Policy Recommendations

The Centre’s policy work is designed to put human trafficking survivors at the forefront of Canada’s public policy discussions. By engaging with them — as well as service providers, academics and governments — we can offer practical solutions for preventing trafficking, supporting survivors, raising awareness and holding traffickers to account.

Human trafficking in Canada is a profoundly complex problem, one that’s impacted by multiple policy areas, including housing, poverty, child welfare, and truth and reconciliation with Indigenous communities. Human trafficking survivors often face unique barriers to accessing services — barriers that are not always obvious to decision-makers. Coordinated, trauma-informed, whole-of-government responses must be created to ensure survivors have access to the supports they need, when they need them. We aim to bring an anti-trafficking lens to public policy and confront the widespread social challenges that enable human trafficking and make it difficult for survivors to exit and heal.