Status of Women committee  One of the things we have not really talked about are the newcomers and the international students. Certainly in Peel and in the Brampton area, we have thousands of international students coming in. Quite often, because of the background they have when they come to Canada, they are not prepared for what they are going to see.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for that. One of the things we discovered was that young people listen to young people. It's fine for us to have grey hair, because we know everything, but the reality is that they listen to each other. Social media is their language. We must talk about human trafficking in their language, which is social media.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for that. While I am not an expert, I'm a community supporter and ally. We have found that peer-to-peer knowledge is very successful. The Z Club members are leaders within their schools, so we find that when they present information sessions, when they conduct campaigns, when they work with groups like White Ribbon Campaign, those things are very successful because they're talking to their peers, who are at the prime target age to be groomed for trafficking.

Status of Women committee  Again, I'm not the professional. We have professionals here who can speak to direct experience. However, we have learned and we have a member in our club who is a survivor. She, along with other survivors who have been speakers at our events, has spoken to us and shared with us.

Status of Women committee  It should be right in the curriculum, starting from....

Status of Women committee  Hello, my name is Kathleen Douglass. I am long-time member of Zonta, and I am joined by my colleague, Melissa Marchand, a member of our advocacy committee. For background, Zonta International is a service organization with over 100 years of service in building a better world for women and girls.