Media Alert - Human Trafficking Expert Benjamin Perrin Launches Campaign with
Online Press Conference and Book Tour

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Maytree Foundation

Oct 05, 2010, 14:59 ET

Human trafficking is happening in communities across Canada. On Tuesday, October 12, Benjamin Perrin puts forward a plan to stop it.

TORONTO, Oct 5 /CNW/ - Hear Benjamin Perrin's groundbreaking research about human trafficking in Canada and his proposed legislation and services that would end human trafficking in Canada. He makes recommendations to law enforcement, government and service providers in cities across the country. The press conference also kicks off Perrin's Canadian book tour to support his new book, Invisible Chains: Canada's Underground World of Human Trafficking (tour details at the end of this alert).

Who:

  • Presenter: Benjamin Perrin, author of Invisible Chains and law professor at the University of British Columbia
  • Moderator: Ratna Omidvar, President, Maytree

When:

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
10:00-11:00 a.m. EST (Toronto)
7:00-8:00 a.m. PST (Vancouver)
After a 20-minute webcast presentation, press conference participants will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Where:

From your desktop.

How to attend:

Please RSVP at http://endmodernslaveryrelease.eventbrite.com to receive your access code to attend the webcast. Please direct inquiries to [email protected].

A recording of the event will be available online at http://www.endmoderndayslavery.ca/media/media-kit/.

Invisible Chains Book Tour

From October 12 to 27, Benjamin Perrin will be touring Canada to speak about his new book, Invisible Chains: Canada's Underground World of Human Trafficking. Events will be held in:

Details of these events and more information about human trafficking in Canada are available on the website www.endmoderndayslavery.ca.

Benjamin Perrin is an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law, a faculty fellow at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, and a leading expert on human trafficking. As a senior policy adviser and a witness before several Parliamentary committees, he has advised the federal government on this issue. He has also worked overseas with victims and assisted in the prosecution of child sex offenders as executive director of The Future Group, a non-governmental organization that he founded in 2000 to combat human trafficking. In 2009, Perrin was honoured by Hillary Clinton and the U.S. State Department as a "hero acting to end modern-day slavery" - the first Canadian to be recognized by this award.

Invisible Chains: Canada's Underground World of Human Trafficking is the first book ever published to expose the issue of human trafficking in Canada. The book is based on a three-year investigation into the problem and documents cases reported by police, provincial officials, immigration, and non-governmental organizations as well as accounts from victims and their families. It also evaluates Canada's response and makes specific recommendations to government, police and average Canadians. It is available in bookstores across Canada.

For Perrin's picture and cover of book, visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/invisiblechains.

For further information:

Media Inquiries:

Markus Stadelmann-Elder, Communications Manager, Maytree 416-944-2627 ext. 284, [email protected]

Barbara Bower, Senior Publicist, Penguin Group (Canada) 416-928-2405, [email protected]

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