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The Code of Conduct for Human Trafficking Prevention in The Niagara Region

The Code of Conduct for Human Trafficking Prevention in the Niagara Region - It’s not always obvious. Sometimes, human trafficking may not look like what we imagine!

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 also ensure it becomes 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 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.

Events: Community Feedback Sessions

We listened, we built & now we need your feedback on the 1st draft of The Code of Conduct.

We welcome you to join our community feedback sessions to help shape the Code of Conduct for Human Trafficking Prevention in the Niagara Region. Your voice is essential in creating a framework that reflects our collective commitment to safety, dignity, and justice. These sessions will provide an overview of the process, consultations and reasoning behind the first draft of the code and provide community members with a platform to share input to ensure the code is both effective and inclusive. Join us in this collaborative effort to build stronger protections and empower our community to make Niagara inhospitable for human trafficking.

Attend a community session between 26 Nov – 12 Dec or read the draft and complete the online survey.

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.