Events
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Trafficking and Children: No Safe Space
Time: 12:00 p.m. EST
The MCW invites members and non-members alike to attend a webinar to learn about the exploitation and human trafficking, focusing on the impact on children caught in both labour and sexual exploitation. In addition, speaker Penny Rankin will cover the work that Canadians4Action and others are doing to prevent and protect children and youth from harms, with an emphasis on harms encountered on the internet.
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About Our Speaker
Penny Rankin
A self-described accidental activist, Montreal-born, Penny Rankin began her eclectic career path in the UK where, having completed her studies in Early Childhood Education, she taught in central London for 2 years before making a radical career shift to the world of marketing and advertising. A columnist for the trade magazine MediaWorld, she worked in news-talk radio at London Broadcasting (LBC) before joining Downton Advertising/Saatchi and Saatchi. A decade later, she returned to Canada and to teaching. She has sat on several non-profit boards including Les Amies du Neuro, as well serving as the Executive Director of an inner-city mission.
The immediate Past- President of the Montreal Council of Women, Penny currently holds positions on the Boards of both the MCW and the PCWQ as well as serving as member of the Resolution Committee and Convenor (Children and Youth) of the National Council. An active member of the Anglican Church of Canada, Penny is a member of the National Anti-Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Committee as well as the Sexual Exploitation Working Group of the Canadian Council of Churches. A Diocesan Councillor, she is both Spokesperson on Human Trafficking as well as Chair of the Mission Standing Committee of the Diocese of Montreal.
In 2020 she founded “Canadians4Action” - an informal collective of NGOs and professionals from across Canada dedicated to raising awareness and advocating for legislation directed to protecting children from online abuse and exploitation.