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“Our bus services are being used by human traffickers to trans- port their victims throughout Ontario,” declared Carrie-Lynn Carpenter, Operations Control supervisor for Motor Coach
Vulnerability factor webinar series
BOTL hosted a four-part webinar series focused on some of the vulnerability factors that traffickers may prey upon. The series featured guest presenters and addressed the topics of LGBTQ+ identity, homelessness, immigration and the child welfare system. Attendance included 122 BOTL partners in school transportation, transit, motorcoach, casinos and law enforcement from 36 states. Almost 92 percent of webinar participants responding to the survey indicated the session of the series they attended increased their knowledge of human trafficking.
Services at Ontario Northland. “By knowing what to look for and how to report it effectively, we could potentially help save a life.”
As guest presenter Jessica Muñoz from Voices for Children noted, “There’s tremendous power in communities who ... are seeking to create opportunities for education and awareness. There’s no issue facing our communities or our kids that we can address if we don’t know that it exists, if we’re not willing to talk about it, and if we’re not willing to be in conversation with each other about the ways that we can support each other to address it.”
Fifty-five percent of K-12 students ride the bus to school daily.
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TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING 2021 ANNUAL REPORT