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Human Trafficking Awareness Day - February 22, 2019
February 22 was Ontario’s Human Trafficking Awareness Day. As such, Toronto Counter-Human Trafficking Network (TCHTN) hosted An Open Conversation on Human Trafficking Through an Anti-Oppressive Lens.
Meeting on Parliament Hill
On February 20, the Toronto Counter Human Trafficking Network met with the co-chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.
Statement Re: Closing the Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children & Youth
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto have sent the following email to Ontario's Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.
National Housing Day: November 22
In 1998, the homeless advocacy group, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, declared that homelessness was a national disaster. The State of Emergency Declaration was formally released in October 1998. This raised immediate support from individuals, community agencies, faith groups, labour unions and similar such voices.
Sister Gwen Smith on Food Security
Since 1992, the United Nations has recognized October 17 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a day to reflect upon poverty and promote awareness of how it affects others.
