Voice Found is an Ottawa-based charity that serves individuals who may be at risk of, who have been, or who are being trafficked for sex. They hired me to author a unique report detailing the lives of twenty-two survivors of sex trafficking at the time of first being trafficked, during trafficking, their experiences as they exited, and their lives after exiting.

Justice Canada provided funding to several organisations across Canada who deliver support services to sex workers. The recipients of this funding provided community-based research to increase Justice Canada’s understanding of why people become involved in the sex trade and why they did or did not want to attempt to exit it. 

Although, Voice Found received this funding, human sex trafficking differs greatly from sex work. As a Registered Social Worker with a strong trauma-informed background and experience working in support services for this population, I was entrusted to amplify and honour the lived experiences of these survivors, and to highlight the unique nature of sex trafficking survivors within the broader category of sex work.