Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies
University of Toronto

Friday, October 9- Saturday, 10, 2009
University of Toronto
Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College Street, Third Floor

Free and Open to the Public - Registration Required For Both Days

More info at: http://www.utoronto.ca/cdts/

FRIDAY, October 9

8:30-9:00         Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:15         Welcome address: Ato Quayson, Director, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto
9:15-9:30         Opening address: Antonela Arhin, Executive Officer, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto

PANEL I         LABOUR TRAFFICKING

Chair: Ron Levi, University of Toronto

9:30-9:50         Bethany Tapp, J.D. (University of British Columbia)
Doing Canada’s Dirty Work: A Critical Analysis of Law and Policy to Address Labour Exploitation and Trafficking

9:50-10:10       Amy Pickell and Romesh Hettiarachchi (University of Windsor)
Gaps in the Response to Labour Trafficking: A Practical Assessment Based on Case Studies in Canada

10:10-10:30     Roger Plant (International Labour Office)
Trafficking for Labour Exploitation: Conceptual and Policy Challenges

10:30-11:00     Open discussion          
11:00-11:20     Refreshments

PANEL II       CHILD TRAFFICKING

Chair: Antonela Arhin, University of Toronto

11:20-11:40     Jacqueline Bhabha (Harvard Law School)
Illegal Flows and Legal Obligations: Trafficked Children’s Unmet Claim to Effective Protection

11:40-12:00     Daniel Kweku Sam (International Organization of Migration, Ghana)
Child Trafficking for Labour Exploitation: The case of Ghanaian children in the fishing industry

12:00-12:30     Open discussion
12:30-1:30       Lunch

1:30-2:30         PRESENTATION: Marty Van Doren
RCMP Human Trafficking Awareness Coordinator
"Human Trafficking - Canada; Law Enforcement Perspective"

PANEL III      MIGRATION AND LABOUR TRAFFICKING

Chair: Matthew A. Light, University of Toronto

2:30-2:50         Renan Salgado and Elise Garvey (Farmworker Legal Services of New York, Inc. and The Human Trafficking Project)
A Study of Natural Resources, Economics and Labor Trafficking

2:50-3:10         Mark B. Taylor (U.S. Department of State)
Coercion among Contractual Migrant Workers
 
3:10-3:30          Ndioro Ndiaye (Liberta and Ailliance for Migration, Leadership and Development (AMLD), Former Deputy Director General International Organisation for Migration)
Labour Mobility and Business: The Risks of Trafficking
 
3:30-3:50         Open discussion
3:50-4:00         Closing remarks

Saturday, October 10

9:00-9:30         Registration and Breakfast

PANEL IV      BUSINESS AND LABOUR TRAFFICKING

Chair: Natalya Timoshkina, York University

9:30-9:50         Dr. Louise Shelley (George Mason University)
The Commodification of Human Smuggling and Trafficking

9:50-10:10       Anne Pawletta / Dr. Philipp Schwertmann (Consultant /International Organization for Migration)
Minimum Wages – An Ally in the Fight against Labour Trafficking?

10:10-10:30     Sean Sellers / Greg Asbed (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy / Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW))
Beyond Investigations: Workers and Consumers Join in a Market-Based Approach to Prevention of Slavery Operations in the U.S. Agricultural Industry

10:30-11:00     Open discussion
11:00-11:20     Refreshments

PANEL V       GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO LABOUR TRAFFICKING

Chair: Sandra Bucerius, University of Toronto

11:20-11:40     Dr. Conny Rijken (Tilburg University)
EU's human rights based approach to trafficking in human beings

11:40-12:00     Rudolf E.H. Hilgers (Dutch National Public Prosecution Office)
The Programmatic Approach of trafficking in human beings in the Netherlands

12:00-12:20     Dr. Annalee Lepp (University of Victoria)
Cross-Border Movements, Trafficking in Persons, and Stigmatized Labour in the Canadian Context

12:20-12:50     Open discussion
12:50-1:30       Lunch

1:30-2:30         KEYNOTE ADDRES: Dr Mohamed Y. Mattar
Research Professor of Law and Executive Director of The Protection Project at The Johns Hopkins University, School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

2:30-2:45         Closing remarks: Ato Quayson and Antonela Arhin