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A team from the FCJ Refugee Centre’s Anti-Human Trafficking program joined the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) on August 21 for an outreach event in Prince Edward County with temporary foreign workers. During the evening, we shared information about workers’ rights, the risks of unsafe labour conditions, and the different types of abuse…
Connecting with Temporary Foreign Workers at the Huron County Newcomer Celebration
A team from the FCJ Refugee Centre’s Migrant Workers Mobile Program (Anti-Human Trafficking Manager, Jovana Blagovcanin; and Anti-Human Trafficking – Migrant Case Coordinator, Diana Caipa) attended last Saturday, April 12, the Huron County Newcomer Celebration, a community event hosted in Dashwood, Ontario, by the Huron County Immigration Partnership. The event marked the successful completion of…
Foreign workers in Canada who suffer abuse often endure this situation for a prolonged period of time before seeking help, as leaving an employer under a closed work permit risks immediate loss of work authorization. This is one of the conclusions of a new report, Emergency Exit or Dead End? An Analysis of the Impacts…
As part of the FCJ Refugee Centre’s Migrant Workers Mobile Program, two members of our Anti-Human Trafficking team (Manager Jovana Blagovcanin, and Migrant Case Coordinator Diana Caipa) traveled to Simcoe, Ontario, on Thursday, August 29, to participate in the Farmworkers’ Appreciation Day, organized by The Huron Farmworker Ministry. Around 200 migrant workers participated in the…
Open Letter – Re: Canada’s National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking (2019-2024)
June 10,2024 Dear Prime Minister, dear Minister of Public Safety, Cc: Dear Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Dear Minister of Immigration, dear Minister of Employment and Workforce Development, dear Associate Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development Background The Toronto Counter Human Trafficking Network (TCHTN) is a collaborative coalition of governmental and…
New Report Advocates for Enhanced Immigration Pathways for Gender-Based Violence Survivors
“Adopting a comprehensive, gender-responsive and rights-based regularization scheme is essential to addressing the unique challenges faced by migrant women with lived experiences of Gender-Based Violence and human trafficking.” That is one of the main conclusions of the paper Ensuring Equity: Advancing immigration pathways for women with lived experience of gender-based violence and human trafficking, recently…
Digital Technology, Gender-Based Violence and Human Trafficking
The FCJ Refugee Centre participated in the event Exploring the Intersections of Digital Technology, Gender-Based Violence and Human Trafficking, organized by OCASI as a part of the Immigrant and Refugee Communities: Neighbours, Friends and Families (IRCNFF) Project, and held on March 6. Jovana Blagovcanin, FCJ Refugee Centre’s Anti-Human Trafficking Manager; and Chiara Rossi, FCJ Refugee…
Advocating for Migrant Workers at the SEA Summit for the Human Trafficking Awareness Day
FCJ Refugee Centre had a relevant presence in the Support, Empower, Access (SEA) Summit for the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (February 22nd), hosted by the Association for New Canadians (ANC) in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Jovana Blagovcanin, FCJ Refugee Centre’s Anti-Human Trafficking Manager, together with Varka Kalaydzhieva, Program Director at Collaborative Network to End Exploitation,…
Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Let’s put an end to labour exploitation
February 22nd is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Canada, since it was proclaimed by the federal government, in 2020. The crime of Trafficking in Persons was added to the Canadian Criminal Code in 2005, less than 20 years ago. The law criminalizes forced organ removal, forced marriage, indentured servitude, labour exploitation, and sexual exploitation….
Raise Awareness and Combat Human Trafficking: Launching the Stay Awake Campaign 2023
The Youth Alliance Against Human Trafficking would like to introduce a new edition of the #StayAwakeCampaign. The #StayAwakeCampaign is a dedicated initiative spotlighting human trafficking among precarious migrant youth. Through this campaign, we adopt an intersectional lens, addressing the intertwined vulnerabilities and oppressions faced by migrant youth. We’ll focus on: Understanding human trafficking: Demystifying myths…
A Call For Action To End Labour Trafficking: How Collaboration Can Lead to Solutions
As a part of the annual Victims and Survivors of Crime Week, the Toronto Counter Human Trafficking Network hosted on May 17th a hybrid forum to raise awareness and address the root causes of the ever growing labour trafficking issue in Canada. The forum identified the issue at hand, by discussing the realities of labour…
When: Wed, May 17, 2023 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Where: Central Neighbourhood House: 349 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON M5A 2V8. Register » The Toronto Counter Human Trafficking Network presents their annual Victims and Survivors of Crime Week event on May 17th 10-12:30pm. This will be a hybrid forum to raise awareness and address the…
The Migrant Women’s Counter Human Trafficking Alliance (MWCHTA) invites you to our workshops, open to all newcomer migrant women! We are now presenting: Meditative Art with our facilitator Carolina Gajardo! During these sessions, she will guide us in how to use simple art techniques that help relax and release stress, and most of all give us…
Human Trafficking Awareness Day: Get the Facts, Talk About It
In 2020, the federal government proclaimed February 22nd as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Canada. The crime of Trafficking in Persons was added to the Canadian Criminal Code in 2005, less than 20 years ago. The law criminalizes forced organ removal, forced marriage, indentured servitude, labour exploitation, and sexual exploitation. These crimes are commonly…
Concerns about labour trafficking increase amid higher demand for migrant workers in Canada
New research shows that employer discrimination, unsafe working conditions and gaps in government policy put migrant workers at risk of being exploited once they arrive in Canada. FCJ Refugee Centre and the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking’s newly released report, It Happens Here: Labour Exploitation Among Migrant Workers During the Pandemic, reveals that migrant…
