These documents were developed as part of the project "Supporting the Human Rights of Migrant Sex Workers in Toronto: Accessing Justice through Legal Information and Services.”
Legal Advisor and Author: Tara Santini
Project Coordinator: Elene Lam

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Partner Organizations

• Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter (CCNCTO) 

• Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network

• The Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (CSALC)

• St. Stephen’s Community House (SSCH)

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This project was funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario (Connecting Communities Programs)

 

 Webinar Training January 19, 2018 (Training Materials) 

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Other  Legal Information For Sex Workers

Criminal Laws and Sex Work (Stella, 2015)

• Advertising and the Law

• Third Parties and the Law

• Clients and The Law

• Our Friends, Family and the Law

• Communication and the Law

• Arrest and Detention 

• Police Powers : In-call and Out-call

 

​Specific to Migrant Sex Workers  (Stella & Butterfly, 2015)  

• Immigration Status and Sex Work

• Working Without Canadian Citizenship

• How the New Prostitution Laws (C-36) Will Affect You (STRUT, Butterfly, No one is Illegal Toronto, 2014)

• Migrant Sex Work and Sex Work Related Laws (Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform, 2015)

 

Law enforcement 

• Who is Who: Identifying Law Enforcers (Butterfly)  

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Sex Work Law Reforms

• Safety, Dignity, Equality: Recommendations for Sex Work Law Reform in Canada, 

• Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform, 2017

• Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform submission to the United Nationals Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 93rd Session, United Nation

Legal Information for Migrants

• Migrants Know Your Rights! (No One is Illegal Toronto)

• Immigration consequences of criminal dispositions and sentencing (Legal Aid Ontario)
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Experiences and Stories of Migrant Sex Workers

• Journey of Butterflies (Butterfly, 2016)

• Im/migrant Sex Workers, Myths and Misconceptions: Realities of the Anti-Trafficked

       (SWAN Vancouver Society, 2015)

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Harm of Anti-Trafficking Policies

• Harms of Anti-Trafficking Campaigns (Butterfly)

• Challenging Trafficking in Canada: Policy Brief (Centre for Feminist Research, York University, 2017)

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Other Legal Information

• Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)

• HIV Disclosure to Sexual Partners: Questions and Answers for Newcomers (Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, 2015)

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