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Mission
To increase knowledge and awareness on human trafficking, advocate for effective rights-based responses, build capacity of all involved stakeholders and lead and foster collaboration for joint action against human trafficking.
Vision
An Alberta free from human trafficking
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Words (Still) Matter: There is (Still) No Such Thing as a "Child Prostitute"
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's arrest on human trafficking charges has brought this issue back into the spotlight. It is important to make sure that when discussing this case the media and private citizens use words respectful of what his alleged victims went through.
Child Exploitation: How Old or How High?
Watching the six-year-old walk in my heart rose in my chest, and I felt a sickening feeling in my stomach. I looked at the trafficker, his eyes had narrowed with a glint of cruelty in them; he was all business now.