First of all, great post! You covered a heavy topic but made it digestible for the reader, making the point clear and not overwhelming. One thing you did that definitely helped with that was how you provided a definition of human trafficking near the start of the post. I also really liked how you put in a quote from the Toronto Sun. I think it helped deliver the gravity of this issue without you having to explain all the different details and possible scenarios/events young girls are enduring. The one you provided was very evocative, which pulled me in even more. I think to make your post even better, a suggestion I would have is to open the post with a part of that quotation you put in, such as “[She was] forced to have sex with as many men as her boyfriend could solicit“, because I think it would really catch the readers attention when they glance at your blog.

It’s really mind boggling, how this issue is so prevalent and as you mentioned is becoming more and more serious and widespread. The point you made about the importance of awareness is something I couldn’t agree with more. I really didn’t know much about human trafficking until maybe the end of grade 12. Which is a problem. I think we need to learn about this issue in school. We need to teach younger teens about the risks, the signs to spot a trafficker, signs to spot if someone they know may be at risk for traffcking/getting trafficked etc. On a more hopeful note, I recently attended a conference where I learned that Waterloo has actually already adopted an anti- human trafficking curriculum. Here’s a link about it if u want to learn more 🙂 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/wrdsb-human-trafficking-school-1.5368008. Hopefully other districts will see the importance of awareness for the issue of human trafficking. Thanks for the great post!

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