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Webinar event date: 
sep 28, 2022 11:00 am EDT
Webinar Presenters: 
Kendra MacKinnon

Partnership Specialist

The Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking

Kendra MacKinnon is Partnership Specialist for Atlantic Canada at CCTEHT with over 15 years of experience in the community services sector, beginning working in various roles supporting individuals with mental health issues, Autism, intellectual & physical disabilities in the community.

She has extensive experience in providing trauma informed, person centred human services, and a 15 year track record in providing advocacy and partnership development. As a previous Executive Director of the Colchester Sexual Assault Centre she provided crisis intervention, court support, systems navigation, nonprofit management and advocacy for survivors of sexualized violence and human trafficking. Kendra takes pride in promoting prevention, awareness and education about Human Trafficking within school systems and the community at large. Knowledge sharing is key to prevention!!

Description

The webinar will answer the following 4 questions:

What is human trafficking?

What are the indicators and risks of being a victim?

What is the Canadian Centre doing to end human trafficking?

What does the Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline do and who can contact them?