1. Holding Tight to a Double-Edged Sword: Labour Trafficking in Edmonton
Karen McCrae, MA
Project Manager
November 23, 2016

2. ACT Alberta Our Mission
ACT Alberta will increase knowledge and awareness on human trafficking, advocate for effective rights based responses, build capacity of all involved stakeholders, and lead and foster collaboration for joint action against human trafficking.
Founded in 2010 to respond to all forms of human trafficking in the province.
Project housed within Changing Together - a Centre for Immigrant Women located in Edmonton Environmental Scan “Trafficking of Women and Girls to Canada” found trafficking to be inadequately addressed. ACT Alberta was formally founded as a not-for profit agency and registered charity 2010.

3. Our Activities What We Do
Coordinate services for victims of human trafficking
Manage a Victims Assistance Fund
Train and educate stakeholders
Engage and educate the public
Research and collect data on human trafficking
Help develop policy provincially and nationally 
Build capacity for community-based responses 
All for the purposes of identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking.

4. Our Activities Who we work with: Law enforcement Government
Service providers
Private sector
Legal sector
Academics
Unions
Organizations mainly in Alberta, but also across Canada and internationally
Who we’re funded by:
Government of Alberta
E.g. Human Services;
Alberta Justice and Solicitor General
Federal Government
E.g. Justice Canada;
Status of Women;
Public Safety
Some private donations and small scale fundraisers

5. Karen McCrae, MA Project Manager ACT Alberta
Funding provided by Public Safety Canada with an additional donation from Tammy Johnson