[Indigsol] Dec. 2 - Erin Wolski on "Aboriginal Women: Root Causes of their Vulnerability."

[Pei-Ju Wang]

End Slavery Day 2008 Event
Invitation letter 


Persons Against
the Crime of
Trafficking in Humans

 

 


c/o Kairos Spirituality for Social Justice Centre, 211 Bronson Avenue, Room
306, Ottawa, ON K1R 6H5 (613) 236-6557


19 November 2008

Dear Friend,

Re: Invitation to PACT-Ottawa's End Slavery 2008 Event on 2nd December

The Board and Members of Persons Against the Crime of Trafficking in Humans
(PACT-Ottawa) are pleased to invite you to an event marking the
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery on 2nd December 2008. We are
delighted that Kathleen Petty, Host of CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning, will be
our Master of Ceremonies for an evening that will shine light on the issue
of human trafficking around the world and in our own country. The event will
take place from 7 to 9 pm in Mac Hall at the Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson
Avenue. Kindly RSVP to: pact_ottawa at yahoo.ca.

End Slavery 2008 will feature a brief dramatization entitled "Personhood in
Canadian History," written and performed by the PACT Players. The play
juxtaposes the stories of five women, including a trafficked person. Each
has experienced discrimination and significant challenges to realizing her
human rights. Audience members will be encouraged to make linkages between
the women's apparently disparate stories, and to consider how they might
help the trafficked person to fully assert her personhood in Canada.


Praise for the PACT Players .
". fabulous. Well written, well performed and a great way
to convey information."


Our guest speakers are two dynamic women who will share their expertise on
the subject of human trafficking as a form of "modern day slavery". Eileen
Kerwin Jones, PhD, will speak on the global dynamics of the issue in "Human
Trafficking: A Global Issue". Erin Wolski will bring the matter home to
Canada with a critical look at human trafficking in the domestic sphere in
"Aboriginal Women: Root Causes of their Vulnerability." Following the
presentations, there will be a question and answer session with each expert.

Trafficking in humans occurs right here in Canada, just as it does in many
other countries around the world. Trafficking occurs when a person is kept
under the control of traffickers and exploited, for example through forced
labour, including sex work, or the removal of an organ. Trafficking
sometimes - but not always - involves transportation across a border.
Notably, traffickers prey upon the vulnerable, which is why women and
children are the principal victims. Since trafficking is the epitome of
exploitation, it violates the fundamental human dignity of the trafficked
person.


PACT-Ottawa is not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO)
registered in the Province of Ontario. Our vision is to recognize the human
dignity and promote the well-being of all trafficked persons. This includes
persons who have been trafficked from other countries, as well as Canadian
residents who may have been trafficked within Canada's borders. PACT-Ottawa
is committed to entrenching the protection of trafficked persons in Canadian
law, and to securing the essential services that trafficked persons require
to take back control of their bodies and their lives. Our organization's
mission is to network with other groups to prevent the trafficking of
persons and to increase the protection of those who have been trafficked.
For further information, you may refer to our website at
http://www.pact-ottawa.org/ <http://www.pact-ottawa.org> .

Please do join us for an evening that promises to be both entertaining and
informative. PACT-Ottawa pledges that by 9 pm on 2nd December, you will have
learned at least one action that you personally can take to End Slavery.

If your organization would like to participate in End Slavery 2008 by
setting up materials for display or distribution, please call me at
613-282-2554. I would be happy to make arrangements with you.

Yours sincerely,

Christina Harrison Baird, Chair
PACT - Ottawa


C PACT-Ottawa

 

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