GAATW Canada completes a three-year research project, ‘Is it trafficking?’ Examining gender-based violence among women who do informal, precarious, non-standard work in Western Canada.

Download the full report PDF here or the two-page summary PDF here.

GAATW Canada launches its “There’s a Better Way” campaign, which encourages people to rethink popular anti-trafficking campaigns that are not meeting victims’ and survivors’ needs.

Reimagining Anti-Trafficking: Advancing More Effective, Community-Led Alternatives. GAATW Canada hosts a national meeting, which brings together trafficking survivors and individuals from organizations serving Indigenous, migrant worker, and sex worker communities, to strategize systems change leading to more effective ways to address violence, exploitation, and trafficking in Canada.

Shared Struggles, Collective Action: Bridging Movements for Change: GAATW Canada hosts a national meeting, which brings together Indigenous women, migrant workers, sex workers, trafficking survivors, 2SLGBTQIA+ and gender-diverse people, and allies leading efforts to address violence, exploitation, and trafficking in Canada.

GAATW Canada hosts a roundtable discussion, ‘Moving the Needle: Mapping New Directions for Critical Anti-trafficking Advocacy’ at the Law and Society Association’s annual conference.

GAATW Canada and Collaborative Community Solutions co-host a survivor-led conversation that rethinks engagement in anti-trafficking work with individuals with lived experience.

GAATW Canada members attend the GAATW International Members Congress and Conference to celebrate GAATW’s 30th anniversary. ‘Looking Back, Looking Forward: Three Decades of Our Journey’ focuses on the milestones in the Alliance’s history, reflects on the current challenges and opportunities, and plans with new energy for the future.

GAATW Canada members attend Freedom Network USA’s annual human trafficking conference and explore the diverse approaches Canada and the United States take to address the issues.

GAATW Canada meets UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, to discuss labour issues and government legislation and policy that warrant the Special Rapporteur’s attention.

The meeting is part of the Special Rapporteur’s official country visit to Canada, from August 23 to September 6.

We are pleased that many of the issues we raised in our brief are reflected in the Special Rapporteur’s final report.