Announcing the Nominees for the 2017 Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada Media Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 13, 2017

Announcing the nominees for the 2017 Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada Media Awards

Awards honour Canadian journalists for exemplary work covering child sexual abuse and exploitation

WINNIPEG, MB – 9 Canadian journalists have been nominated for the 2017 Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada Media Awards.

The Awards are in their 15th year.

The 2017 Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada Media Awards nominees are as follows:

English Print

Daphne Bramham What kind of parents traffic their child? The Vancouver Sun

Steffanie Petroni Tiya Writes: Trafficked for Sex. A Survivor’s Story. Northernhoot.com

French Electronic Media

Anne Panasuk, Emmanuel Marchand Le Cercle vicieux Radio-Canada

English Electronic Media

Rebecca Gibson, Kyle Irving, Lisa Meeches Taken - Fonassa Bruyere APTN, CBC

Rebecca Gibson, Kyle Irving, Lisa Meeches Taken - Cherisse Houle APTN, CBC

English Integrated Media

Seema Marwaha Anyone Can be a Victim: Vanessa’s Story CBC Radio

Anyone can be a victim: Canadian high school girls being lured into sex trade CBC

Robert Cribb Chilling evidence of organized child sex abuse revealed in survey Toronto Star

The 2017 Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada Media Awards will be presented at a full day conference “Child Sexual Abuse and Trafficking: Tackling the problem within our borders and beyond” to be held March 1, 2018 in Winnipeg.

“Our society is finally waking up and standing up against the sexual violence pervasive in many industries, but what about the sexual exploitation of children?” says conference chair Michelle Kowalchuk. “Beyond Borders believes that we all have a part to play in stopping child sex tourism and trafficking. This day not only will acknowledge the important role journalists plays in engaging and educating the public, but with our expanded full day conference we will give those working in travel and financial services tools to better understand how they can become part of a movement to stop these crimes against children.

Registration for the event is now open with early bird pricing for the first 50 registrants. Follow this link to register now

For information contact:

Michelle Kowalchuk

Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada is a bilingual national advocacy organization advancing the rights of children everywhere to be free from sexual abuse and exploitation. We are a registered charity without political or religious affiliation. Beyond Borders ECPAT Canada is the Canadian representative of ECPAT International, a global network in more than 80 countries dedicated to

ending child prostitution, child sexual imagery and SECTT - the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism.