Resource collection

webwise.ca – information about cyber sexual violence

This website draws on findings from the cyber self-defence research project to combat and counter the growing culture of cyber sexual violence. It is a collaboration between St. Stephen’s Community House, METRAC – Action on Violence and East Metro Youth Services. It Designed by young women for young women, the website focuses on gender-based violence,

Online Training Initiative to Address Human Trafficking

The Online Training Initiative to Address Human Trafficking is a free training program that includes resources, tools, and tips to assist service providers working with survivors of human trafficking.

What do you need? How to get help

This page on the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic website lists ways you can get help when you need it. It has information on clinic services, abuse, safety, your children, partner abuse, sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse/incest, housing and money, immigration, forced marriage, charges for assault, and lawyers.

Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking

These are training materials for community and social service front line workers on the social and legal issues facing people who are being trafficked. There are also materials specifically directed at peer mentors, such as taxi drivers, staff at hair and nail salons, and hotel and restaurant workers, who might come in contact with trafficked persons.

Supporting Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking

Recorded on May 30, 2016 – This webinar examines how to support victims and survivors of Human Trafficking in Canada. The presenters are Rosalind Currie, Director of British Columbia’s Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons with the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, and Michèle Anderson, Covenant House, Toronto Human Trafficking Advocate.

Migrant Worker Guide – Caregiver Stream

This guide is for people in the Caregiver Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Ontario. It’s meant to help workers learn about their rights, services available to them in Ontario, employment, housing, health, everyday life, and work permits. 

Migrant Worker Guide – Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) Stream

This guide is for people in the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Ontario. It’s meant to help workers learn about their rights, what services are available to them in Ontario, employment, housing, health, everyday life, work permits, and legal rights.

Human Trafficking in Canada

This booklet explains what is known about human trafficking, what the law says about it, what Canada is doing about it, and what individuals can do. It lists warning signs indicating that someone may be a trafficked person, may be living in domestic servitude, or is being sexually exploited.

Human Trafficking: Canada is Not Immune, 2nd Edition

This is an online course for Canadian service providers on how to recognize, protect, and assist a person who may have been trafficked.