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Event

Human Trafficking and the 2010 Olympics

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 17:30to19:00
Chancellor Day Hall 3644 rue Peel, Montreal, QC, H3A 1W9, CA

A bilingual panel featuring B.C. Senator Mobina Jaffer will address the subject of human trafficking in Canada, particularly in relation to the 2010 Olympic games.

Our panelists

Mobina Jaffer, B.C. Senator and political advocate monitoring human trafficking across Canada and in connection with the 2010 Olympic Games

Colleen French, Communication and Networking Coordinator for the Canadian Council for Refugees

Annie Robert, Human Trafficking Awareness Coordinator for the RCMP

Pascale Robitaille, Sex worker activist with STELLA , speaking on the consequences of police repression on sex workers and undocumented migrants

Liliane Kohl, Co-director of the Temple Committee Against Human Trafficking will discuss myths surrounding the subject of Human Trafficking, the concept of free choice in prostitution, and gender equality

Moderated by Evan Fox-Decent: Professor of Immigration and Refugee Law at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

This event was organized by student volunteers of the Human Rights Working Group at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµâ€™s Faculty of Law and Le Comité de droit et développement international de l'Université de Montréal.

Refreshments will be served in the Atrium afterwards.

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