modern slavery. Read the report here: http://issuu.com/tarynniesena/docs/modern-slavery-booklet-flip The reader needs a www.issuu.com username and password to view the booklet. Toronto Counter Human Trafficking Network (TCHTH) http://torontocounterhumantraffickingnet.blogspot.ca Varka, Director, FCJ Refugee Centre, 208 Oakwood Ave., Toronto, ON, M6E 2V4. Phone: 416-469-9754, ex.226 e-mail:
[email protected] Sisters of Saint Joseph – Toronto http://www.csj-to.ca/human-trafficking Sisters of St Joseph are the primary animators of this network of 80 service agencies which care for victims who escape and come forward for help. Global Sisters Report No ending to violence against women in the 21st century http://globalsistersreport.org/column/justice-matters/trafficking/no-ending-violence-against-women-21st-century-5576 International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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Global Freedom Network www.gfn2020.org The Global Freedom Network is an open association of faith leaders and organisations which aims to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking by 2020. Inaugurated in March 2014, the Global Freedom Network is building up a programme of coordinated action and activity with international organisations, governments and national authorities, civil society organisations and NOGs and people of good will. Human Trafficking and Modern – Day Slavery https://www.churchofengland.org/media/1982544/human%20trafficking%20and%20modern-day%20slavery.pdf A theological treatise sponsored by “Churches Together: Ecumenical Group in Britain and Ireland”. Document has 29 pages. MAST: Men against sexual trafficking http://www.mast-canada.com/default.aspx ‘To be silent is to be unfaithful’ http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/3840/To_be_silent_is_to_be_unfaithful.pdf Resource on human trafficking for church groups, including useful contextual Bible studies, worship resources (even a sermon) and links. Compiled by the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) in the hope of disabling trafficking at the Commonwealth Games here in Glasgow later this year. Document has 16 pages. Journal of International Affairs, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs Human Trafficking in the Post-Cold-War period: Towards a Comprehensive Approach, Vladimir Makei. http://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/online-articles/human-trafficking-post-cold-war/ This 8-page document is a good place to start to get an overview of the trafficking. International Anglican Women’s Network • Canada Human Trafficking Conference • November 14, 2014 • Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre
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Archbishop Justin Welby’s statement on the first UN anti-trafficking day http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/5379/archbishops-statement-on-the-first-un-anti-trafficking-day Anglican Consultative Council - Trafficking Resolution 14.33: The International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN) a. unequivocally supports the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, including trafficking, and encourages all Provinces to participate in programmes and events that promote the rights and welfare of women, particularly as expressed in the Beijing Platform for Action and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals; Beijing Platform: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/Beijing/platform MDGs: www.un.org/millenniumgoals Lambeth 1998 Resolution 1.3 This Conference resolves that each member Church represented make an intentional effort to: (a) discover the ways in which women and children are affected and victimised by the political, economic, educational, cultural or religious systems in which they live; (b) discover the ways in which criminal elements of our societies victimise and exploit women and children; (c) praise the level of public (local, national and international) awareness about such abuses; and (d) work toward eliminating abuses through co-operation with existing groups such as ECPAT (End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism) and the monitoring agencies of the United Nations and World Council of Churches.
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YouTube “Stop Human Trafficking” conference video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PJW8VPzr1eI (see p4) 3 Toronto and Newmarket contacts Chab Dai Canada www.chabdai.org Working Together to End Sexual Abuse and Trafficking Christy Langschmidt
[email protected] 647 404 5638 Freedom Registry Coordinator Canadian Women’s Foundation www.canadianwomen.org Diane Redsky Human Trafficking Task Force Project Director.
[email protected] 133 Richmond St West, Suite 504, Toronto M5H 2L3. 416 365 1444 ext 253 Debbie Pond, u-r home board member, cell 416 553 3245,
[email protected] 800 Davis Dr, Newmarket ON, L3Y 2R5 a place of hope for rescued victims of human trafficking. Bridgenorth, Program of Grace Church Newmarket Casandra Diamond, Director,
[email protected] 416- 834 9561 British Columbia • Ministry of Justice • Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons Department of Justice Canada • Ministère de la Justice Canada Communities Taking Action: A Toolkit to Address Human Trafficking http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/octiptraining/toolkit/index.html
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There are resources from British Columbia written by organizations who challenge some sections of Canadian Parliamentary Bill C-36 For the Sake of Equality – Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Centre Arguments for Adapting the Nordic Model of Prostitution Law to Canada http://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/learn/resources/sake-equality-arguments-adapting-nordic-model-prostitution-law-canada Document has 30 pages. Reckless Endangerment: Q & A on Bill C-36: Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act – June 2014 http://www.pivotlegal.org/reckless_endangerment_q_a_on_bill_c_36_protection_of_communities_and_exploited_ persons_act https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/pivotlegal/pages/660/attachments/original/1404320254/C36_Info_Sheet. pdf?1404320254 Document has 10 pages. Victoria Sexual Assault Centre Opposition to Bill C-36 Victoria Sexual Assault Centre supports the PEERS Victoria Resources Society http://vsac.ca http://vsac.ca/2014/08/vsac-takes-a-stance-on-sex-work/ Pivotal Legal Society – Sex Workers Rights http://www.pivotlegal.org/sex_workers_rights
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