Child Sex Trafficking in Canada and How To Stop It
The new book from Cathy Peters, available now on Amazon
The new book from Cathy Peters, available now on Amazon
The new book from Cathy Peters, available now on Amazon
Cathy Peters raises awareness about the issue of human sex trafficking, sexual exploitation and child sex trafficking for the purpose of prostitution. She speaks and presents to politicians, police and the public.
The average age of entry into prostitution is 12–14 years of age in Canada, although traffickers are targeting children as young as 8. There has been a dramatic increase in child exploitation along with the production and consumption of child pornography. Unregulated technology has increased the demand for commercially paid sex.
The biggest problem in Canada is that the public is unaware of the issue. Women, youth, children, the marginalized and vulnerable will become potential targets and victims unless we do something to stop it.
Cathy Peters is a former inner city high school teacher and, since 2014, has made over 650 presentations to more than 20,000 people.
She has received 17 Challenge Coins from Kitimat, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Richmond, Surrey, and Chilliwack RCMP detachments, the RCMP HQ Counter Exploitation Unit, and from the RCMP Headquarters E Division Commanding Officer, Federal Corrections, New Westminster Police Department after presenting at the Justice Institute, Delta, Abbotsford, Victoria, and three coins from Vancouver Police Department.
Cathy’s work was introduced in the BC Legislature. She had a booth at the 2019 and 2023 UBCM conventions for BC civic and provincial politicians. She was asked to present to three Federal Justice Committees and to the Federal Status of Women Committee on Human Trafficking. Cathy has been a speaker to three MMIWG gatherings, numerous Indigenous groups and had a booth at the July 2022 Assembly of First Nations Convention.
In 2022 she presented at the Global Summit Connecting to Protect: Addressing the Harms of Porn on Youth from a Public Health Perspective (University of Calgary), presented at the first RCMP Human Trafficking webinar for law enforcement across Canada, and in 2023 presented at the Canadian Sexual Exploitation Summit. Cathy received a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal for her anti-human trafficking advocacy work.
“Society and culture have come to a point where the most vulnerable are not being protected. Today’s youth, children, the vulnerable and marginalized are at a huge risk of early sexualization and sexual predation. They are aggressively targeted for sexual exploitation yet unaware of the insidious, coercive and manipulative tactics of the sex industry. As a society we have a moral obligation to address this exploitation immediately, resolutely and robustly. If we do not do so, the harm caused to future generations will be incalculable.” —Cathy Peters
Presentation to the School Boards. July 2024. Watch time: 8:38
Well Informed Podcast (Clip). September 13, 2024. Watch time: 00:58
Well Informed Podcast. September 13, 2024. Watch time: 37:31
Conversations That Matter. March 15, 2024. Watch time: 23:47
Careers That Matter. March 15, 2024. Watch time: 15.48
Cathy Peters Awareness Presentation. Cathy was keynote speaker at the Abbotsford Be Well, Be Safe event with strategies on how to keep youth safe from trafficking, exploitation, gangs, and bullying. Watch time: 17:00
Cathy Peters Interview with Anna Grace. Cathy interviews a sexual exploitation survivor at the Be Well, Be Safe event in Abbotsford, British Columbia on October 18, 2023. Watch time: 19:55
Cathy initiated public presentations in 2014 and has made hundreds of presentations to politicians, police, and the public, and more lately to police boards, school boards, frontline service providers, Indigenous groups, church groups, service clubs, chambers of commerce, justice committees, national summits, and has given interviews to magazines, radio programs, TV newscasts, podcasts, and newspapers.
Cathy's Presentation To Lions Gate Hospital Staff
Cathy's Presentation To The BC Yukon Indigenous Frontline Service Providers
APD Deputy Chief Culbertson & Chief Watson
Cathy in front of Canada's Parliament Buildings
Cathy's booth at the 2023 UBCM convention
Cathy's "Be Well Be Safe" interview with a survivor in Abbotsford
Cathy pictured with country music singer and founder of “Not in my City” Paul Brandt
Carol Todd, mother of Amanda Todd, pictured with Cathy
Diane Sowden, founder of Children of the Street and Order of Canada recipient
MP Ed Fast presenting Cathy with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal
Red Dress Day at the B.C. Legislature building
Jim Pattison at the Assembly of First Nations in Vancouver, 2022
Cathy presenting at Delta University Club
Cathy presenting at Fernie Secondary School, 2022
Member of Parliament Brad Vis with Cathy Peters
Children of the Street Founder Diane Sowden and Executive Director Adrienne Montani of the BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
At the Assembly of First Nations booth with VCASE
Cathy presenting in Richmond to families and youth
The following items are available for download, or will direct you to an external website.
Harpreet Singh Podcast
RED 89.1FM Vancouver
Article with Audio Interview
Article
Article
Fernie.com
Article
Vancouver Sun
Document
Document
Cathy was honoured to receive the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022 for her anti-human trafficking advocacy work.
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It describes the progression of my experience learning about the sexual exploitation of children in Canada, concluding with specific strategies on how we can stop it. Each chapter peels back a deeper level of the issue.
Please help me stop this scourge. While this issue has taken decades for me to understand, hopefully this book will shorten the process for the reader. Anyone and everyone can make a difference. And we must.
“Cathy Peters is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to educating Canadians and leaders about the realities of human trafficking. I am grateful she has taken this important step of writing this book, one that will no doubt play an important role in equipping parents and all Canadians to take action.”
Arnold ViersenMP on APPG to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
“When I served as a Member of the Canadian Parliament, I quickly learned I could not go it alone. In order to get anything meaningful done, a legislator had to ally herself or himself with a certain cadre of people... Cathy Peters has earned the right to the attention not only of legislators but also to you as a reader... Her many victories, humbly evident from her well-written, carefully referenced book, light the way to a better Canada and a better world. We would have better legislators tomorrow if we had more people like Cathy Peters today.”
John WestonStrategic Advisor, former MP, B.C.
“Cathy Peters is a passionate and tireless advocate for trafficking victims and those trapped in the commercial sex industry. Her harrowing book uncovers the somber reality of exploitation, leaving the reader encouraged to fight against injustice and demand an equitable existence for all.”
Andrea HeinzExited Sex Seller, Alberta
“Cathy Peters is a champion of the anti-trafficking community; working tirelessly to bring awareness to a topic most prefer to pretend doesn’t exist. Cathy has now punctuated her vocal efforts with this written exemplification on the grievous issue of human trafficking that is occurring right under their noses. Part academic research, part real-life story, Child Sex Trafficking in Canada and How To Stop It cleverly grabs a hold of both the reader’s heart and their intellect and leaves them with no option but to act.”
Alexandra StevensonWriter, Academic, Trafficked Survivor
“It is great to see Cathy so inspired by the issue and how she continues to advocate and spotlight the cause.”
Joy Smith, B.Ed. M.Ed. OMFounder of the Joy Smith Foundation
“As a tireless victim’s advocate, Cathy Peters has given voice to the thousands of vulnerable Canadian children who have fallen prey to the inherently evil practice of human trafficking sexual exploitation. Child Sex Trafficking in Canada and How To Stop It highlights the very real plight of young Canadians, who are lured or otherwise enticed into sex trafficking rings and then find it difficult, if not impossible, to escape from their enslavement... Kudos to Cathy Peters on this important work.”
Hon. Ed FastPC, QC, Member of Parliament, B.C.
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20 pages, soft-cover booklet
With appreciation to Interior Health Authority, Lions Gate Hospital, Canadian Medical Students Against Human Trafficking (CAMSAHT), Canadian Mental Health Association, Cariboo Chilcotin (Anti-Violence Program) for the opportunity to present this material. Hard copies are available for $5.00 each plus postage. Please use the contact form to order your copies.
20 pages, soft-cover booklet
Thank you to Okanagan Native Alliance and the YES (You Empowered Strong) Program Initiatives and Speaker series for the opportunity to present this material. Hard copies are available for $5.00 each plus postage. Please use the contact form to order your copies.
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