Did you know that every time there is an international sporting event, human beings are trafficked into the city where it is held so that they can be sold for commercial sex? Human sex trafficking is expected to increase in Canada next year
I think about her often – though I never see her anymore. Memories of our shared childhood linger. When I close my eyes I can distinctly picture her eyes, I can hear her laugh, I remember sharing soup during Junior Soldiers and I remember long bike rides. But most of all I think about the times we used to wrestle. Those times, rolling around on Continue Reading →
With the flurry of activity and worry around the new “swine flu” outbreak, people can be forgiven for thinking it’s no time for ‘ethics’, but from where I sit, pandemics have everything to do with ethics.
A pandemic tests the moral fibre of a community. Do we really care about our neighbors, and about the way in which we might help them in their time of Continue Reading →
PRIYA was five years old. She dreamed of going to school next year. When admission dates were announced in August, Priya’s mother dressed in the best clothes she could find to take her excited daughter for her entrance exam. Then they waited for the result. A whole year later, thousands of children like Priya from the poorest classes were still waiting to be admitted to Continue Reading →
The artist, Zurab Tsereteli, was in his home in Moscow on the morning of September 11th. The television was on as he was getting ready for work and Zurab, like the rest of the world, was glued to coverage of the attacks on the Twin Towers. He watched the towers collapse on TV and was moved to tears. That day, he went to work at the Academy of Continue Reading →
One of my gifts (or vices as some might say) is to avidly devour a number of news feeds and newsletters to which I subscribe. At the Ethics Centre we’re charged with the responsibility to keep up to date on issues of moral and social import, and that gives me the opportunity to scan a wide variety of sources on a regular basis. On my Continue Reading →
In this Talking it Over series, Dr. James Read, Executive Director of The Salvation Army Ethics Centre in Winnipeg, and Captain Amy Reardon, Editor of Young Salvationist, U.S.A. National Headquarters, dialogue about moral and ethical issues. The current conversation is about ethical distribution of food.
Dear Jim,
I’ll bet you’ve never been to a Weight Watchers meeting, but I’ve been to lots of them. While sitting in Continue Reading →
Let’s celebrate the amazing news that by the end of summer 2009, Cadbury’s Dairy Milk bars can be part of our diet again! We congratulate Cadbury on their commitment to justice and now look to their policy being adopted across their entire product range.
Cadbury’s decision demonstrates the power of ordinary consumers in bringing change and freedom. Two years ago, STOP THE TRAFFIK met with Cadbury Continue Reading →
One year from now, people from around the world will gather in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
But as the final plans for Thursday’s countdown celebrations are ironed out — some fear Vancouver will be welcoming more than just athletes and fans. There is a concern that human trafficking is set to increase. And one group is taking action.
Major Brian Venables of the Salvation Army Continue Reading →
