Project Overview

Tools of Empowerment for Success (TOES Niagara) in partnership with  Brock University Professional and Continuing Studies Office, with funding from the Government of Canada’s Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) will develop and put in place a code of conduct to prevent human trafficking in the hospitality and tourism industry in the Niagara Region to strengthen the GBV sector, based in part on ECPAT International’s The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism. The project aims to make the Niagara Region as inhospitable as possible to human traffickers and consequently a safe tourist destination and community to live and work.

Objectives

  • Address the need to provide awareness, tools and support to the hospitality and tourism industry to prevent human trafficking in the Niagara.
  • Establish a multi-stakeholder steering committee that will develop and adapt a local Code of Conduct based in part on the ECPAT model with input from the community including survivors and at-risk populations.
  • Implement the developed Code of Conduct, among pilot organizations and provide training to these organizations for a successful implementation.
  • Organize outreach events to share information on the promising practice with key employers in major border cities so that they may replicate it or expand upon.

If you, or someone you may know is in need of assistance please call the Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline, 1-833-900-1010 – The call center operates 24 hours, 7 days a week. 

Community Survey

TOES Niagara, in collaboration with Brock University’s Professional and Continuing Studies funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE), is developing a code of conduct for human trafficking prevention in the Niagara Region specific to the hospitality and tourism sectors. This survey is designed to gather insights directly from community members like you. Come and lend your voice to inform a Niagara-specific policy aimed at preventing human trafficking for labor and sexual exploitation and making our region inhospitable for human traffickers. 

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