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Human Trafficking Awareness Day is observed on January 11th each year to raise awareness of the issue of human trafficking and encourage action to combat it. The day serves as a reminder of the need for continued efforts to prevent trafficking and support survivors. Organizations and individuals around the world mark the day through events, social media campaigns, and other activities to raise awareness of the issue.
A campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking will receive funding from the Manitoba government. Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen said the province will provide $100,000 to the Joy Smith Foundation for its “See the Trafficking Signs” education and awareness initiative. The financial support was announced at the Manitoba legislature on International Women’s Day. “Human trafficking…
The executive director of victim services in one of Canada’s human trafficking hotspots says she’s seeing an increase in people from Newfoundland and Labrador in her caseload. Krista MacNeil is the executive director of Victim Services of Durham Region, encompassing the Greater Toronto Area towns of Ajax, Oshawa, Whitby and several smaller communities. As a Mi’kmaw woman born and raised in Stephenville, N.L., MacNeil said…
SASKATOON — The St. Anne Council of the Catholic Women’s League of Canada held a flag-raising ceremony last week to increase awareness about the issue of human trafficking. The city council declared Feb. 22 Human Trafficking Awareness Day. More than 50 people, led by St. Anne CWL’s Human Trafficking Awareness Project co-chairs Anne Ashcroft and Donna Aldous, braved…
After more than a quarter-century of battling human trafficking in Canada, Joy Smith has seen and heard it all. She’s seen and heard enough. At the national launch of an awareness and education campaign two years in the making at Winnipeg Police Service headquarters on Wednesday, which is Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Smith implored people…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM6WqlF25BY Home/News Releases/Talk About It: February 22 Is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Victoria, BC – February 22 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and VicPD is asking Victoria and Esquimalt residents to talk about it. Police-reported incidents of human trafficking have been steadily increasing over the past 10 years. In…
On Human Trafficking Awareness Day OPP shared human trafficking statistics that show in the last 15 months 28 people have been charged in Ontario. The victims ranged from 12 to 47 years old, while the accused ranged from 18 to 44 years old. “In Ontario, sex trafficking is the most reported type of human trafficking,” said Merrilee…
A joint initiative by several police units across Ontario to crack down on human trafficking resulted in more than 60 victims being rescued in the past 14 months. The Ontario Provincial Police and 20 regional, municipal and Indigenous police services are members of the Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS), launched and funded by…
Ontario has assisted 61 victims of human trafficking and laid 239 charges against 28 people since the Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS) was formed in Dec. 2021. The statistics were released on national Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Wednesday by the IFJS which sees 21 police services from around the province, including…
Unifor-Ontario government fails to accelerate long-term care fix Today, Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General, and Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, released the following statement on Human Trafficking Awareness Day: “In Ontario, sex trafficking is the most reported type of human trafficking. It is a vicious crime…
On the heels of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Wednesday, members a multiple police services announced a province-wide update on operations surrounding their operations. The operation is called the Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-Led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS). This operation sees 21 police services band together to tackle human trafficking accross Ontario. Since its creation…
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