What is human trafficking? In this video, produced by the Collaboratory on Forced Migration in Canada, led by uOttawa Professor Christina Clark-Kazak, Martha Vargas Aguirre introduces key aspects of trafficking in persons and how it differs from human smuggling. In Canada, human trafficking is largely a domestic and gender-related phenomenon. Learn how it disproportionately affects Indigenous, newcomer and racialized women and 2SLGBTQI+ people.
Christina Clark-Kazak works as a Full Professor at University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. She served as the President for the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration and worked as the Editor-In-Chief for Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees. In the past she has worked for Saint Paul University, York University, the Canadian Government as well as the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. She held the position of president for the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. She worked as Director of York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies and Associate Principal at the University’s bilingual Glendon Campus. She focuses her research on age discrimination in migration and development policy, political participation of young people, and inter-disciplinary methodologies. Professor Clark-Kazak holds a doctorate from Oxford, a master’s from Cambridge, and a BA from the University of British Columbia.
Human trafficking in Canada
What is human trafficking? In this video, produced by the Collaboratory on Forced Migration in Canada, led by uOttawa Professor Christina Clark-Kazak, Martha Vargas Aguirre introduces key aspects of trafficking in persons and how it differs from human smuggling. In Canada, human trafficking is largely a domestic and gender-related phenomenon. Learn how it disproportionately affects Indigenous, newcomer and racialized women and 2SLGBTQI+ people.
By Christina Clark-Kazak
Christina Clark-Kazak works as a Full Professor at University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. She served as the President for the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration and worked as the Editor-In-Chief for Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees. In the past she has worked for Saint Paul University, York University, the Canadian Government as well as the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. She held the position of president for the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. She worked as Director of York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies and Associate Principal at the University’s bilingual Glendon Campus. She focuses her research on age discrimination in migration and development policy, political participation of young people, and inter-disciplinary methodologies. Professor Clark-Kazak holds a doctorate from Oxford, a master’s from Cambridge, and a BA from the University of British Columbia.Also Read