Collaborative Network to End Exploitation

Do No Harm: Migrant Workers, Essential but Disposable Part 3 of the Six-Part Webinar Series April 6 at 2 pm EDT For decades migrant workers have been subjected to exploitation in Canada. Closed work permits, restricted movement, weak labour standard protections, lack of a pathway to permanent residency increase workers' exploitation and human trafficking. ... Speaker: Natalie Drolet, Staff Lawyer/Executive Director, Migrant Workers Centre Who should register: Community workers, healthcare professionals, advocacy agencies, lawmakers, law enforcement, or others working with trafficked persons or doing anti-human trafficking advocacy. Register and learn more at https://tinyurl.com/ye9jbkve Cost is by donation. A certificate of completion will be issued to those who complete the series. This webinar is part of the Do No Harm: A Fresh Perspective on Anti-Human Trafficking Work webinar series. It centers on the voices and experiences of those most negatively affected by human trafficking to help those in this field discover new promising practices for undertaking their work.

Do No Harm: Sex Work and Anti-Human Trafficking Part 2 of the Six-Part Webinar Series March 30 at 2 pm EDT Some aspects of the anti-human trafficking work are particularly harmful to sex workers and migrant sex workers. Increased law enforcement raids, criminalization, and deportation are only a few of the consequences experienced by them. ... Speakers: Elene Lam, Founder, Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network Register and learn more at https://tinyurl.com/ye9jbkve Cost is by donation. A certificate of completion will be issued to those who complete the series. This webinar is part of the Do No Harm: A Fresh Perspective on Anti-Human Trafficking Work webinar series. It centers on the voices and experiences of those most negatively affected by human trafficking to help those in this field discover new promising practices for undertaking their work.

We are grieving. Migrant student, Varinder Singh Sandhu, has reportedly died by suicide after losing his study permit and being suspended from college. Migrant ...students and workers: YOU ARE NOT ALONE! WhatsApp 647-858-2854 for support. We deserve to live. Impossible immigration rules and financial pressures are killing us. But when we work together, we can support each other and fight to change unfair laws. If you are angry about this and are ready to fight, join us! Help us set priorities for action: https://migrantworkersalliance.org/msu2021survey/ If you knew Varinder, please contact us immediately. Full & Permanent Immigration #StatusforAll RIGHT NOW is the only way for us to be safe and live with dignity. *His friends have let us know that he spelled his name Varinder, not Virender as is written on the image

‘Everyone is at risk’: Migrants and undocumented workers need #COVID19Vaccine & #StatusforAll WATCH: https://t.co/UXT7sLtSig SIGN: https://t.co/eHyADOzIAx

Do No Harm: Anti-Oppression in the Human Trafficking Work Part 1 of the Six-Part Webinar Series, March 23 at 10 am EST Anti-oppression is the guiding framework in all aspects of the anti-human trafficking work, including advocacy, enforcement, and policy development. This webinar will highlight some blind spots and tensions within the anti-human trafficking work and suggest promising practices from trauma-informed lenses.... Speakers: Sue Wilson, Director, Office for Systemic Justice & Shelley Gilbert, Coordinator of Social Work Services, Legal Assistance of Windsor Who should register: Community workers, healthcare professionals, advocacy agencies, lawmakers, law enforcement, or others working with trafficked persons or doing anti-human trafficking advocacy. Register and learn more at https://tinyurl.com/ye9jbkve Cost is by donation. A certificate of completion will be issued to those who complete the series. This webinar is part of the Do No Harm: A Fresh Perspective on Anti-Human Trafficking Work webinar series. It centers on the voices and experiences of those most negatively affected by human trafficking to help those in this field discover new promising practices for undertaking their work.

Do No Harm: A Fresh Perspective on Anti-Human Trafficking Work A weekly six-part webinar series beginning Tuesday, March 23 until April 30 Do No Harm brings forward voices of survivors, frontline workers, and other experts to help us tackle blind spots and tensions within anti-human trafficking work. ... Who should register: Community workers, healthcare professionals, advocacy agencies, lawmakers, law enforcement, or others working with trafficked persons or doing anti-human trafficking advocacy. Register at www.cnee.ca Human trafficking is an extreme violation of a person’s human rights. And it should be stopped. But all too often, anti-human trafficking efforts actually hurt the people who have been exploited and those who belong to targeted groups such as migrant workers, sex workers, racialized youth. Learn new promising practices for undertaking this work rooted in solidarity and anti-oppression. A certificate of completion will be issued to those who complete the series.

Migrants in Ontario: Know your rights and be prepared! New #OntarioLockdown measures have increased the chances of racist policing. READ IN FULL: https://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca//05-26-20%20-%20Butterfly%20D

Today is International Migrants Day, 2020. For migrants, 2020 has been a human rights catastrophe. We have been the front line of the COVID crisis, and have be...en excluded from even basic healthcare and income support in a pandemic. 2020 is also the year of our courage. In the face of hunger and sickness, together with you, we raised our voices and our fists. Reflect with us: https://migrantrights.ca/imd2020/ and share.

Today we celebrate UN Human Rights Day and the three-year anniversary since the Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph became the first religious order to embrace the Blue Communities commitments. Reflecting on our advocacy journey for a just and equitable world, the Ministry for Social Justice, Peace, and Creation Care is launching the first edition of our newsletter: Journey to Justice Listen! Learn! Act!... This newsletter reflects the Sisters of St. Joseph's charism and celebrates their Oneness with God, Creation & Neighbour. Inspired by their commitments, we hope the newsletter opens our hearts to listen to each other, learn from each other and act as one for a better tomorrow for all. https://tinyurl.com/journeyforjusticedec2020

WATCH LIVE: RALLY TO STOP MASS DEPORTATIONS! Migrant students and allies are currently gathered in front of Minister of Immigration Marco Mendicino’s office to ...deliver 16,000 petitions that call for equal rights for migrant students in crisis. Thousands face deportation because their work permits are expiring or have already expired. COVID-19 has changed everything, but unfair immigration rules stay the same. Minister Marco Mendicino & PM Justin Trudeau: don’t punish migrant workers for the pandemic. Make work permits renewable immediately. Value all work for permanent residence. Ensure status for all. SHARE WIDELY!