Human Trafficking in Canada

This booklet is for anyone who wants to learn more about human trafficking. It is for community leaders, teachers and students who want to help their communities learn more about this issue. It is also for people in social service or health care roles who may come into contact with victims of human trafficking.
 
This booklet gives a brief overview of:
• what is known about human trafficking
• what the law says about it
• what Canada is doing about it
• what you can do
• where you can find more information.

 

Author(s): 
The People's Law School
Type: 
Resource
2007
The People's Law School
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An Overview of the Child Welfare Systems in Canada

Overview of Canada's child welfare system from one part of the country to another. Systems are currently structured to respond to reports of child maltreatment but are generally not well-funded to take action in preventative measures.

Author(s): 
Pamela Gough
Author(s): 
Aron Schlonsky
Author(s): 
Peter Dudding
Type: 
Publication
2009
International Journal of Child Health and Human Development
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Les mauvais traitements infligés aux adolescents au Canada – Renseignements pour les Canadiens et Canadiennes

Ce document donne des renseignements sur la prévalence des mauvais traitements infligés aux jeunes des âges de 15 à 19, et donne des suggestions de quoi faire si on est au courant d’une situation dans laquelle un adolescent ou adolescente est vulnérable ou en danger.

Type: 
PPES Resource
Agence de la santé publique du Canada, 2006, 4 p.
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Site pour les jeunes: violence familiale

Ce cite web interactive est pour les jeunes âgés de10 ans et plus. Dans le langage simple, on explique la maltraitance et donne des suggestions pour quoi-faire.

Type: 
PPES Resource
Ministère de la Justice Canada
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Physical Punishment and Children’s Health

This is a brief article by Joan Durrant explaining the dangers of physical punishment and makes some policy recommendations. She reminds us that one of the reasons for the continued prevalence of child abuse is the societal legitimacy that is accorded it.

Type: 
PPES Resource
Newsletter of the Infant Mental Health Promotion Project, 2006, 5 p.
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Parler pour eux

Ce cite web interactive a été créé pour une campagne d’éducation publique traitant de la maltraitance de l’enfant. On y trouve des renseignements à propos des signes subtils des mauvais traitements et des suggestions pour dénoncer la maltraitance.

Type: 
PPES Resource
Les sociétés de l’aide à l’enfance de l’Ontario
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Abused Kids Don’t Always Look It

This is an excellent pamphlet about the signs of child abuse and methods of positive parenting that can help prevent it. This was designed as part of a public education campaign directed by Ontario Children’s Aid Societies and was printed as an insert for the newspaper The Sun.

Type: 
PPES Resource
Ontario Children’s Aid Societies
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Boost for Kids

These are factsheets that explain child abuse and give advice to professionals caring for children who are possibly being abused or have been abused. Boost for Kids is a Toronto-based agency associated with the Toronto Child Abuse Centre that develops programs and services for the prevention and elimination of violence against children.

Type: 
PPES Resource
Boost: Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention
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La chronicité dans l’évolution de familles négligentes

Cette feuillet propose une définition de la négligence, donne des renseignements statistiques sur la négligence au Canada, et explique quelques un des facteurs reliés avec la négligence.

Type: 
PPES Resource
Centres d’excellent pour le bien-être des enfants : La protection et le bien-être des enfants, 2007, 3 p.
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La violence punitive envers les enfants au Canada

Ce feuillet donne des renseignements statistiques sur la punition corporelle au Canada et énumère les conséquences négatives associées avec cette violence.

Type: 
PPES Resource
Centres d’excellence pour le bien-être des enfants : La protection et le bien-être des enfants, 2006, 3 p.
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